Dan and Monkey

Manaus and the Amazon (11th-13th June)

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June 11th 2007
We finally arrived in Manaus at around midnight and caught a very fancy taxi (probably the nicest car we´ve been in in the last six months!) and arrived at our hotel about half an hour later. We picked the hotel, Hotel Continental, from the Lonely Planet as per usual, based on it´s description as ´a good value for Manaus, with amiable staff, big air-con apartamentos, hot showers and a f ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more