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November 8th 2009
Published: January 28th 2010
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Arriving in Manaus from Brasilia is a shock. In contrast with the quiet capital, Manaus is very busy and has a mix of old colonial, new skyscrapers and derelict buildings. Buses fill the air with tick smoke, people and vendors are all over the city, in short you are back in a real city, a Brazilian city. It is even difficult to imagine that you are in the middle of the Amazon forest. And then you ... Read Full Entry



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Manaus - Docks

Manaus is an important port on the Rio Negro. As the mayor owns most of the river business he is opposed to the trans amazonian highway.
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Encontro das Aguas

The two waters flow side by side
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Encontro das Aguas

On the back we see the Rio Negro and in front the Rio Solimões which takes the name Amazon from that point on.
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Kingfisher

Or Martin Pescador



28th January 2010

Vanuit Torhout
B.& R. Altijd blijverrast met het fotoverslag van de reis. We blijven er naar uitkijken, tot we jullie weer eens 'in corpore' in Torhout mogen ontvangen! Blijf het verder goed stellen! Groetjes van Yvette en mezelf.

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