Blogs from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America
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Its early morning on valentine’s day and we are in Manaus Brazil. Manaus is the capital of Amazonia. Spent the last two days in Cartagena Colombia doing a bit of touring. First for a wander around Bocagrande, the new, built up part of the coast and a bit like a Colombian version of Miami beach. Then a day trip to the Caribbean islands of the Islas de Rosario. The islands were disappointing. Very barren and besides a hotel on the one we visited – not much else. Also the journey back to the mainland was a bit hairy. The wind strengthens considerably in the afternoon and the hour long journey back was very very choppy. So a quick summary on Colombia. Bogota and Villa De Leva, 6 out of 10. OK but not a must see. ... read more
Het is half donker buiten, midden in de bergen in t zuiden van Chile, regen tegen de ramen, tijd voor n update! Te beginnen in Pipa, Ik was van plan om hier een tijdje te blijven met het oog op wat rust in de chaos van het reizen. Goed, na 2 dagen rust vond ik het ook wel weer prima, dus ben ik maar een online cursus portugees gaan volgen om zo wat meer contact met de locals te krijgen. Niet dat dat erg hielp aangezien de helft van de locals hier import argentijnen waren, die zichzelf er wel allemaal makkelijk afmaakten met portognol. maar goed, het gaat om het idee. prima vermaakt door de dagen te vullen met studeren tot n uurtje of 12.00, daarna richting strand, onderweg vallen er mangos naast mn voeten wat ... read more
Ola meus amigos, gleich vorab: Es ist diesmal etwas länger geworden, also geht besser vor dem Lesen nochmal aufs Klo und holt Euch was zu knabbern oder zu trinken :-D Also los: Nach wochenlangem intensiven studieren und grübeln war es mal wieder Zeit für den touristischen Teil der Reise, natürlich von langer Hand geplant. Da in Sachsen die Herbstferien einsetzten, war es auch für Nadine und meine Schwester (Juri HUHU :-D) nebst Freund möglich, mal in Brasilien vorbeizuSCHNEIEN. (hier könnte ich jetzt eine gemeine Anmerkung machen, ich denke sie mir aber nur) Als Reiseziel hatten wir uns den tropischen Regenwald um Manaus rausgesucht. Der liegt zwar in Brasilien, aber mit ca. 5 Flugstunden dann doch ähnlich weit wie die Kanaren von Deutschland… Hatte ich beim Buchen eigentlich gar nicht so richtig realisiert. Aber was solls, den ... read more
Brazil- The "City of God": Travel tales of a rainforest, a beach, Samba and much more...
Published: September 20th 2012South America » Brazil » Amazonas » ManausDay 0: November 19, 2008.. I can still feel the excitement. I was traveling out of India for the first time ever and Brazil.. I mean "BRAZIL" was like a dream come true.. all the travel arrangements were done and bookings sorted.. My husband and me landed at Sau Paulo and took a connecting flight to Manaus the next morning.. I looked out of the flight window.. I could only see shades of green, blue, white and brown.. We were flying over the Amazon, the world's longest river.. and the dense canopy of tress on either side, made me want to take a parachute and plunge straight down:) From Manaus airport it was a 30 minute boat ride to the Amazon Jungle Lodge.. and there we were.. right in the middle of the world's largest rainforest.. ... read more
Manaus, the jumping off point for our Amazon adventure, was a place of contrasts. For us it was a great change of weather - sunny, hot and humid so the summer gear was donned for the first time since the Galapagos Islands. Manaus, located in the centre of Brazil near the Equator, is a river port set on the Rio Negro (named for its colour) close to where it becomes the Amazon. It is a sprawling jumble of gracious, old, colonial buildings, a reminder of its Portuguese past and most in need of restoration except for the grand old Opera House, mixed with street upon street of markets and the hive of activity at the port. From Manaus travel is either by plane or boat so all goods, commercial or personal, are transported by water through ... read more
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We finally arrived at our destination, Manaus, after our long boat excursion. Yet before venturing into the jungle we had to celebrate a momentous occassion- YANIVS BIRTHDAY. To honour this special day I decided I would get him the best present...a night´s stay at a 5 star hotel in Manaus!obviously factoring in that I too would enjoy such a present I set off trying to plan it without Yaniv knowing, realising that he didnt make it easy. The big day came and i packed our bags disguising our funtivity as a lunch and park excusion. The taxi pulled in to the hotel and it was pure bliss. Our hotel stay consisted of the following: a hot shower every 2 hours (we had not been accustomed to hot water since arriving in Brazil) WITHOUT shoes (obviously we ... read more
Lesson 2: just because it's cheap does not mean its a bargain:)
Published: August 15th 2012South America » Brazil » Amazonas » ManausAll backpackers are told that sailing down the amazonas river is a must...that it's a truly authentic experience and the cheapest was to travel like the locals...so off we set as excited as can be on what we thought would be a 5 day boat trip from Belem to Manaus. The experience went as follows: we arrived at the port 6 hours before the boat set sail to make sure to get the cheapest ticket, we boarded and strategically placed our hamocks away from the toilets and engine and once we were satisfied we gave ourselves a pat on the back and lay down to read our books and relax. It was after a couple of hours when we realised the boat had still not left that we should have realised we got more than we ... read more
Third leg of our 4,000km Amazon trip. Tabatinga to Manaus. We braved sleeping in hammocks and booked ourselves on the Bandierante II for the 3 day rapid boat trip to Manaus. This is a much cleaner and tidier boat than the one we took from Yurimaguas, we´ve got a cafe on the top deck selling cerveja (we´re in Brazil now so its´Portuguese!) and blaring out Brazillian music. On our deck we have our own TV and a little dining area. The food was pretty good, soup on the first night was "Rosemary standard", with egg butties and very sweet coffee for brekky. As the days went on, the quality of food did dip a little, mainly rice, noodles and beans but not bad all things considered. The river keeps getting wider and wider and we´ve not ... read more
WedOk so Tuesday is missing cause my iPhone is gubbed after nearly capsizing our canoe in a tropical rainstorm. Will write when Irecover Nextday......7.30 breakfast then canoe into the jungle and build a fire, cooking the rice in a large cauldron and barbecuing the chicken on sticks over the fire. All delicious. After, we visit an indigenous family farmhouse at the rivers edge. After a brief encounter with one of the pigs, in the orchard Kevin decides he really does enjoy sucking lemons. Finally found something he likes to eat Kev buys a blow- pipe. All we need to find is the poisonous frog, dip arrow in, and I'll get rid of Tricia for good. After tea, game of cards, some cold beer and some much needed sleep.... read more
Day 6 – Half a Day too Many in the Amazon
Published: June 17th 2012South America » Brazil » Amazonas » ManausDay 6 topped them all with the amount of reading and sleeping that we have done the entire trip. All agreed we should have left one day earlier. We started as usually with a nice buffet breakfast. When Kirsten and Chester arrived at the table the once pestering parrot was now at the table with Judy and Betty as they prepared a plate of bread and fruit for its breakfast. This is the first sign that you have been here too long. We then met our guide along with annoying couple again, but they were at least almost on time. We headed for what we thought was a morning of piranha fishing that would be exciting and active. WRONG again. A morning of fishing in the Amazon constitutes about 1 hour with bamboo poles. Chester did ... read more
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