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By El and Frank
October 3rd 2008

Brazil - Part 3

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Reflections
The Amazon - Mamori River

The Amazon Well it is safe to say that coming from London not that long ago, we had forgotten what humidity is like. The Amazon is about 80% humidity and we were soaked in sweat just sitting still!!! I guess this could be considered a warm up for our return to Sydney! The trip into the Amazon really was something special. The eco systems are so interesting and the scenery like nothing else. The Amazonian people still live along the river banks in huts and travel around the various rivers by boat. These days they wear western clothes and in some [View Full Entry]

By Travels with Tom and Alice
September 22nd 2008

Amazonas, Brazil

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Sept 20, 2008 AMAZONIA, Brazil We are not too sure what to expect with this part of our adventure, but maybe that’s the best part !!! This morning we flew 3 hours to Manaus, a city in the heart of the rain forest on the Rio Negro River about 35 KM from the junction of the Solimoes River that then becomes the Amazon River and dumps into the Atlantic ocean. Or flight took us to Belem for a short stop and we got some great views of the mouth and delta of the Amazon where it dumps into the ocean. WOW [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 27th 2008

George of the Jungle returns

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Meeting of the Waters

I´m back in Manaus and so many great things have happened I have no idea where to start. First place to start is my amazing guide and friend Elso Lima. If it hadn´t been for this guy I wouldn´t have seen a fraction of the things I´ve seen: I would have put my hand on the pink-toed tarantula that was hiding behind a leaf on the tree I was about to rest my hand on at our base camp in the jungle instead of putting his machete through it: I would have been completely and hopelessly lost in the dazzling mazes [View Full Entry]

By Quatschtante
July 19th 2008

Manaus!

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Hey everyone!! Got to Manaus first thing Friday morning! Everyone in Brazil is so nice and helpful.... i was sat at the bus stop not entirely sure which bus to get on and when a bus came along a woman came up to me, told me it was going to the centre and told me to get on! And she also came and found me again to tell me when to get off the bus without me even asking her! So nice! :o) Found hostel easily (Manaus is quite small) and treated myself to a room with air conditioning instead of [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 18th 2008

Into the Amazon Jungle

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Elso, the guide
I´m about to spend 9 days in the jungle with this dude, so let´s hope we like each other!

The dye is cast! This will be my last post for about ten days or so! I´m going off line and into the jungle. I leave tomorrow and return to Manaus on the 27th. I´ll try to do a post then, if possible, but it might not be possible, since I have my next flight to Cuiaba and the Pantanal leaving Manaus at 3:00am on the 28th (it was the only flight I could take that would get me to Cuiaba in the daylight hours - I always like to arrive in a new place during the day). I spent the [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 17th 2008

Big City

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Rio Amazonas

Well, here I am sitting in the middle of the Amazon. The funny thing is that you would never know it from the city. It´s a bustling, busy place with tons of traffic and markets selling plastic toys and video games, and cheap knock-offs of famous label clothing. The people here look different than out in Olinda/Recife: they´re shorter, more typically South American looking - I thought I was in Peru or Bolivia earlier today! According to the book I was ready to be assaulted by hundreds of touts every step of the way from the airport. In fact, I have, [View Full Entry]

By Quatschtante
July 12th 2008

Manaus!

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Hey everyone!! Im afraid this has got to be a really quick one as im running out of time in the internet cafe and have still got a million things to do before tomorrow morning! :o( Just to let you know not to panic if you dont hear from me in a while! I flew in from Belem this morning (will do Belem blog with photos soon!) and as there isnt that much to do here i have booked my boat to Colombia for tomorrow morning! Only 2 boats go a week - Saturdays and Wednesdays and decided i didnt want [View Full Entry]

By alliegator
July 7th 2008

A brief catch up of a long period of time!

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Well, I have been awful with neglecting this travel journal so far too much has happened to sum it all up, I will have a go though! New Zealand was amazing, we hired a car called El Cheapo and drove ourselves around for 2 weeks on the South Island which was amazingly beautiful and then a week and a half on the North. We visited Queenstown where I braved the Canyon Swing which was terrifying and the snowcapped mountains and general Autumny scenery was stunning. We headed to Milford Sound where the clouds were out in force but we managed to [View Full Entry]

By Heena and Inna
July 1st 2008

Our jungle adventure

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Aaaahhh - isn't it cute?

Arriving to our hotel in the middle of the jungle following a 2.5 hour boat ride from Manaus (main city of the Amazon), we do the usual “Heena and Inna” thing and upgrade ourselves from a normal room to the top suite. We have spent the last night in Manaus at a hostel with shared bathroom and pretty much no window, so suckers that we are, when we are offered the upgrade at 1/3 of the normal price (and told Bill Gates stayed there), we don’t hesitate. Backpacking…..hmmmm…. The upgrade is worth it though, even if only for the fact that [View Full Entry]

The hideousness of Manaus...it looks much better on the picture!

By karenandpaul
June 30th 2008

Boi Bumba.... Folklore Festival in Parintins

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Sunset on the Amazon
On our way to the festival, enjoying the beautiful sunset

I have to say that our entry into Brazil was one of the most pleasant and welcoming experiences we have had on our trip so far. The trip across the Venezuelan border down to Manaus was really long. First we traveled from Cuidad Bolivar to Boa Vista in Brazil, then another overnight bus from Boa Vista to Manaus. On the first bus we were kind-of adopted by a Brazilian family! The shared family photos with us (all of which were random family members standing behind a birthday cake!), they helped us purchase food, ushered us to sit with them, share their [View Full Entry]

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