Life's A Beach

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But we're >700km from the sea !!! in Alter do Chao a beach resort in the Amazon, the sand is soft and white, the sky blue, but instead of the sea we have the Rio Tapajos, a tributary of the Amazon. It's a great place, very slow, relaxed and chilled out. And because the river is dark coloured water it's relatively acidic so there are no mosquitoes !!!! yeah !!! The place we're staying is great, a few hundred metres from the town centre set amongst trees and run by an ageing hippy who now wants to move deeper into the forest because Alter has become too busy !!!!
We spent most of the day in the sunshine on the beach, which we had almost to ourselves - great. We watched the sunset with beer from a local bar and then had a dinner of fresh local fish which was really tasty. It doesn't get much better than this :-)

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Photos

View From Town
Looking out from the quayside in Alter.

Right
View along the beach to our right.

Left
View along the beach to our left.

Our Bedroom
Cool, laid back hostel. Hammocks again, for our time in the Amazon they were our normal "beds".