http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Amazonas en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:20:06 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:20:06 +0000 We have been in the Brazilian Jungle about 3 hours from Manaus for the last three days. It took two boat rides and two vehicle rides to get here. There is no cell signal or Internet. The only electricity is by generator. We found a guy named Vincente Thomas through Lonely Planet he was listed under Manaus jungle trekking and he met us at the airport in Manaus. He delivered us to a floating http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-447916.html I am typing this blog with two hands. I typed the last blog with one. Not because I thought it would be funny or because I lost a bet or because I like to time myself doing strange tasks but because I had an accident. Actually I've been having quite a few accidents recently. But ill get on to that in a bit.On 24th September we flew from Cartagena to Leticia a teeny weeny town in the far south http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/blog-447308.html On a prevu de passer 1 jour de demi a Manaus. Il fait tellement chaud ici.. surtout dans lhotel ou nous logeons on a pas de fenetre juste un ventilateur qui est aussi silencieux quun helicoptere au decollage..Le centre est principalement anime grace a tous les etalages dans les rues. On trouve de tout et nimporte quoi chaussures vetements jouets appareils menagers des trucs auquels on pe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-444723.html Le bateau pour Manaus est finalement parti avec 3 heures et demi de retard...Ce fut 2 jours et demi longs et ennuyeux pas tres excitant pour feter mon anniversaireOn est finalement arrive a Manaus le 11 octobre a 22h30 1 heure de difference avec Santarem 6 heures avec la FranceOn a pris un taxi jusqua notre hotel. Le centre de Manaus nest pas tres sur la nuit il vaut mieux eviter de trai http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-444717.html So our boat to Manaus was a completely different experience to the first time around but again we had to sleep three nights on the boat. Although the first night we were docked and had the boat to ourselves. The captain agreed that we could sleep overnight which saved us finding accomodation for the night. When we woke up after our first night we thought the boat would be crammed with hammocks lik http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-444706.html What a nightWe had to get into our hammocks as soon as it got dark. Above the sounds of the ever present insect noise the first things to hear was the frogs. This carried on for a couple of hours and then partway through the night there was strange sound like a hoarse lion. Rubens said that this was a jaguar this made my night as they are very rare. Then around midnight the howler monkeys s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-438759.html Manaus Day 2After a good but hot nights sleep we headed off for a trek through the jungle the heat was incredible you just had to step outside and you were covered with a sheen of sweat as a result there as no point taking a shower also the showers were full of mosquitoes so it was more trouble than it was worthThe size of Amazonia is mind boggling I was only restricted to one small part and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-438545.html We should have first met the Amazon rainforest from the window of our bus on the way from Cuaba the Porto Velho but all we saw was cows Miles and miles of cows. The road we were travelling along was only paved in the 1980s the improved access led 350000 people to flood into the area grabbing land and clearing 20 of the forest in Rondonia state. Next hop was a flight to Manaus the city at the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Tef-/blog-434516.html Its that time of year again holiday time and my next adventure involves travelling round Brazil with a couple of side trips to Paraguay and Argentina thrown in.The main areas I will be visiting are the Amazon rainforest near Manaus then Iguassu Falls Rio then chilling out on the tropical Island of Ihla Grande.Not sure how often I will be able to update the blog if not possible during the trip http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-432445.html Manaus has put the smile back on our faces There's not much to do in the city itself but it's pretty cool anyway. All around the city is the reason for being here the Amazon jungle. We're on a 3 day 2 night trip and it's awesome It's interesting as soon as you leave the dock in Manaus two rivers that come from different directions are different colours one is black the other a kind http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-431303.html So if youre thinking after our last few blogs that we might be getting a bit overwhelmed by too much nature and need to sit inside with a tv for a while guess again Were headed to the forest and river that is the stuff of legends....THE AMAZON dah dah daaaaaah...Our original plan to get to Manaus the launching town for many amazon activities involved a 17 hour bus trip followed by a f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/blog-430917.html Photos of Manaus Amazon to go with the blog.... finally a computer that takes DVD http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-424452.html We left Paraty feeling very relaxed and looking forward to heading into the jungle to see a bit of wildlife. We were a bit cautious having heard that Manaus can be a minefield for trying to book tours without being ripped off. I arranged a room through a hotel website but told them not to bother with a taxi pick up. After 6 hours by bus to Sao Paulo then bus to airport and finally the 4 hour flig http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-422340.html Greetings from the final South American County I will visit on this trip Brazil. I have now just over 3 weeks in South America and given that Brazil is the largest country on the continent its going to be a rushed highlights package for me as I hightail it down to Sao Paulo to fly to Canada. Yesterday I flew from Tabatinga on the Brazillian side of the Brazil Colombian border to Manaus deep in http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-416534.html September 2002 Waking up with a mosquito net around your bed isn't the most ideal mornings for most of us but then again it's better than the alternative hundreds of mosquito bites all over your body. Unless of course you end up like one of the girls Kelly. Mosquito nets may keep most of the little pests out but what happens when a few get inside...all they have left to feast on http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-415565.html THE AMAZONThe Amazon River is big. Really big. The distance from one side of Brazil to the other is more than the distance from Brazil to Africa So just what might you ask were we thinking when we decided to cross its entire length by slow boat And not even a luxury boat but a filthy boat full of locals who don't know what the word 'soap' means. Even the Lonely Planet guidebook calls thi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/blog-389700.html voici les photos de mon bateau et de mon trip en amazonie avec mon cher doggy qui me manque toujours autant. pour te repondre mario je devrais rentrer dans le courant du mois de mai ou fin mai.a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/blog-384702.html BELEMWoke up early today to put our hammocks up on the 7day boat slog to Manaus. We stayed in Belem for 2 nights to recharge our batteries after the marathon 28hr bus journey from Fortaleza. Manaus which is the basin for the amazon river can only be reached from the south by boat. The road networks arnt extensive enough the river is the highway of travel. Like i was saying we woke up early to c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-384497.html Arrived in Manaus at 2.00am. I didnt particularly want to hang around here as I had visited the Amazon before and was keen on getting my way to Venezuela ASAP. We hung around the airport for a bit then got a bus with a friendly tourist information guy. He pointed us in the direction of the main bus terminal so we made our way there as I belived there to be an early morning bus.It turned out t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/Manaus/blog-383396.html So where to start again its been a while apologises.We are currently on the banks of the amazon after what has to be our silliest idea yet but more of that to come We decided to bomb it up to the north coast of brazil and put in a few epic days needing to recover for about a week on the caost as a result. Daisy i now over 21 and only just 3 months old which is the equivalent to driving half http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Amazonas/blog-383160.html