http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Par-/Altamira/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Par , Altamira en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:26:47 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:26:47 UTC The city of Anapu lies rougly 140km east of the river Xing along the Transamazonic Highway. The city is literally spread out along the road the commerce and hotels scattered over a paved section of the infamous dirt highway that stretches across the Amazon. There are roughly 20000 people living here almost everyone is from somewhere else. Thirty years ago the city was no more then a small vi http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Par-/Altamira/blog-144487.html