When The Guide Ditched Us

Out one night looking for caiman deep in the jungle and in one of the marshes, Jual suddenly spotted an aligator. Contrary to normal human instincts, he quietly left the boat to see if he could catch it, and disappeared into the foliage for what seemed an eternity to us, all the time wondering if he would be coming back!

Amazon - Part 2: Jungle For Real

June 5th 2007
Things happened quick in Manaus. All in the space of our first day there, we disembarked the boat, made our way to the other end of the city to collect the car (which we had sent from Belem on a different boat), dropped it off at a mechanic, found ourselves a local guide and were on our way into the jungle with him. Finally, we had found something more like the jungle we had in mind! For the ne ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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