Northern Danny

A Horizontal Week

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March 27th 2010
Having found out that the 3 day boat trip from Manaus (the halfway point on the Amazon river, between Belem on the east coast of Brazil and Tabatinga, the Brazilian border town between Brazil, Peru and Colombia) to Leticia in Colombia was actually 6 days, I boarded the N/M M. Monteiro on the 27th February, complete with hammock and a bag full of snacks that were to get me through the best part of ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus

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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