Amazon Adventure
September 3rd 2012 Manaus, the jumping off point for our Amazon adventure, was a place of contrasts. For us it was a great change of weather - sunny, hot and humid so the summer gear was donned for the first time since the Galapagos Islands.
Manaus, located in the centre of Brazil near the Equator, is a river port set on the Rio Negro (named for its colour) close to where it becomes the Amazon. It is a sprawling
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