On To Santarem
September 7th 2014 We left Manaus after spending the morning wandering the plaza around the Opera House and picking up some native made baskets at a shop that supports several villages and their artisans. Unfortunately, we were encouraged by the tourist center folks not to go downtown as it was a holiday and very few people would be around, making us a target for muggers—ah, city life the world around.
We grabbed
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