Almost an accident
December 6th 2012 Geo: -3.10719, -60.0261When we docked at Manaus in Brazil, all we could see was a fairly industrial landscape. It is the capital of the Amazonas state with a population of over 2 million. In years gone by it was very wealthy due to rubber plantations and lots of lovely buildings were built. The rubber trade was lost to Malaysia and now it depends on producing electronics. Our trip round the city
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