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South America » Brazil » Amapá » Macapá August 20th 2012

We boarded our boat for Macapa around 1pm leaving ourselves a 5 hour wait before our scheduled departure at 6pm. The boat, Anna Karoline, was the smallest to date except for the fast boat on the 2nd leg. We passed the time watching cargo being loaded, including another car, drinking Agua de Coco and eating lil tiny bananas. After much tooing and frowing, we ended up on the starboard side with fresh air to our heads but squished feet!! Still, much better than our last boat. Only 30 mins later than scheduled we set off, with q quick stop off at the side of a fishing boat to take on supplies of Catfish, we were on our way saying goodbye to Santarem. The night was quite windy and we swayed all over the place in our ... read more

Amazon Trip - Part 4

South America » Brazil » Amapá » Macapá August 18th 2012

Cramped!!!!!

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Our bible (the lonley Planet guide) says sailing from Yurimaguas to the Atlantic coast is "hardcore and boring" but up to Manaus we had to disagree, it was quite the opposite. However this leg was just that, really hard work. We boarded our boat, the Golfinho do Mar III, the night before we were due to sail, saves on hotel costs and everything was good. Only R$100 each, although food and water weren't included, no worries we'd got a few provisions and there's a bar on the top deck again. The following morning the number of people boarding the boat was alarming and by the time we set off at noon we were crammed in like sardines, it was a joke! We were in the middle lane of 3 columns of hammocks and the only was ... read more

Oiapoque

South America » Brazil » Amapá » Oiapoque April 16th 2011

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Oiapoque, the far North city of Brazil, border with Saint George of French Guyana, this time we went to Belem to visit my friend first, Gustavo Geiser, also known as Gibao, we were going together for this trip. First of all we went to Macapá, the capital of Amapá state, to visit Gibao's friend, his friend will borrow us a car, then we will go to Oiapoque by car. Macapá is crossed by Equator, also located at side of Amazonas river, we had a lunch looking to the river. We made a quickly city tour, then we went to a farm to explore a swim pool in the middle of the jungle. On the path to Oiapoque, we found a abandoned military base, that was a American base, they made it in the World War II, ... read more

LeBron and Maimi heat

South America » Brazil » Amapá » Oiapoque September 18th 2010

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MIAMI -- When it comes to LeBron James, the Miami Heat are more concerned about W's than Q's.Every normal people have thoughts on LeBron James, you can be assured that NBA people do. From the players to the coaches to the executives, everyone thinks something about LeBron. Mark Cuban certainly does, and he's more than welcome to share those feelings, like he did with a Dallas radio show on Wednesday morning. This transcript comes from the Dallas Morning News, and it's pretty clear how Cuban feels about LeBron's summer. "Where I think LeBron made a mistake, was in how he did it. I don't even have a problem that he had the tv show. But it turned out to be the largest public humiliation in the history of sports. He humiliated the organization, he humiliated the ... read more

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