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South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus February 1st 2008

It’s been a whirlwind couple of days. Now that we are back to being proper tourists again it seems we have to pack so much in! So, we left Porto Velho behind and flew with Gol to Manaus. Here we are staying in the Manaus Hostel (not to be confused with the Hostal Manaus!) which is nice but stretching our budget a bit too far. We have found cheaper digs in the Hotel Rei Arthur and that’s where we’ll be spending the second half of our time here. You’ll find out what we think about it in Manaus Part 2! Manaus is a city with a population of over 2 million these days. Life is centred on the port and the River Amazon trade. There’s certainly more hustle and bustle here than we have been used ... read more
Carnaval
The Floating Dock
Boats on the dock

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus January 7th 2008

Monday 7th Jan Ship Time 1000hrs Home Time 1400hrs First of all, did you spot my deliberate mistake re Devils Island. The dates should have been; French stopped sending prisoners there in 1938 and closed it completely in 1954. No doubt you all noticed this error. To continue, the Brazilian authorities have been on board, clearance was given so we continued on our way along the Amazon river. Not much to see, just trees and the like on either side of the bank. However, come darkness and the scene changed. The lights on board attracted no end of insects; moths, beetles and many that were much larger than the hand. They were everywhere on the deck, flying, resting and even attaching themselves to clothing. Although it was pretty to see, it did made you feel as ... read more
View at Manaus
More Dancing Girls

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus December 14th 2007

boa boa boa. We just arrived to Manaus after a 3 day trip on a cargo boat across the amazonian rainforest. It was a really nice trip, we had already gone to the boat to sleep the night before and already a day before that we had set up our hammocks to get the best places. Just before the boat was leaving though, there seemed to be the whole Brazil wanting to get in, there were hammocks absolutely everywhere. At least 3 people wanted to sleep on top of michal, but we managed to get rid of them, until one finally came back at night. She was sleeping with her legs wide open with a kid who kept every half an hour jumping up shaking her legs and arms violently, so that everyone near by would ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus November 27th 2007

Czas był opuszczać Peru i udać się w dalszą już powoli końcową część mojej podróży dookoła świata. Moim długo oczekiwanym przystankiem była Brazylia. Lecąc z Peru jeszcze zachaczyłem na jeden dzień Santiago de Chile gdzie miałem przesiadkę, i gdzie trochę pobujałem się po okolicy, lecz zanim się spostrzegłem czas był wracać na lotnisko i łapać moj samolot do Rio de Janeiro. Był 27 listopada dzień po moich urodzinach, które spędziłem na lotnisku w Limie. Sam widok z samolotu na panoramę Rio wprawia w osłupienie. Nie mogłem się doczekać kiedy sam poznam te miasto jego dzielnice. Samolot ląduje, szybka odprawa bagażowa, paszportowa, pieczątka jest, więc czas się zawinąć. Teraz tylko pytanie jak. Oczywiście przygotowany wcześniej, posatanowiłem łapać busik który jechał do centrum, lecz ja wysiadałem na przystnaku, drugim lotnisku krajowym znajdując ym się w Rio. Stamtąd już ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus November 21st 2007

The Lonely Planet guides all warn about how dull and uncomfortable boat rides down the Amazon are. Many travelers think that the rides are rewarding. I viewed our trip as a way to get from the triple frontier to Manaus, where we could connect to a number of additional Brazilian cities. It takes three days to get from the frontier to Manaus. I would never describe the boat ride as comfortable, but I kind of liked taking time off from everything, and getting to know our fellow passengers. Most of the Brazilians on the boat did not speak English or Spanish, so the English speakers pretty much all talked to each other. The first two days went well. I ate the surprisingly tasty, but not terribly nutritious meat, and Sarah ate the plain pasta. The boat ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus November 21st 2007

Much has happened in the last week in a half. After I blogged a week ago, Saturday. The lavanderia to which we brought our clothes did not give us a good amount of them back, including all of Sarah´s underwear. Sadly, we did not realize this until after it closed. As we had booked a non-refundable boat ticket to Leticia, Columbia for the next morning at 6AM, we could not retrieve our clothing. So, then we left, down the Amazon for Leticia in a rápido and arrived in Santa Rosa, Peru, where we were greeted by a fellow named Daniel, who wanted to show us to a guest house. He showed it to us on a map and it looked fairly central. He showed us to where we needed to get our exit stamp for Peru, ... read more
Who Knew?
Feed Me!
An unusual passanger

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus October 30th 2007

We survived! The boat ride from Belem to Manaus lasted exactly five days - 5 VERY LONG DAYS, almost to the minute! Our experience on the Cisne Branco started off on the wrong foot and was interesting to say the least! Here is a rendition of our brilliant Amazon "cruise" ... We arrived at the boat later than we had hoped (due to a kerfuffle over which boat we were supposed to be on), and that resulted in a struggle for us to find an "acceptable" place to hang our hammocks. The boat was nearly full. When they say to arrive early to secure a good spot, they mean it! We didn't want to be separated and didn't want to be in a "high traffic" area. We also didn't want to be near the bathrooms or ... read more
Hammock Land!
Amazon Sunset
Amazon Rainstorm

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus October 25th 2007

Hello, What we can say for sure is that we explored the Amazone river intensly from Belem to Manaus, on latitude 2º from longitude 48º to 60º ( or vice versa ), since we were watching the banks of the river from the boat for six days, we had to make a detour because of the waterlevel to low, nice. More than 100 people sleeping close together in hammacks on the first level, we were sleeping on the second level in smal cabins for two people, with a bit of airconditioning. On the riverbanks now and then a wooden house or a smal village, and jumping and playing daulphins ( pink and grey ones ) quite often. Food was rice, spaghetti and boiled meat every meal, so we were planning to get off the boat to ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus October 24th 2007

Wie sagt man so schoen? Lieber den einaeugigen unter den Blinden, als gar nix! So oder so aehnlich konnte man die Trophaee unserer "erfolgreichen" Bootssuche fuer unseren Trip an die brasilianische Grenze bezeichnen. Die "Lucho" hat sicherlich schon bessere Tage erlebt, aber dadurch, dass wir insgesamt viermal im Iquítoser Hafen auf Schiffsbesichtigung waren, hatten wir auch ganz andere Kaehne gesehen. Von daher waren wir mit unserem alten Blechkahn zufrieden. Zufrieden vor allem deshalb, weil wir nach zwei Naechten schon ander Grenze und endlich in Brasillien angekommen sein wuerden. Schliesslich freute ich mich schon seit dem 29. Januar, dem Tag unserer Abreise, auf diesen Moment. Bin da ein wenig befangen, ich weiss... Zufrieden aber auch, da wir auf der Lucho eine "Camarote", eine Kabine gemietet hatten, in der wir nachts schliefen und das Gepaeck gut weg schliessen ... read more
Camarote
(Ab)Haengen
Dreilaendereck

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus September 16th 2007

Leaving the Pantanal, we had 1400 km to cover to get to Porto Velho and we had to do it in 2 days to meet up with Carlos again for a jungle trip. It was a hot trip. The landscape was sometime stunning with farmland dotted with palm tress and patches of forest. But a lot was burnt and ugly. Somewhere during the first day the sun disappeared behind a think layer of smoke. This got thicker until we stopped for the night. There was a petrol station and a patch of orange dirt across the road. Pieter spotted a hotel and went to ask the rates with Lucy and Luke. It was R$30 (US$15) for 2 hours. It was a 'love' hotel and they came back giggling. So we settled on camping on the patch ... read more
Porto Velho
Porto Velho
Porto Velho




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