Blogs from Amazonas, Brazil, South America - page 16

bonjour a tous, ca fait longtemps que je n ai pas donne de nouvelles car il n y a pas grand chose a dire si ce n est qu en preparant les derniers trucs administratifs la police federal m a explique que j aurais du quitter le bresil le 2 janvier. ce qui fait que j etais illegale au bresil. ce qui c est passe c est que quand j ai fait un saut en argentine et que je suis revenue ils ne m ont pas donne les 3 mois mais 40 jours. ce qui fait que j ai 5 jours pour quitter le bresil. je suis donc en route pour la guyane pour une nuit et ensuite je reviens a manaus, a parts dormir jouer aux cartes regarder des films on ne fait strictement rien. ... read more

je tiens a vous souhaiter a tous une bonne annee et je vous souhaite de comme moi un jour realiser votre reve. je suis revenue d un stage ou j ai appris les bases necessaires pour pouvoir remonter la riviere jusqu a tabatinga. la premiere lecon fut consacre a l apprentissage de la rame.En pirogue c est tout une technique. le deuxieme jours on a pris la peche a la ligne et avec le filet. j ai attraper 4 piranaha et ensuite on nous a appris a salvas (le grecque qui m accompagne dans mon aventure) et a moi. le soir je suis alle attrapee un caiman a main nue dans le lac. le troisieme jour on a pratique avec le moteur et on allee sur la riviere que l on va remonter et on appris ... read more

Manaus Capital do Maior Estado Brasileiro, Estado este onde encontra a maior Floresta Tropical do Mundo! Capital Manaus of the Been greater Brazilian, where if it finds the biggest forest tropical of the world!... read more

I was in such a rush I didn't transfer my blanket from my big bag to my carry on. Big mistake. I was in the front row again on my journey from Manaus to Santa Elena, the border town on the Venezuelan side. I had two seats to myself the whole journey of 21 hours. The scenery was beautiful along the way but the most memorable part will be the temperature. I am not sure but I would guess the bus was set to 40 degrees farenheit or 5 degrees celcius. I was in shorts, t-shirt and sandals. I was wondering if it was just me but everyone else had taken all the clothes out of their bags and were wearing them all at the same time. It was the bus of the human wardrobes. I ... read more

As a word 'travelling' implies movement, but as many of you may correctly suspect, this isn't always the case. Often travelling involves little more than sitting on a beach somewhere like Goa, buying a pair of fisherman’s pants and coming home claiming you've discovered yourself whereas all you've really discovered is fire juggling and hallucinogenic drugs. For others, travelling is going to Bangkok and seeing things you've never seen before...often flying across the room out of things you have seen before, but never doing the things you're seeing them do now. But occasionally travelling means just that. Projecting yourself on a course across a large patch of earth, with your only objective to get from A to B, and usually that in itself is difficult enough. And that's what we've been doing for the past few ... read more