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South America » Brazil » Amazonas March 14th 2014

Thursday – Mar. 13/14, Amazon River °C-88°F – High humidity – Rain We have had days where Brooke has been under quarantine for gastrointestinal illness . While it is unpleasant to be confined to one’s room for extended periods of time at least we didn’t miss any shore excursions since most of the past few days have been at sea. Our only stop, since our last blog, was at Fortaleza and we didn’t plan to go ashore anyway. At that port the ship’s hotel staff spent the entire day doing a thorough sanitization of the ships and each and every cabin. The exercise included the total change over of all the linens and towels and washing down all the walls with disinfectant. Brooke’s quara... read more
Looking upstream
Pilot Station
First visitor

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus February 24th 2014

Geo: -3.10719, -60.0261My hand was munched some what vociferously during the night. 20 on my right hand!! Doh! Oh well, we shall have to keep the bite relief handy for the day! James seems totally better this morning! He has a good constitution! This morning was swimming with pink dolphins, which, I have to say are scary bloody things! They are bigger than what one would usually think of as a dolphin, solid muscle and have bigger teeth! It was an interesting experience but not one I am all to keen to repeat! We also tried to catch some piraucu, fish that are 2m in length! Viscous things! Will upload a video of the attempt when I am home! On the way back to the lodge the heavens opened amazon style again but this time we ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus February 23rd 2014

Geo: -3.10719, -60.0261The previous night I'm not sure how many mosi's were trapped in our net or whether my legs touched the net whilst asleep, but the back of my legs got somewhat annihilated!! Also James developed a bad belly in the night and had not slept. He stayed in bed throughout breakfast, with a visit in the middle from Gilmar, just what you want when you are feeling crappy! He laughed at him and asked him to play football!! Brilliant! I dosed him up with rehydration salts and by his orders left him on bed whilst we went on a morning hike! As soon as we left the boat to go into the jungle, the heavens opened. It was like a shower had be turned on and we were drenched in seconds. Also this meant ... read more
Ibis
Little Green Heron
Movie set--it's called Cabeza de la Vaca

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus August 16th 2013

Episode 3: The Amazon 16.8.13 The mighty Amazon River and rainforest. I will not carry on with superlatives, except to say that this river is the world´s second longest after the Nile, but, in terms of water discharge, it is greater than the next seven rivers combined, and it is huge - the distance between Sydney to Singapore. Large ocean liners can ply its waters, and, when we were on it, it felt like we were on the ocean. Its accompanying rainforest harbours staggering biodiversity. We have spent the past week in the Brazilian Amazon, fliying in and out of the sprawling jungle city of Manaus, four hours flying time North of Rio and not far from the equator. Hence, it has been hot and humid. Today, Manaus is a ramshackle and rather decrepit city, but ... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas February 17th 2013

I would like to go back a little to our arrival in Manaus in Amazonia and our first hotel ‘The Tropical’ in Manaus. This is surely one of the most bizarre hotels in Brazil if not the whole of South America. On arrival we are greeted with the sight of 2 bats flying around the reception area. We get shown to our room by humourless staff through dimly lit long wide corridors which reminded us of the hotel in the film – The Shining. The room is as basic as basic can be, last decorated at a guess around 1950. It does have a TV though which is about 20 years old. Slight problem – it only shows one channel which is a promotional video of the hotel. We go for dinner and I get the ... read more
IMG_1865 Piranha
IMG_1945 Flooded forest
IMG_2003 Rio Negro

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus February 14th 2013

Its early morning on valentine’s day and we are in Manaus Brazil. Manaus is the capital of Amazonia. Spent the last two days in Cartagena Colombia doing a bit of touring. First for a wander around Bocagrande, the new, built up part of the coast and a bit like a Colombian version of Miami beach. Then a day trip to the Caribbean islands of the Islas de Rosario. The islands were disappointing. Very barren and besides a hotel on the one we visited – not much else. Also the journey back to the mainland was a bit hairy. The wind strengthens considerably in the afternoon and the hour long journey back was very very choppy. So a quick summary on Colombia. Bogota and Villa De Leva, 6 out of 10. OK but not a must see. ... read more
IMG_1675 Islas Del Rosarios
IMG_1709 Rio Negro
IMG_1769 Manaus

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus February 1st 2013

Het is half donker buiten, midden in de bergen in t zuiden van Chile, regen tegen de ramen, tijd voor n update! Te beginnen in Pipa, Ik was van plan om hier een tijdje te blijven met het oog op wat rust in de chaos van het reizen. Goed, na 2 dagen rust vond ik het ook wel weer prima, dus ben ik maar een online cursus portugees gaan volgen om zo wat meer contact met de locals te krijgen. Niet dat dat erg hielp aangezien de helft van de locals hier import argentijnen waren, die zichzelf er wel allemaal makkelijk afmaakten met portognol. maar goed, het gaat om het idee. prima vermaakt door de dagen te vullen met studeren tot n uurtje of 12.00, daarna richting strand, onderweg vallen er mangos naast mn voeten wat ... read more
Kerst
Oud en Nieuw
sunset Jeri

South America » Brazil » Amazonas November 26th 2012

I am planning a trip to Brazil for Mar 2013. I will strt in Peru and travel to the mouth of the Amazon. Does anyone out there know the best way to get a Brazilian visa?... read more

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus November 8th 2012

Ola meus amigos, gleich vorab: Es ist diesmal etwas länger geworden, also geht besser vor dem Lesen nochmal aufs Klo und holt Euch was zu knabbern oder zu trinken :-D Also los: Nach wochenlangem intensiven studieren und grübeln war es mal wieder Zeit für den touristischen Teil der Reise, natürlich von langer Hand geplant. Da in Sachsen die Herbstferien einsetzten, war es auch für Nadine und meine Schwester (Juri HUHU :-D) nebst Freund möglich, mal in Brasilien vorbeizuSCHNEIEN. (hier könnte ich jetzt eine gemeine Anmerkung machen, ich denke sie mir aber nur) Als Reiseziel hatten wir uns den tropischen Regenwald um Manaus rausgesucht. Der liegt zwar in Brasilien, aber mit ca. 5 Flugstunden dann doch ähnlich weit wie die Kanaren von Deutschland… Hatte ich beim Buchen eigentlich gar nicht so richtig realisiert. Aber was solls, den ... read more
Illustre Truppe
Hafen in Manaus...
Schwimmende Tankstelle

South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus September 20th 2012

Day 0: November 19, 2008.. I can still feel the excitement. I was traveling out of India for the first time ever and Brazil.. I mean "BRAZIL" was like a dream come true.. all the travel arrangements were done and bookings sorted.. My husband and me landed at Sau Paulo and took a connecting flight to Manaus the next morning.. I looked out of the flight window.. I could only see shades of green, blue, white and brown.. We were flying over the Amazon, the world's longest river.. and the dense canopy of tress on either side, made me want to take a parachute and plunge straight down:) From Manaus airport it was a 30 minute boat ride to the Amazon Jungle Lodge.. and there we were.. right in the middle of the world's largest rainforest.. ... read more
Approaching the Amazon
Views from the boat ride across Amazon
Views from the boat ride across Amazon 2




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