Manaus is a fairly large, very friendly city in the middle of the Amazon. 
You cannot see the forest from the middle of the city (the city is too big for that), but the heat and humidity tell you how close you are. The city is accessible by roads only to the north. That means that you cannot go into any really big Brazilian cities from here unless you fly or take a boat. So I am taking a boat, today. I will be going with Zaru and Leo the Dutch couple I met in Venezuela, Morten will be staying here a little longer. The boat ride will take us up the Amazon river for 4 days to the city of Belem.
In Manaus we have been having a blast. On Wednesday night we went to a local place that was packed with local people to have dinner and beer. Then we decided that we needed to have some Brazilian rum, so we went to find some. While enjoying that we met some locals who showed us how to do some gambling -- but we didn´t play for money.
The next day was a bit of a slow day. We spent most of the day wandering around the city. We walked up to the Teatro Amazonas -- the big, old theatre in the town. It was originally built in the early 1900s and is a very pretty building.
The ground around the theatre was all done in a great wave pattern -- I loved it.
After that we wandered some more. It was a good day.
That´s about it -- I start my 4 day boat ride in a couple of hours.
You cannot see the forest from the middle of the city (the city is too big for that), but the heat and humidity tell you how close you are. The city is accessible by roads only to the north. That means that you cannot go into any really big Brazilian cities from here unless you fly or take a boat. So I am taking a boat, today. I will be going with Zaru and Leo the Dutch couple I met in Venezuela, Morten will be staying here a little longer. The boat ride will take us up the Amazon river for 4 days to the city of Belem.In Manaus we have been having a blast. On Wednesday night we went to a local place that was packed with local people to have dinner and beer. Then we decided that we needed to have some Brazilian rum, so we went to find some. While enjoying that we met some locals who showed us how to do some gambling -- but we didn´t play for money.
The next day was a bit of a slow day. We spent most of the day wandering around the city. We walked up to the Teatro Amazonas -- the big, old theatre in the town. It was originally built in the early 1900s and is a very pretty building. The ground around the theatre was all done in a great wave pattern -- I loved it.After that we wandered some more. It was a good day.That´s about it -- I start my 4 day boat ride in a couple of hours.
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