Brazil - Manaus (Amazonia)

Boat Trip (3 days on the Amazon) - Municipal Market - Amazon Theater

Manaus is a sprawling city of approximately 2M people, and is the most common
starting point for any journey on the Amazon.
As soon as we arrived at the airport we booked and left on a 3 day boat tour and left seeing
the city to our last day in Manaus.

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the docks at Manaus 		manaus_boat_day_1a_6_roll_7502.jpg
our guide for our first day
and speed-canoe		 manaus_boat_day_1a_7_roll_7502.jpg
the meeting of the Rio Negro
and Rio Solimoes (Amazonas)

 
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the meeting of the waters
as we flew in to Manaus		 manaus_boat_day_1a_4_roll_7502.jpg
a lonely path to the gators & lilies		 manaus_boat_day_1a_2_roll_7502.jpg
not a great place to swim
unless you like 5' alligators
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water lilies (quite a contrast
from the alligators) 		manaus_boat_day_1a_1_roll_7502.jpg
back to the canoe to catch 
some piranha and alligators 		manaus_boat_day_1_1_roll_7498.jpg
making friends with a 
local monkey

 

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making friends with a 
local monkey

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though Todd and I both hooked them,
only our guide pulled in a piranha 		manaus_boat_day_1_4_roll_7498.jpg
my turn with the gator

 
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Todd with the baby alligator our
guide caught 		manaus_boat_day_2_6_roll_7498.jpg
a lovely night's sleep in a hammock
(note the tarp that Todd & our guide pulled
down at 3am when the monsoon struck!)		 manaus_boat_day_2_7_roll_7498.jpg
our home for 3 days
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we ate well on the boat 		manaus_boat_day_1a_roll_7502.jpg
girls at play on the Amazon 		manaus_boat_day_2_9_roll_7498.jpg
a twisty vine on our jungle trek
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setting up our hammocks for a good
night's sleep in the forest 		manaus_boat_day_2a_1_roll_7503.jpg
hanging out after our 
dinner in the jungle		 manaus_boat_day_2a_2_roll_7503.jpg
hanging out after our 
dinner in the jungle

 
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amazing colors of the soil
along the river		 manaus_boat_day_3a_2_roll_7503.jpg
check out how high the water
level goes		 manaus_boat_day_3a_3_roll_7503.jpg
white sand beaches along
the Amazon
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kids being kids		 manaus_boat_day_3a_6_roll_7503.jpg
kids playing with a top		 manaus_boat_trip_digital_1.jpg
just chilling out on our 3rd day

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the whole gang

 

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