Amazon Travel Blogs

Capybara are the world's largest living rodent. Sounds like a great pet eh?? They are related to guinea pig and they apparently make good pets so when Simon spied a group of capybara near the waters edge, we gave chase! This was not easy. Capybaras are excellent swimmers and can stay underwater …

my trip to Brasil

Brazil the country of many cities each with a unique culture and people.

We arrived to Manaus at 3 am with no idea of where we were were, where we were going, or how to get there.

Just see my Amazon Blog, I can't be bothered trying to copy and paste it in here or anything...... So to some up for those of you too lazy to click on the link above....... The Amazon was great fun, treking through the jungle with a new friend that I met on the boat there. I would highly recommen…

A summary of all my trips so far...from Europe to South America and then Asia...and Asia...and Asia... Yes I love Asia and I have the feeling I'll keep going back!

Best of both worlds trip... got to check out Carnaval in Rio and then go exploring up the Amazon. Great people!

16 September:Not a very active day, today.  Did some internet this morning, went to a local store to get some supplies for the boat trip and then just waited around the hotel after lunch until our taxi to the port.  As the food on board can be fairly monotonous, we were advised to buy sna…