Manaus Travel Blogs

Amazone jungle of Brasil

11-day trip to Brazil. Highlights: 1. Rio de Janeiro (Christ the Redeemer/Corcovado, Spectacular Beaches, Morro Dona Marta, Botanical Garden, Sugarloaf) 2. Manaus (Opera House, Amazon Boatride, Ariau Hotel, Jungle Trekking, Night Alligator Spotting, Piranha Fishing, Pink Dolphins Tour, Native Village, Indian Ritual Dancing) 3. Salvador/Costa do Sauípe (Pelourinho, Baroque Churches, Lacerda, Mercado Modelo, Santo Antonio Fort & Lighthouse, Costa do Sauípe Resort, Breathtaking Beaches)

I went with three friend to Brazil for three weeks visiting Sao Paolo, Manaus, Salvador and of course Rio de Janeiro

This day really just crept up on all of us. It is as if we had forgotten about our lives before that first day when we set our feet inside the rainforest. We had adapted. We had even become accustomed to each others little habits. I may even find it difficult to sleep without hearing Deuzimar snori…

Upon arrival in Manaus I was unvulantairily greeted by a Swiss guy turned Brazilian due to a unplanned baby 20 years earlier.  He tried to sell me a jungle tour with his worn pictures the entire bus ride into town.  I did go with him to the agency that he was recommending (iguan…

So!! To an event that so nearly never was! After much deliberation and discussion with fellow campers who had experienced the overnight jungle camp we decided to brave the mosquitos and stay overnight in a shelter we would make ourselves with the help of our guide Mataious! (ala Ray Mears style!) A…

I went to see the medic on board to see if I could get any pills to help me sleep (I've been having trouble with my malarone) - she said she could help me, but would contact a doctor on land first to authorise the issue. I go back to the office. 2 hours later, a panicking office monkey tells me…

Manaus was our introduction to Brazil, and it was a budget-traveller's dream: huge steaming plates of food for next to nothing, bustling markets for buying fruit, vegetables, backpacks, hammocks - you name it, and even an ornate rubber-boom opera house.  It was here that we also launched our "…

We found our boat among the masses of huge passenger and cargo boats in the dock that would be home for the next 36 hours. The sleeping deck was already packed with hammocks, people and luggage but we managed to find a good spot and gave our new hammocks their first home. …

Today we woke up at about 7 am in order to catch some glimpses of the Manaus ´porto fluviante´ in the morning. It was incredible, very busy and full of life. Cargos going onto and out of the ships, guys carrying massive amounts of fruits/vegetables on their heads, stinking sailors, old prost…

After an almost 4 hours flight we arrived to Manaus. Why didn’t we take a direct flight to Caracas? Well, because we were looking for special hours. Anyway, I couldn’t complain about it. The flight might be long, but wasn’t bad at all. We flew with TAM, which is a good Brazilian airline. It w…

I went on a medical missions trip with a church from Orlando - my first missions trip as a nurse using my skills. After a couple days in Manaus, we lived on a boat on the Rio Negro and went village to village, setting up a clinic for an afternoon. A really fun trip!

i was packpacking with a suitcase for 6 months all over brasil

I know this is not exactly traveling pictures, but I just adore animals of all kinds...

We left Tabitinga on our boat on Saturday afternoon. Once you´ve been on one of these river boats one or two times, it kind of gets monotonous. The Amazon river is huge, really huge. When you think of the Amazon, one tends ot think of wild animals and snakes and pristine rainforest but it was not …