- Santarem, Brazil[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/199505/264-DSCN4090.jpg thumb=http://photos.tr Posted by Linda K in Amazon Journal | Dec 31, 2011
- Traveling the Amazon RiverDec 31 2011
• River pilot joins us for the trip to Manaus
• Traveling the Amazon river
Day on the Amazon on the way to Santarem. This morning at 7 a.m. the ship dropped anchor at Macapa Station to pick up Posted by Linda K in Amazon Journal | Dec 30, 2011
- Arriving at the mouth of the Amazon RiverDec 30, 2011
• Mouth of the Amazon – huge!
• Astronomy class on deck.
Art class this morning. Spent time making a color wheel. Primary colors. And learning about tertiary colors which are those mixed from the Posted by Linda K in Amazon Journal | Dec 29, 2011
- At Sea - heading to the mouth of the Amazon RiverDec 29, 2011
At Sea – heading for the mouth of the Amazon River
• Julian Bond on “How I got into the Civil Rights Movement”
• Sun and wind on the deck
• Portuguese language lesson.
Late breakfast and skipped art class so I didn’t pass sore Posted by Linda K in Amazon Journal | Dec 28, 2011
- Portugisisk krigsskipEtter ein herleg frukost med god brasiliansk kaffi, vandra me godtruande ned på stranda. Det skulle bli godt med ein avslappande dag i sola. Eit kvarter i solsteiken var den eldste kvite kvalens føter (!) begynt å bli raslause og Posted by igj084 in Barfot | Jan 6, 2012
- The locals may bite!After counting the cost of last night’s aerial bombardment, which coincidently i won, today we headed across to see the famous Iguassu falls - a UNESCO site – from the Brazillian side! For anyone looking to install a Posted by Rosscopico in South America 2012 | Jan 3, 2012
- Blood Donations most welcomeAs we were welcomed into Maria’s B&B at Foz de Iguassu (Iguassu Falls) for the evening i could see the locals were getting excited at the prospect of some new guests and were preparing to roll out the red Posted by Rosscopico in South America 2012 | Jan 2, 2012
- an elegant roll into the lagoonAt the only lagoon left in the national park, we dived into water. Kids were rolling down a dune into the lagoon. I wanted to try it too. my descent had my elegant style as usual!
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- lençois maranhenses national park
[img=http://photos.tr Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 5, 2012
- on the road againI took the day off as a tourist on the 1st of january. A day of lying in bed, reading, writing, organizing.
Slowly, I started meeting people and making friends. These are very short-term friendships lasting from 2 hours to a Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 5, 2012
- winter bootsIn sao luis, I went to a market with lots of stalls selling pre-boiled prawns. I discovered that if you buy some prawns, you can eat them right there at the restaurants around the market. So I did. I bought Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 5, 2012
- Fortaleza - Canoa QuebradaEtter ein laaang flytur kom me oss til Fortaleza seint 3. januar. Denne byen er like stor som hovedstaden Brasilia, og med sine 2,3 millionar innbyggarar var det ikkje Posted by igj084 in Barfot | Jan 5, 2012
- sao luis for new yearI am at a nice hostel. I became a member of HI hostel network. This membership gives me reductions on rates of rooms. My card has a category box which describes me as "senior". I hope it means that I Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 5, 2012
- Brazil: Part IIIRio de Janeiro has a sexy reputation. It’s know as a scintillating city. When you hear “Rio” what comes to mind are hot Carnival nights where skimpily clad dancers fill the air with feathers and sequins. Images of sultry summer Posted by vicki_h in Come With Me... | Jan 4, 2012
- traveller's nervenext day
We returned to alter do chao with the boat again and I slept almost all the way on my hammock. I settled in the hammock area again in alter and went to the beach for a quiet time this Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 1, 2012
- Did someone say a small gatheringGreetings once again from Rio De Janeiro!. As 2011 and our time here draws to a close i thought maybe i'd share a few observations from our time here....
Lesson 1....eating out hurts! Surprising but true none the less! Posted by Rosscopico in South America 2012 | Jan 1, 2012
- goodbye jungle Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Dec 31, 2011
- a dangerous adventure at midnightOK the alligators are max 1mt long and those, we only saw in photos.
The ones we caught were 40cm long babies and I felt sorry for them, but I was also scared of them because they did have big Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Dec 31, 2011
- meet the tarantulaThat day we walked for hours in the jungle and saw very big trees and some animals in the wild including tarantulas. Tarantulas gave me the creeps. I would not want to be alone in this jungle at night. We Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Dec 31, 2011
- Brazil: Part II, Day 3The next morning dawned bold and beautiful.
I woke long before Matt the next day and was excited to see a bright blue sky staring down at me. We had made a good decision by saving to Posted by vicki_h in Come With Me... | Dec 30, 2011
- Brazil: Part II, Days 1 & 2
The ferry pulled away from Angra dos Reis at 1:30 p.m. It was a really ugly day, so it was perfect for a travel day. The ferry ride was long (1 ½ hours) and boring. It was noisy and sme Posted by vicki_h in Come With Me... | Dec 30, 2011
- Heaven or HellNow i don’t know about you but my mum always told me not to gawk at people no-matter-what and like all good parents her advice was good but today all that went out the window when we finally made it Posted by Rosscopico in South America 2012 | Dec 30, 2011
- Does my bum look big in this?Today was a chance of walking in the footsteps of one of my all time hero’s and relive a classic ‘Moonraker’...com’mon what were you expecting..’Pride and Prejudice’? Visiting Rio and taking the cable car would not be complete without Posted by Rosscopico in South America 2012 | Dec 29, 2011
- jungle boogieIn the morning, the german girls, a young spanish guy, my wet laundry in my bucket, and I met the guide. Everyone except me spoke portuguese. The guide did not speak english! Well, what to do. We got on his Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Dec 29, 2011
- Holy smoke batman!For a moment there the pair of us thought we were on a Monarch airlines chartered flight.....but no this was British Airways and the doors had already closed!
First there was the women in the one piece furry catsuit...i kid you Posted by Rosscopico in South America 2012 | Dec 28, 2011