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When I was young (I think I was 18 years old), me and my dad traveled across all the length of Amazon river (from Belém to Manaus) in a crowded boat sleeping on
by tiagobraw 8y ago
When I was young (I think I was 18 years old), me and my dad traveled across all the length of Amazon river (from Belém to Manaus) in a crowded boat sleeping on hammocks, it was a 6 days trip. https://goo.gl/maps/BFkCPx1HR1n https://goo.gl/maps/BFkCPx1HR1n
In some places the river was really narrow and almost could be crossed by swimming, but there where times that I couldn't see any of the two margins because of its enormous width.
Is was a really great experience, got to talk to indigenous people, saw a lot of botos cor-de-rosa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphin) and got to eat amazing local dishes.
- tdfx 8y agoHow did you set this up? Doesn't seem like the kind of tourist package you'd see on TripAdvisor.
- senorjazz 8y agoThe river is / was the main highway, not sure about now with more year round roads etc, but when I was last in the area, long time ago now mind,you would just turn up and get on the boat. It wasn't comfortable, wasn't all that enjoyable after (x) hours and (y) days. Lots of being bored, interspersed with the odd enjoyable / memorable moments. Which looking back on, is all you remember :)
- patkai 8y agoIsn't Belém to Manaus the trip Jules Verne described in 800 miles on the Amazon? I wanted to take that trip since I was 10.