Saturday morning we were picked up at 8:30 am by one of the guys we're working with here to head to the
Rio Negro where he had a 20ft. cruiser. A friend of his met us at the dock to steer the boat, and as we waited for them to get the boat in the water, we stocked up on Bohemia and Skol, two of the beers widely available here. Below is a picture of me as we motored past the Tropical, Manaus' star hotel, on our way downstream.
Our first destination was the bridge they are constructing over the Rio Negro, which will greatly help in connecting Manaus--a city of 1.2 million--with the rest of Brazil. The bridge straddles an 8 1/2 kilometer wide section of the river. The project is well underway, as you can see from the picture, and is slotted for completion in June 2010.
After that, we stopped at a little resort called
Tiwa Amazonas Ecoresort, located near the far end of this bridge, where they had bungalows, a restaurant, a pool and other services for weekend stays at about R$650 per night. During our short tour, as we crossed a bridge over a small fish pond, we were greeted by "Big Head", the parrot(?) in the picture below. The guide passed bread around and I handed Big Head a piece, which he grabbed with his foot. He then proceeded to hang out on the railing with one foot around the bread, chewing it occastionally as if he was mingling at a picnic party.
Our next stop, as we headed back upriver, was lunch at
Restaurante Da Doro, a floating restaurant.
Our host had called ahead to order the 12-kg char-grilled fish, which was ready for us when we got there. The thick, meaty white fish came with slices of lime and a mildly spicy orange sauce which tasted great. My colleagues and I stuffed ourselves until the fish was almost completely consumed, washing it down with our last bottles of Bohemia.
After lunch, since we'd been out for four hours by this point, we headed back to port. It was a fun day, with beautiful weather and sights to see.
Our first destination was the bridge they are constructing over the Rio Negro, which will greatly help in connecting Manaus--a city of 1.2 million--with the rest of Brazil. The bridge straddles an 8 1/2 kilometer wide section of the river. The project is well underway, as you can see from the picture, and is slotted for completion in June 2010.
After that, we stopped at a little resort called Tiwa Amazonas Ecoresort, located near the far end of this bridge, where they had bungalows, a restaurant, a pool and other services for weekend stays at about R$650 per night. During our short tour, as we crossed a bridge over a small fish pond, we were greeted by "Big Head", the parrot(?) in the picture below. The guide passed bread around and I handed Big Head a piece, which he grabbed with his foot. He then proceeded to hang out on the railing with one foot around the bread, chewing it occastionally as if he was mingling at a picnic party.
Our next stop, as we headed back upriver, was lunch at Restaurante Da Doro, a floating restaurant.
Our host had called ahead to order the 12-kg char-grilled fish, which was ready for us when we got there. The thick, meaty white fish came with slices of lime and a mildly spicy orange sauce which tasted great. My colleagues and I stuffed ourselves until the fish was almost completely consumed, washing it down with our last bottles of Bohemia.
After lunch, since we'd been out for four hours by this point, we headed back to port. It was a fun day, with beautiful weather and sights to see.
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