Manaus para Belem on the boat

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The trip from Manaus to Belem takes about 3 or 4 days by barco.  We had got to Manaus after a couple of weeks on fhe road taking the 24hr bus from Porto Velho. Thats a different story. We had stayed at some knocking shop not far from the opera house for a buck a night and then got on the navio. Bought a $7 rede (hammock) and that was us in 3rd class just getting on with everyone else going about their business. I remember the stop in Santarem. All the confusion and hustle - bustle of a busy river port. I had my 18th birthday travelling down the Amazon. Hopefully Jeff Morris who i travelled with has some more detail. Watch this space.
An extra detail of this time in space 
Am sure we met these girls and sat on the upper deck
Meanwhile the boat chugged its way down the river and each night on a dinner of beans and rice we traveled too . This was just a regular ship nothing to see here. A journey de 3 dias talvez mais, nada pra ver, nothing to see move on 

Arusha to the sunshine 

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