After over 36 hours of traveling, I finally arrived in Manaus around 12:00 AM Sunday. It’s really not that much flying, it’s the 10 hour layover in Sao Paulo that kills you. So what do you do when you’re sitting in an airport for 10 hours? Sit around, read and if you’re me, walk aimlessly around and take some pics.
Sunday I slept in until around noon. Even though I slept very little over the 36 hours of travel, I still couldn’t go straight to sleep when I got to my friend Moises’ house. I ended up falling alseep around 2 AM. We headed out and had some lunch then went to the zoo here in Manaus. The zoo is operated by the Brazilian Army and it only contains animals from Brazil. There were some need things to see, here are a few shots.
Keep in mind that all of the shots so far were taken with my little dinky Sony RX100 Point n Shoot. For a walk around keep in your big pocket camera, it’s been very nice so far. But I still like my Olympus OM-D E-M5 better for overall usability and picture quality.
Before dark we went into the older part of town to check out the different neighborhoods who were decorating their streets for World Cup. From what I understand, during every World Cup these neighborhoods do this as a competition against other neighborhoods in Manaus. I’m amazed at the amount of work that must go into these. There are streamers hanging from wires above the streets which make patterns. Then there are murals on painted on the streets so you surrounded by color. Of course the houses on the street are decked out with banners and streamers as well.
Well, that’s about all for now. Today I’ve been resting, working on photos and this blog. Tomorrow I head out on a 4 day 3 night boathouse trip on the Amazon and Black rivers. So you won’t be hearing from me for a few days.
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