View from my hotel window
Walking down to the river to get on the boat
Our boat docked on the Rio Negro
Jeanene and Jonathan
Our guide, Addison
The Municipal Market, designed by Gustave Eifel
Floating gas station
The "meeting of the waters" -- where the Rio Negro meets the Solimoes
The Meeting of the Waters -- where the Rio Negro meets the Solimoes
Marco
The "floating restaurant" where we had lunch
Lunch: Pirarucu, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world
Lunch: Tucunare, or 'peacock bass'
Into the jungle
Some strange living thing in the jungle
Marco on the canoe to go exploring in the backwaters
Addison and Jeanene
Off we go!
This is more like the Amazon I had in mind...
A rain storm in the rain forest
Our hotel
Our hallway in our hotel
The pool at the hotel
The Capybara, the largest rodent in the world (looks scarier at night)
The jaguar in the hotel zoo
The capybara, the largest rodent in the world. (Less scary in the day)
Capybaras, or 'real big rats'
agua de coco and rum
Downtown Manaus, by the Opera house
The Opera House
Manaus Opera House
The square in front of the Manaus Opera House
