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Well I´m in Manuas

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Today I arrived in Manuas… it´s incredibly hot hereduring the day but really nice at night!! It´s a bustling city in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. I went to the port on the amazon today and I can´t even describe it. There´s people selling supplies everywhere and the buildings are beautiful. I didn´t have time to see everything I wanted but I´ll hit those places if I make it out of the Amazon.

Today I checked into my Pousada. It´s really nice. They have chickens (like all the places I went to in Brazil) and hummingbirds everywhere. After doing so much walking I took a dip in the pool they have here.

Tomorrow I´ll head 3 and a half hours into the jungle. So I won´t be posting any updates for the next couple of days.

Well sorry I can´t post pictures here…sorry Susie but I like taking pics of the places I went to – I know what I look like 🙂

But I´ll have three or four post-trip posts to recap new year´s eve, Rio and the hang gliding episode plus other insights.

I´m getting sad..I love this country -the nature and the wonderful people (oh I have a Carioca, which means a person from Rio, pape now :).

Wish me luck in the jungle. I´m heading out at 7am. I gotta get some sleep

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Had a talk with Jesus

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Or maybe it´s the side effects of taking Malarone?? Just kidding

I went to Corcovado to see the Cristo Redentor statue or the big Jesus. You have to take to train to climb the top of the mountian…it takes above 30 mins to reach the top!!

Once on the top the view is nice but I enjoy the view hang gliding better. It was a hazy day so the pictures look foggy. We were up so high that you´re standing iterally in the clouds!!

Here´s the world famous Maracana futebol stadium…it had 200,000 capacity!! Too bad there´s no games right now.

And Sugerloaf and Guanabara Bay….

After coming from the island I thought Copacabana was over blown..it´s very touristy and the beach is nasty. There´s algea in the ocean that could give you deseases so I didn´t stay there too long…

It was so hot that I heading back to the pousada to take a dip the the pool before going out. Well that´s a quick recap of Rio. I´m doing some more exploring today. Then tomorrow Im heading to the Amazon. I don´t know if I´ll be able to post while in Manuas/jungle. When I get back , if I can´t post I´ll give you an Amazon recap.

In the meantime, cross your fingers for me see ya in 6 days..

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Hang Gliding in Rio

Monday, January 9th, 2006
I survived hang gliding Friday. I was so scared and nervous that I had to use the bathroom right before we did it. I didn´t want to have an in-flight "accident". It didn´t help that my ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Samba Time

Monday, January 9th, 2006
I sorry I haen´t been posting in a while but I´ve been busy exploring Rio. So I the next three posts are quick recaps... Thursday night I met my friend Danielle - a carioca ( a person born and raised ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Raining in Rio!!

Friday, January 6th, 2006
Hey Tiffany...email me your mailing address!! Anyways Well guys..it´s raing in Rio (boooo!!!). It had to happen I guess. This is the first day of my entire trip that the rain didn´t stop in 20 mins. So it ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Some Teaser Pics

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
Today I spent all day hiking and seeing some of the 21 beaches located here on the island. Once I get to Rio, the internet service should be better and I can show you more pics of this island. I ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Fernando de Noronha

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
Well I´m still here in the island. What a place to recuparate!! Today I went planta scubbing where they drag you behind a boat and there´s this special board you can use to either go down deeper into the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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I survived New Year´s Eve!!

Monday, January 2nd, 2006
Hello all I cn´t uypdate you with images because I´m in Fernando de Noronda. IT´s a remote island 300 something miles off the coast. I´m using the satelite connection and it´s too slow and I have five people ... [Continue reading this entry]

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