We have just completed uploading our extense Flickr album devoted to Alter do Chão and the Amazon jungle. We visited the village of Alter do Chão in the midst of World Cup fever. And reached the beaches that gave Alter do Chão worldwide fame. In June the Tapajós river is still covering most beaches. On [...]
The Guardian has just paid attention to the construction of the mega-bridge across the river Negro linking Manaus and Iranduba. Its article A bridge too far? Brazil’s Manaus-Iranduba crossing outlines fear that the bridge will open the door to the destruction of the rainforest in the region. We doubt the bridge will bring sustainable progress [...]
Alter do Chão is a small town in the state of Pará, council of Santarém. It is located at the entrance of a lake formed on the right bank of the Tapajós river – one of the biggest tributaries of the Amazon and known for its dark-blue waters. When the level of the Amazon river [...]
We hadn’t visited a restaurant for a while here at the blog. Today we are presenting a 100% off-the-beaten track food experience we had during our trip to Manaus. We learned about the peixaria do Jokka Loureiro on a blog review (you’ll be pushed hard to find a mention to it on a printed guide, [...]
The Teatro Amazonas in Manaus is one of those unmissable spots in a city that has lost the charm of times gone by. More than the grandour or luxury of the building, what really makes an impression on the visitor is the way the theatre recalls times of splendour that led to the building of [...]
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