We were up nice and early and quickly packed our day bags with the few things we had been told we would need for the jungle trip and then went out once more to get the remainder of the money we owed the company. This time we succeeded in finding a working machine slightly closer to the hostel and were soon back at the hostel where I went about paying and loading our things in the taxi while Mae went to a little stand up the road to get us some breakfast. She retu...

We woke up in time for the breakfast bell and found lots going on around us as people were up and about already getting their stuff ready for our arrival in Manaus. After our usual breakfast we joined them and re-packed our bags once more then chatted with our friends until we pulled in to the docks. It was completely different to any of the other places we had stopped at along they way, they had been rustic little shanty towns whereas this was a proper commercia...

We woke up once again as the breakfast bell went at around 6:20. Once again breakfast consisted of crackers, marge and coffee. This morning Mae managed to borrow Jose's chess set and after a few games of cards we spent most of the morning playing each other on the top deck and stopping every so often to take some pictures until the bell went for lunch. There was the normal spaghetti, rice and bean stew for lunch with the addition of some pieces of grilled chicken...

Sailing down the Amazon We were awoken in the morning by the breakfast bell going off and clambered out of our hammocks having had a most successful nights sleep. I thought it was a success anyway due to the fact that my knots had remained firm and our hammocks hadnt fallen down in the middle of the night...see Dad I do remember some of what you taught me!!! We had strange breakfast of very sweet coffee and salted biscuits with margerine, this was all that was...

Beer and Hammocks. We had been advised to get to the docks at about 10am Brazilian time in order to be in the front of the queue. So with this in mind we were up at 8 and after a quick shower I went to find some food for both breakfast and lunch while Mae went on the internet to e-mail the tour company in Manaus and tell them which boat we are on. About 30 mins later I came back having picked up some ham at the supermarket and two sweet buns and a loaf of brea...