Following our adventures into the Jungle we decided to take a pit stop in the Capital city of the region, Manaus. It is something of a surprise that the city is quite big and covers a large area. Manaus was the capital of the Rubber industry a hundred years ago and you can certainly see from some of the remaining architecture that it used to be a very wealthy town. It was the vision of the Governor at the time and became the first Brazilian ciry to have trolle...

From Venezuela we took a 29 hour journey by bus to reach our next destinatioin, Manaus, in the Amazonas region of Brazil. In doing so we crossed the equator from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere. Manaus is the capital of the area and with a population of 3m is a thriving city - not quite what you would expect for the middle of the rainforest. We decided to venture into the rainforest for 5 days as soon as we arrived, where you get the op...