We spent one more night back in Manaus. We had booked quite a fancy hotel that we found online with a lovely king sized bed, for the same price as a room in a hostel! After our jungle lodge with no air con, and sometimes no power or running water, this was a real treat. As our flight wasn't until the afternoon from Manaus, we planned to sleep in as long as possible. Unfortunately, this was made impossible after a few rather loud explosions at around 5.30am. As t...

We were booked on a tour to visit the jungle, and as part of our package we had an airport pick up in Manaus which was lovely not to have to scramble on a local bus, and as the cost was hidden in our tour package it felt like it was free. Ricardo held a sign with our name (VIPs!) and drove us to our hostel in air conditioned comfort. Manaus is a city in the middle of Amazonia, with a population of 2 million people! That's around the same population as Perth, th...