Manaus & The Amazon Our gateway to the Amazon was through Manaus, a major city built inside the forest. It is a commercial and manufacturing hub due to its tax free status. We spent one night in a crummy hospital like hotel before starting the journey into the forest the next morning. Even by Brazil standards the place was bad (rock hard bed, dirty shower) so we decided not to stay here again when we return. The Journey We started with a ride from the ho...

The purpose of this post is to let you know about our upcoming plans. So if you are going to be in the area or are looking to meet us somewhere, this is where you need to look: Brazil: we were here for a total of 6 weeks, leaving on July 30th Portugal: we arrive in Lisbon on July 31st and are planning to spend about 10 days in Lisbon and the coast Spain: we are spending 2 weeks in Spain, seeing the south coast and Barcelona, August 8-20 Belgium, Luxem...