“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
Manaus is the most populous city in the Amazon basin and 1000 miles up the Amazon River from the Atlantic.
Rio Negro left, Amazon right
Amazing Amazon, we didn’t think we’d actually see such a difference of color at the “Meeting of the Waters”. The water doesn’t mix for 4-5 miles down stream due to the different temperatures, PH balance and speed.
City Market above right with red roof Street view
I never did find out what this was, but I might have eaten some!
Again 13 yr old photos. City market street side. Local fish mongers, dried fish rolls (like fish jerky), fruits and veggies plus much more.
Stop at the local zoo, 2006. Cute phone booth. 2019 Zoo stop
Harpy Eagle 2019 Amazonian Zoot 2019
What do you call two monkeys that share an Amazon account?
Prime mates.
Manaus Opera House Colorful tiled dome Park across the street Palacio Rio Negro, once a Governor’s mansion, now a museum, and to think it is in the middle of the jungle.
The Teatro Amazonas, Amazon Theater has a dome covered with 36,000 decorated ceramic tiles painted in the colors of the national flag of Brazil, and a bejeweled interior with gold, crystal and Italian marble and a beautiful facade. It was chosen by Vogue magazine as one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world. More than 120 years old, it represents the city’s heyday during the rubber boom.
Along with the Palacio Rio Negro, built by an eccentric rubber baron, and a number of other European-style buildings, the city has earned the reputation as the “Paris of the Amazon”.
Brazil’s “Big Bird”
Scarlet Ibis Scarlet Macaw
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