| 6 May '02 |
Arrival Brazil |
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All night flight from New York to Sau Paulo, arrived in heavy cloud. Long queue to clear immigration, and the agent just stamped my passport without saying anything.
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| 9 May '02 |
Cultura Inglesa, Natal, Brazil |
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Fantastic! I went into Cultura Inglesa in Natal today to borrow their internet connection so I could upload some modifications to the Cube, and my Libretto refuses
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| 10 May '02 |
Libretto Rekindled |
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After removing the HD from the libretto and mounting it in a PC at Cultura Inglesa, and four emails to Ontrack in Minnesota, the problem was found to be in the BIOS
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| 11 May '02 |
Ponta Negra, Natal, Brazil |
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Went back to Ponta Negra today, but this time for lunch. We had a local fish covered with a shrimp based sauce and chips made from Maxachera root. Very, very nice.
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| 12 May '02 |
Locals beach |
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Went to another beach today, but this one was a 40 minute drive from Natal and pretty much undeveloped, although even here they are building new hotels and resorts.
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| 20 May '02 |
Dune Safari |
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Went on a Dune Buggy trip on Saturday along the Litoral Norte. The driver,
like many Brazilians, thought he was Ayrton Senna so it was like being on a
rollercoaster
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| 30 May '02 |
Manaus. |
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Left Natal this morning for a 7am flight to Manaus with stopover in Recife
and change at Brasilia. The plane developed engine trouble at Recife, so we
lost an
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| 31 May '02 |
Teatro Amazonas, Manaus |
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Managed to find a replacement adaptor so I can plug headphones into the
Libretto (I think I left the old one in Washington). I guess my Portuguese
is improving!
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| 1 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 1: Mamori Lake |
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Left hotel at 6:30AM to meet with Rhoda at the Pousada Rio Blanco. Wilson Castro, the guide, arrived half an hour later in a taxi with his girlfriend. We crossed
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| 2 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 2: Piranha fishing. |
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Up at 6:30AM(!) for piranha fishing on edge of Mamori Lake. The technique is quite simple. Put a piece of meat onto a hook. The hook is not tied directly to the
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| 4 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 4: Half time. |
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Rhodda was supposed to leave us today, but she was persuaded to stay on. We went back to the floating shop on the lake to drop her off and get more supplies and
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| 5 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 5: Jaguar Tracks. |
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Yet more rain last night. There was a leak in the plastic sheet that was meant to waterproof the roof, and so it dripped all along my hammock. Ended up sleeping
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| 6 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 6: Rainforest. |
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River Jurara camp, a lean-to in the Amazon rainforest. Took the canoe into the "white water" on the edge of the river, which is really flooded tributaries rather
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| 7 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 7: That's why it's called RAINforest! |
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It absolutely pissed it down last night again!). Repeatedly. With lightning. And thunder. Lots. Once we'd had breakfast, which was slow to cook because everything
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| 8 Jun '02 |
Amazon Day 8: Back to Reality |
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Spent the night in a floating house owned by a friend of Wilson's. Woken before dawn by the sound of somebody working on a boat with lots of hammering, cursing and
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| 12 Jun '02 |
Arrival in Iguacu, Brazil |
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Escaped from Manaus. Left the hotel at 11pm while there were still taxis around, and then spent a happy four hours in the airport terminal waiting for a 3:30 AM!!!
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| 13 Jun '02 |
Itapu Dam, Iguacu, Brazil |
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Lazy morning, but then it was raining. But unlike Manaus, where it would pour down for a short while and still be warm, here it's just continuous drizzle, and cold.
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