Travel Blog January 8, 2014
Parintins, Amazonas
Our Return Trip
We are now on our way downstream with a new complement of
passengers on board. Our ports of call
will remain the same.
We departed Manaus
Tuesday evening for a 200 mile overnight trip to Parintins. Since we are traveling downstream, the ship
can make a bit better time than upstream.
For us, we know what to expect and our daily shift at the Port Lecturers
desk has been much busier than on the upstream trip.
We anchored about a mile offshore in exactly the same spot
that we used on our upstream voyage.
John logs each stop on his GPS and the captain was so accurate that he
dropped the hooks within 50 feet of where we had anchored before! That is some navigation in a river several
miles wide.
The weather today was a bit cloudy with a hint of the
oncoming rainy season, but much more pleasant than We boarded the tenders and reached the shore
by 1:30. We were surprised to find such a contrast to
our visit last Saturday. The streets
were not busy. We surmised, correctly,
that it was siesta time.
our last visit here.
 | |
| Riverboats such as these carry passengers and freight between Amazon cities. |
The Brazilian cities we have visited are infamous for their
motorbikes. Donna came within inches of
being run down by one, had she not put her hand out to divert the inattentive driver.
We stopped for cool drink at the same place that we had on
Saturday and answered many questions from our ship’s passengers who spotted
us. At 2:00,
the shops slowly began to reopen and we strolled back to the port after picking
up a few items.
We arrived back on the ship in time to relax a bit before
our 6:00 dinner. I think we will enjoy our What a difference it makes to
have an earlier dinner seating!
tablemates on this
voyage.
 |
| Don & Jan Hamburg, tablemates |
The evening’s entertainment was a fantastic dance
revue. Only six dancers did the entire
show. What wonderfully talented
entertainers we have on board.
Following the show we retired to the Pacific Lounge on Deck
10, where we went dancing for the first time since New Year’s Eve. We really enjoyed the 60’s music and our friends.
We returned to our room and turned in, but Donna had trouble
getting to sleep for several hours.
Perhaps the tea she was served at dinner was not decaffeinated.
Tomorrow, the village
of Boca da Valeria.
No comments:
Post a Comment