Os Coritibanos são vagabundos!
2009-07-20, Manaus, Brazil. By: Fishman

I´m not kidding. They really are. The back of their jerseys says "skank" and everything. I spent the last two days in Gustavo´s home city of Curitiba - Paraná. It´s the city with one of the highest st...

Sean O'Casey in Manaus
2009-03-27, Manaus, Brazil. By: frankieboy

I have decided to write a three act play to chronicle my week in Brazil. It is in the same vane as Waiting for Godot which is not true because I have not read waiting for Godot but just wanted to soun...

A matter of perspective
2009-03-03, Manaus, Brazil. By: frankieboy

The below is a very negative review on Trip Advisor regarding a tour company for the Amazon Jungle. I was on the tour with a nice couple from Bulgaria. There were professional photographers if I r...

Manaus, Sau Paulo and good bye Brazil
2009-02-08, Manaus, Brazil. By: frankieboy

Manaus Manaus is a modern city of 2.5 million people in the middle of the Amazon. I had never heard of the place until I was researching some places around the Amazon Jungle. I think it grew to pro...

Brasil! Preparing for a jungle journey with turtle, strangefruit, and bikini-related 'maintenance'
2009-02-08, Manaus, Brazil. By: fidgi

Well, this is going to be my last entry (and probably my last appearance online) for a while as, all being well, tomorrow I shall be setting off on a boat down the Amazon from Manaus to Santarem. I’v...

I don't like spiders and snakes-I think Jim Stafford was in the Amazon when he wrote that song
2009-02-01, Manaus, Brazil. By: frankieboy

Food I went to a Churrasco and good god I think I ate the full complement of Old MacDonald’s Farm (that seems weird to write given my last name which of course is Blagdonovich) I think I even had a s...

Airport freelancer tour operators, avoid or not ?
2005-07-26, Manaus, Brazil. By: diasman

Even though every one says and every guidebook states that when you arrive at Manaus airport, you should avoid all the pseudo guides that try to sell you the ultimate jungle trip, it is difficult to r...

a brief remark to one of the most brilliant Brazillian poet musician: Tom Zé
2005-07-27, Manaus, Brazil. By: diasman

AUGUSTA, ANGÉLICA AND CONSOLATION Tom Zé Augusta, thank God, thank God Between you and Angélica I found consolation Who came to look out for me and give me a hand Augusta (how I miss you) ...