Arrived in Manaus around 3;30 pm on the 12th, hot like an Amazon jungle and a mad house for traffic. I had the coordinates for a recommended hotel so I didn't have to search around for a place to stay, good thing. The plan, see the two rivers, get some information on the area and then head north and hope the weather holds.
Met a guy, O'rielly, while parking the moto in front of the hotel who is in the tourist business that had a lot of good information. He arranged a boat tour the next morning, I'd join some other tourists. Not much into the day tourist trips however, the price was right and I would be on the rivers, bucket list item.

Departing the wharf, Rio Negro:
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Floating fuel stations:
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From Manaus, Brazil

From Manaus, Brazil

Went into the floating market area:
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Fishing boats:
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Notice how dark the water is:
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If there's something going on there always seems to be a smiling Lab:
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First we went West up the Rio Negro under the Manaus bridge (forgot the name) which was completed almost two years ago. it's 3.5 kilometers long and is a bridge to nowhere. Just a few small towns on the other side.
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First event, swimming with the pink river dolphins:
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Got it!
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I'm standing at the average high water mark during the wet season. Left side of the photo are two tourist boats:
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We went to see some natives put on a tourist show. The guide spoke good English and was very knowledgable about the tribes history. The show lasted about 30 minutes and they do it many times a day when the tourist are around.
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Went back down and then into a tributary that is feed from the Amazon for lunch. The water is more mud color.
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Many of the homes and business's are built on floating logs:
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Building a new home and restaurant:
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Giant lilly pads:
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It was getting hot:
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There was some men building a new walk way into the jungle and they had found a sloth on one of the posts that morning. When I walked by they were taking a break and holding it. It didn't seem to mind and it even looked like it enjoyed the attention.
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It looked sad when the put it down:
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Floating restaurant:
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A female sloth is someones kitchen. It's free to leave if it wants but I was told it likes being there and the attention:
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A young one:
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Just east of Manaus is the point where the Rio Negro joins into the Amazon river and the two different waters mixing make an interesting sight. The Rio Negro being very dark water and the Amazon a muddy brown color. The Amazon is also quite a bit cooler than the Rio Negro.
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From Manaus, Brazil

From Manaus, Brazil

Looking west up the Amazon:
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From Manaus, Brazil

Looking east
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It was really a great day! I saw the Amazon River!