Manaus, Brazil is the capital of the state of Amazonas and was the epic center of the late 19th and early 20th century rubber boom-bust cycle. Think dot-com boom bust but with indentured workers in near slave like conditions living in jungle huts instead of silicone valley condos. During my trip to the Amazon I…
Ferry boats in the Amazon are a lifeline for the many villages and cities along the Amazon, Rio Negro and many of the other tributaries, both big and small. Connecting Communities These boats connect the communities with the outside world, deliver goods and materials as well as people and commerce through the Amazon region, which…
The Amazon is so vast and with a tall dense canopy the best way to appreciate the enormity, one must see it from above! So How big is the Amazon, really?! At 6.9 million square kilometers (2.72 million square miles), the Amazon Basin is roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States and covers some 40 percent of…
One of my favorite things to do when I travel is to visit the local market. To really understand a culture, food is at the center. While I have been to Brazil many many times over the last 35+ years and married to a Brazilian, this was my first trip to the Amazon. So, I…
While the highlight of my Amazon trip is extreme fishing and jungle river Adventure, it’s also a cultural and historical trip. In what can be my last post until I come back from the Amazon at the end of the month, I want to focus a little on the non-fishing aspects of my trip. Manaus,…
It’s ten days and a wake-up and I’m in the Amazon. Finally. I Arrive in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas State and after a couple of days of hanging out in the city in the Amazon, I’ll head out for a jungle fishing expedition. Getting there is half the Fun Our group of 8 anglers…
For me a critical part of getting ready for any adventure is reading about the area I’m going: history, culture, geography, maps, wildlife, previous explorers and expeditions of the area, etc.. For Alaska I read a ton of natural history and adventure books and here is my reading for my first trip to the Amazon,…
I’m a little more than 2 months from my Amazon Fishing trip. There is so much yet to do and finalize before I head to Manaus in August. This is a fully guided expedition that’s at a jungle lodge deep in the Amazon. The lodge is a half day boat ride to the nearest dirt…
In getting ready for my upcoming trip to the Amazon, today I got my Yellow Fever shot and a prescription for anti-malaria pills. When I was in the Navy I had a yellow fever shot, but that was more than 40 years ago and I decided it was time to update my immunity. So today…
While my Alaska fishing trip is a still fresh I’m now deep in the planning stages for my Amazon Fishing Expedition in August. This post focuses more on the budget and how to pay for it. Points Strategy The plan was always to use points from American Express, Amazon and Bass Pro Shops as well…
