Leaving Manaus

Amazon. We are finishing up our stay in Manaus and had our last field trip this morning. We leave tomorrow nite to sail across to Ghana. On our first day we took the city tour and started by walking to the fish market. I could only last about ten min. Because of the smell. Got on the bus and drove whole city from rich to poor. Finished the tour with a visit to the opera house which was super gorgeous. Day two was onto a boat bus, Which is the only way to travel  as there are no roads. The river is like our 35w. Visited a village for some shopping and lunch and moved up river to our hotel. Spent the evening piranha fishing I caught a nice one unlike Mary and Chris. When dusk came we went shining for Cayman crocs. Got a little in the boat and could all touch and hold if desired. Of course couldn,t wait. Next day had a tour of rubber plantation given by our guide, Washington who was spectacular. Operated with Slaves until fifty years ago. When the government discovered this it closed them down and plantation is now operated as a museum. Today our tour was to take special needs children to the zoo.first we visited their living facilities which  was immaculate. Caught up with the kids at the zoo and they were so excited and had a wonderful time. Kinda sad because they were all abandoned but they seemed happy and well cared for. Up until ten years ago these children were left in the street to fend for themselves. MarySueChris