Welcome to the Amazon, one of the places people picture immediatley
when you say Brazil. For nine days, I got to experience the wonders of
Manaus, Presidente Figuerido, and Rio Negro with over 60 other exchange
students. There are no words to describe the beauty I experienced there
and the atmosphere I encountered. It was truly an adventure of dreams,
and once of a lifetime experience!
I first arrived with
half of the group into the capital of the state Amazonas called Manaus.
The first night, we exchange students got to watch a practice of the
anual Boi festival, Boi Bumba. Each year, there is a festival
held where two "bois" or bulls face off: one red, Garantido, and the
other blue, Caprichoso. The next day we went on a bus tour of the city to
get to know one of the fish markets. After that, we traveled about an
hour away to Presidente Figuerido where we hiked through the jungle at
night to visit waterfalls. This was absolutely one of the highlights of
the trip, to be in the complete darkness of the jungle with only
flashlights to see. Then the next six nights, we lived on river boats
and slept in hammocks. I got to visit the indigenous in the area, hold a
crocodile, a sloth, fish for piranas, swim with pink dolphins, and see
some of the most beautiful sunsets in the entire world. I´m so
incredibly lucky to have been able to see the things that most people
can only dream about.
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| Boi festival |
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| Fish market |
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| Theater in Manaus |
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| Presidente Figuerido |
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| Presidente Figuerido |
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| Our boats! |
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| Eu amo Brasil <3 |
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| Place where Rio Negro meets the Rio Solimoes. The water doesn't mix because of density and composition |
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| One of the prettiest sunsets |
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| Giant lily pads |
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| One of the indigenous tribes we visited |
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| Giant tree |
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| Holding a crocodile :) |
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| Making tapioca |
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| School boat anyone? |
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| Our canoes to travel from our boat to activities |
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| Pirana fishing! |
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| Pink dolphins |
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| SLOTH! |
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| My boat Jacaré |
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