Day 47: Welcome to the Jungle

Day 47: Welcome to the Jungle

On the second day in Manaus, we left the city and headed off to the jungle.

On our way there we passed by the Manaus temple, which was just opened about a month ago. 

We took a small boat and crossed the Rio Negro, black river, and landed in the hotel Ti’Wa. It was a really cute hotel. The rooms were cabins that were on stilts on the water, when the water moved, the rooms swayed. The water would move because there were caimans swimming around. It felt a little rustic, but really it just felt like being a nice really resort.

After relaxing for a little bit, we got on a boat again, this time to go piranha hunting. Well piranha hunting is not as easy as it seems, especially if you have a boat drivers that is lazy. He wouldn’t get close to the bushes, most of the piranha just hangout by the shrubbery. I did not catch anything, but my boat caught 4 in total. Some of the other boats had like 30 piranhas, I was a bit jealous.

I want to comment on the way the guides spoke. It was really difficult to understand them. You can tell their education level is low, but a lot of them mumble and slur their words. I had a hard time understanding a lot of the people from Manaus, maybe it’s just their accent, but it was difficult.

Then we went caiman hunting, which was also unsuccessful. Then we caught up with another group, who had a caiman, and we all touched it and took pictures. It was really scary. People underestimate how strong those things are. No matter how small, they are very powerful.