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3 Mar 2015
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Kite surfing
Thanks again to Erick who dropped us off at the airport for our flight to Fortaleza. We were sitting on the fully loaded plane ready for take off when they announced we all had to get off as the air con was not working. Surprisingly like they said another plane was found and an hour later we were loading again. Driving thru the not so nice side of Fortaleza away from the airport we were again glad we flew instead of drove the 10 days to get here. The north is not like the south of Brazil. Here it is less sophisticated, much poorer, and there is garbage and rubble all over.
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The tiny town of Cumbuco is 45 minutes from the capital and is visited almost for the sole purpose of kite surfing. The town itself is not nice and is covered with stray animals and there piles of garbage and rubble everywhere. The wind however is strong and steady.
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5 Mar 2015
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Sand Dunes and Seafood
We hiked out on the dunes for the sunset. The local kids are good sand boarders.
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The 0031 also had a great restaurant with incredible seafood.
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As a n00b to this site I must say I'm very impressed with the mileage you two (3?) have done so far, & I wish you the very best of luck with your travels.
Mick the Brit living in Mizzoo.... 
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5 Mar 2015
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As a n00b to this site I must say I'm very impressed with the mileage you two (3?) have done so far, & I wish you the very best of luck with your travels.
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Thanks a lot. Yes Daniel and I were pretty stoked the day we passed 100,000 km on the trip so far. We just arrived in Madrid to start our European adventures! Cheers Sara
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5 Mar 2015
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Daniel was able to rent gear from Kiteline on the beach. He did not ship his own kite gear here due to the 60% duty charge to “import it”. Then he could spend the next 10 days riding the wind.
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Luckily he only needed a friend to launch and catch his kite!
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5 Mar 2015
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During the week the beach was deserted.
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It was a lot more crowded on the weekends, But Dan got a brand new 2015 kite and harness to use right out of the box.
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One of the local attractions is a buggy tour of the dunes. We did this with our Slovenian friend’s Šanin and Goran. If you want a good ride ask for one with EMOTION.
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On our last day we headed to the lagoon for the day. “The Slovenians” were taking lessons with kite pro Dave from Kitebud. He is an awesome guy. He may charge more than the others, but he will have you riding in half the time.
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We loved our time with good friends from all over the world at the 0031 hotel.
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6 Mar 2015
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The amazon
Our 2 1/2 hour flight from Fortaleza to Manaus was at 10 pm and we landed and were finally at the hotel at 1 am.
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The hotel has an amazing view of the Rio Negro, which is the largest left tributary of the Amazon, is the largest blackwater river in the world, and one of the world’s ten largest rivers by outflow. A blackwater river is deep and slow moving thru forests with swamps or wetlands. The water is transparent, acidic pH, and darkly colored and looks like tea because of the tannins in it from the rotting vegetation. But this also means NO BUGS!!
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6 Mar 2015
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We were picked up from the dock by motorized canoe and delivered to the Clipper ship “Premium”. We had our welcome talk and a tour of the ship.
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Heading up the Rio Nego we were followed by a storm that luckily never caught up to us, but it gave us some amazing rainbows. The sunset over the river was very colorful.
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The first night we set out in the canoes with high-powered spotlights. The guides used these to scan the jungle for the “red reflex” of eyes. Doing this we found all kinds of things including huge poisonous frogs, caimans, snakes, and birds. The sounds of the night jungle are incredibly loud and we were happy to be safe in our boat.
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This morning were woken up at 530 to see the sun rise and get out to see who else was up. The reflections of the jungle on the black water are incredible. We saw lots of birds including toucans, macaws, ibis, hawks, parrots, and parakeets.
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These crazy birds build their nests in trees with wasp’s nests for added protection from predators.
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After breakfast we did a 2.5-hour hike thru the jungle. Here we saw all kinds of medicinal trees and plants. There were these crazy foam beetles and a small bird spider (a big one is 50 cm). Then it was time for some swimming from the boat. This was very good exercise, because you really had to give it just to stay where you were in the very strong current.
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This after noon we explored the Anavilhanas Archipelago, which is the world’s largest fresh water archipelago of river islands. It is about 100 km up stream from Manaus and where the river becomes 27 km wider. The preserve has over 400 islands and extends over 90 km of native forest. Here we again saw the incredible reflections in the black water and tons of birds.
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We also found an egg-eating snake because we saw a large bird trying to pluck it from a tree for a meal. Sara spotted a wild Passionflower hanging over the riverside. There are also a huge number of orchids and bromeliads covering the trees.
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