Monthly Archives: December 2011

O Little town of Belém

We flew from Santarem to Belém, to see a map of the two cities click here. O Little town of Belém, which literally translates to Bethlehem, which is not so little, has around 1.4 million people and if you add … Continue reading

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Boats and beaches in the jungle

We traveled by boat from Manaus to Santarem. Click here to see a map. To do this trip, we bought our tickets and in doing realized how difficult accomplishing something as easy as purchasing a ticket can be. Depending on … Continue reading

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THE AMAZON

From Panama City, we flew to Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. Click here to see where the two cities are in relation to one another. Manaus is the largest city (2 million people) in the middle of the Amazon forest and it … Continue reading

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Arrived in Fortaleza!!!!!!!

We are really happy that we are slowing down the pace of our trip a little. After 3 months going from one place to another we finally got in my hometown, Fortaleza. We are staying here for Christmas, New Year´s … Continue reading

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An Ode to Panama

This country has an interesting story mostly because of its geographic characteristics. Located right in the middle of the Americas, some consider Panama the continent’s belly button. Right in between two gigantic land masses it is the only place where … Continue reading

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