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The airport was a nightmare. We had to wait around for 9 hours for our flight. Dawning on us that we had should have booked our hostel in advance.
After a 2.30hr flight we landed in Belém. We asked a taxi booth to take use to a hostel that would be open. We ended up in Hotel Amazonia, our first dorm! It's was only a four bed. Not that it mattered. We havn't met any backpackers yet. Not that we are not trying, there are no backpackers around.
After a sticky morning sleep we headed to the towns main port to book our boat trip down the river to Manaus. A city in the heart of the amazon.
Tickets booked we headed to the local market to buy our hammocks. (Oh this 5 day boat down the amazon we have to buy and set up our own hammocks and provide food. It's going to be interesting...)
This market was bustling with people and traders selling everything from fruit to fish, from clothes to furniture. We managed to get 2 hammocks fairly easy not forgetting the rope!
We decided to be adventurous and eat at some market stall. Some how we managed to order the same as everyone else. Battered fish, rice, noodles, beans and some weird fruitish soup. With the food in hand the beggers came in. Some guy asked for money and we told him to 'jog on' then this other hobo went to this Brazilian women for money but the owner of the stall gave him a wack to get ride of him. He stayed around so eventually got food, but through it on the floor. Two other guys then argued with him which the proceeded to the hobo taking off his tshirt exposing a bra? Weird.
Entertainment over we grabbed a beer on the river front then headed back to our hostel.
Unfortunately we decided to go shopping for dinner at 4.30 but everywhere was closed! Heading back we were approached again for money where the guy followed us for a while. Feeling uneasy and unsafe and this area having a reputation of crime we headed back.
With it being unsafe at night, nowhere open and no dinner we had no option but to eat plain rice with a splash of soy sauce which we brought from Rio. After forcing this down we headed to our dorm to practise our knots for the boat and play cards.
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Lily hello i had a lovley bday!what a good time you had in brazel. Thank you for my present it was lovely i am going to start my catwalk fashoin book Love lily pops xxxxxx ( ps im missing you both loads)