Sunsets, hammocks, and river dolphins, Thurs-Tues, Jan 17-22 (LAS)
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008We made our way to the port on Thursday morning and negotiated our spot on a cargo/passenger boat that was set to depart on Saturday afternoon for Manaus. Since it would be sitting in port for a couple of days getting loaded with cargo, we were allowed to sleep on the boat for those 2 nights for free. We were able to store our luggage with our hotel from Wed night, so this was a great option. We eventually found an atm that worked and settled out all of the logistics. As we sat in the hammocks on Thursday evening, watching a beautiful sunset, we saw our first river dolphins jumping out of the water! Freshwater dolphins! We had read about them-but it was so crazy to see. The river wasn´t very wide here and we couldn´t tell if they were the pink or grey…but very cool none-the-less.