jungle school and predators

In the afternoon we visited a jungle school.

The kids had a football match to become the new Ronaldinos. They were really into the game and cheering for their team!

Next we went Piranha fishing. We used beef as bait and after some seconds our guide had the first one. In the beginning the fish just ate the bate from our hook and we didn't get one but after some practice we got one after the other.

When the boat was full with piranhas we went back home. It already got dark and soon we didn't see anything. Only some shadows from the moon. And that were perfect conditions to catch more animals. Demiau (our guide) was looking for crocodiles. And he really caught one from the boat just with his hands. It was crazy, we didn't see anything and he spotted this animals that are under water, just with their eyes and nose out.

grub for breakfast

In the morning of the second day in the jungle we had a walking tour. We looked at walking trees. They can move a little bit by growing new roots and letting others die:

Some spiders were waiting for us along the way:

And we had a tinker workshop in the jungle

We even tried a grub that lifes in a nut. Our guide said the nut doesn't taste very good but we have to try the grub. deliciouse!!!

Meeting of the rivers

The second day we started our trip into the Amazon jungle. A short trip by bus, then we jumped on a boat, crossed the Rio Negro and the Amazon river. This place is called meeting of the rivers which was not so spectacular...Then another short trip on the bus to the next boat that took us to our "jungle hotel". The English guys that went with us couldn't let go of their beer can ;-)



On the way we met a school boat
And finally reached ArarinhaIn the afternoon we went out with the boat to get a feeling for the rainforest and visited a local family that probably gets the nicest sunset ever...

Linz - Munich - Zurich - Sao Paulo - Manaus

After a long flight from Zurich to Sao Paulo I met Lovisa again who was working in Brazil for two months. But there was not much time for saying hi, we had to hurry to our next flight to Manaus. The airport of Sao Paulo was a mess that day. For some reason the air control had troubles with the radars on so hundreds of people were at the airport waiting for their flight.
Our flight was quite in time, "only" a delay of two hours.
But we arrived in Manaus. Manaus reminded me a lot of Dar es Salaam. It was almost as hot and humid as in Tanzania and also the city was crowded and busy as there. But of course it is not as poor as Dar.

Booked a tour at Gero's for the Amazonas. More about that tomorrow...

One week

One week left until I'm off to Brazil to visit Lovisa and to explore the country. Soon you will read about our expedition of the Amazonas, maybe we will find an unknown indigenous tribe.
Next stop will be the beaches and the nightlife of Rio and a trip to Chapada de Diamantina.

cousins birthday

Yesterday my cousin Roxana celebrated her birthday and the family came together to my brother's. Martin told us about a kind of highland wrestling that we had to try out...

Also Ramin, tried how lucky he was.