This is a city of 250,000 on the equator though today there is a nice breeze. We have had a hard time the last week dealing with norovirus and rather corrupt Brazillian officials. Some charge cigarettes and others booze and others just money. Nontheless they have kind of cutailed our ports. We saw a little of the cities but now we are on the Amazon. I woke up to the sound of the small river boats slowly chugging their way up and down the brown lazy river. So wide that you cannot always see the edges. It is so humid but I am acclimating pretty well. There were 2 pink dolphins along side yesterday and a few birds. The markets are so interesting. the children are beautiful of course. The folks in this city are pretty isolated but much nicer than on the coast. Few animals though we went to a zoo the other day in Belem.
Macapa is unusually clean compared to what we have seen and it seems safer. We have had over a dozen passengers mugged including a lady yesterday who was knifed for her camera. She took a few stitches and seems alright now. Can be quite dangerous unless you keep your wits about you. That said it is all quite interesting. Have to go. Loved all your comments. Sotrry about the floods. I did see a short thing on CNN about the Warwick mall. Feel so out of touch here. I miss everyone. Luckily I brough a video of Riley that we have watched. Tomorrow a jungle trip in Santarem
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