On December 20 we headed to Presidente Figueiredo - an area popular to walk in the jungle, see waterfalls and caves.
We then headed to the town of Urubui.
After lunch, we headed for a walk in the jungle to see some cool caves at geosite #8. Kind of like mambo #5.
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| Driving by the Manaus stadium still under construction for the World Cup |
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| Santuario! |
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| I think this is in reference to the 10 commandments? |
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| The waterfalls of Santuario |
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| Shutter speed makes a difference in making the water milky |
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| This is an even slower shutter speed...I like how milky it looks! |
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| A close up of "the lady" statue as our guide called it |
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| Pretty dragonfly |
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| The color of the water comes from the tannins in the leaves |
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| My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump |
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| It's reddish-brown...can you see the fish? |
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| Looked like a mini iceberg but it's foam from the waterfalls |
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| This flows into the Rio Negro |
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| I spy a lizard |
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| Slithering away |
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| In mid jump...you can see the palms of his hands |
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| Large ant carrying a blade of grass |
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| This ant was carrying a piece of a leaf |
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| Can you see it? |
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| The ants were biting off parts of this leaf and carrying it away |
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| Pretty butterfly |
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| Another waterfall |
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| Another ant carrying a blade of grass |
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| It almost looks like a spider |
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| Just like tea! |
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| Before leaving I got a close up of "the lady," Santa Clara |
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| Bird |
We then headed to the town of Urubui.
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| This guy is ripped |
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| Rio Urubui |
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| That is the river, over there |
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| Jesus stopped us from eating at this place - thanks Jesus! |
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| Buzzzzz - this bee was enjoying some Coke in the bottle cap |
After lunch, we headed for a walk in the jungle to see some cool caves at geosite #8. Kind of like mambo #5.
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| Vines |
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| More vines |
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| Pretty green |
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| Always creeping behind me |
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| Entrance to the cave - it used to be home to an indigenous tribe |
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| We had to take our shoes and socks off to walk in this dirty cave |
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| It is now home to bats |
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| Lots of them. One almost ran into my face. |
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| This looks like a face...the cave is made up of compressed sand |
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| Which is why we went inside |
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| More bats |
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| Paul is anxious to get out of the cave - he thinks there are sand fleas |
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| Leaving the cave |
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| Still walking in shin-high water...Paul is checking to make sure I didn't fall while taking this photo |
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| We spotted a bird sitting on her nest |
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| I think this is when I almost fell - Paul is mad |
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| Moss |
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| This is the other end of the cave - we had to walk around it because the inside had collapsed |
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| More huge ants |
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| Looking for things to carry |
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| On top of the cave |
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| Mini waterfall |
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| Jackfruit |
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| I've never had jackfruit before |
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| It's kind of like a mango but a bit sour |
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| After an hour, we were back in Manaus to admire the Christmas tree |
