Manaus part 2

 

Too many pictures to upload at one time, so I will do it in pieces.

 

Manaus in on the Rio Negro, or Black River.  The location was probably chosen because the mosquitos don’t like the river.  So why not build there?

 

When the Rio Negro flows into the Amazon, they do not mix easily.  The Amazon is full of silt, which makes it brown.  Rio Negro is actually nice clean water, but compared to the Amazon it looks black.  So here is what it looks like when they get together

 

      It looks like there might be a small stream entering the river that would cause the second picture.  (we had to get up early in the morning to get these picture, hope you appreciate that)

 

  I took a picture of this, not knowing what it was.  We could see the K, so thought maybe it was K-mart.  But on blowing it up, it turns out to be a Kawasaki plant.  Maybe tomorrow we can go there and they will have some free samples lol