November 27 Icoaraci and Belem, Brazil

 

This is our last port in Brazil.  The last 2 days we have been going across the equator over and over.  We are circling until the tides and the port are ready for us.  So today we anchored off of Icoaraci.  This town is the port we go to in order to get to Belem.  Belem is a city of over 2 million. 

 

  this is Belem

 

So, needless to say, we were not very interested in going for a one hour bus trip to see the city.  Instead we took the local boat, not the ship’s tender for a 25 minute ride to the “port”.

 

  

 

 

We walked a little, took some pictures, and had enough of the about 100 degree weather with 99 % humidity.  So we took the boat back to the ship.  Good thing, too.  It rained like crazy right after we got on board.

    I think this is a restaurant

 

   People come shopping here.  These people brought their own boat, while others took a commercial boat home with their purchases.

 

 

Now we have 3 sea days before we arrive in Scarborough, Tobago.  On the first day out we had an Indonesian luncheon and the staff dressed up.