Dominica to Brazil

We entered the mouth of the Amazon River yesterday, an amazing 200 miles wide...yep that's a river. We've got two days until we reach Manaus, Brazil. We are going to be traveling an incredible 1000 miles inland from the time we reached land in Brazil along the amazon to Manaus.

Faith and I have two day trips planned for our 5 scheduled days in port. We are swimming with dolphins and going fishing for piranhas. I know fishing for piranhas sounds a little crazy. I remember the conversation Faith and I had going something like, "Who the hell would go fishing for piranhas?....We would!" This was proof to me that we both want to make the most of out this journey, tell some exciting stories and get some great pictures.

Just two days ago we left the Caribbean, where we spent two days in Dominica, not to be confused with the Dominican Republic. A beautiful island with rain forests, beaches, and welcoming people. Faith and I and many students on the voyage went snorkeling in the Champagne Reef on day one in the afternoon. Prior to that afternoon morning we walked town to meet people and learn some people and learn about the history of the town. On day two we woke up early to caravan with our guided tour to the rain forest where we visited the Emerald Pool and Trafalgar Falls...amazing beauty! Boy did we get rain alright....it was awesome, drenched head to toe...couldn't damper a terrific day. The roads I have to say where a bit treacherous, but our guide was a champ maneuvering around the island with huge cliffs into the lush green forest.

I'm going to cut this update a bit short as its now approaching 7AM here and people are starting to wake up and internet will be slowing down soon.

Until next time...likely after we our trip to Brazil as we head east across the Atlantic to Takoradi, Africa.

Limited bandwidth on the ship doesn't make it very easy to upload pics...going to try to get to an internet cafe in Brazil.