Brazil


Our ship sailed over the equator while we slept last night.  We experienced a wonderful tour in Belem', Para today with our driver Fabio and our guide Magma.

The highlight of our tour was the largest outdoor market in South America, Ver-O-Peso.  Since Belem is a port on the Amazon River as well as the Atlantic Ocean, we sampled fruit, nuts, vegetables and herbs from the Amazon Rain Forest and dined on river fish at lunch.  We very much liked the Amazon fruit, acai, by itself, in chocolate and in ice cream.  There are an abundance of parks in Belem.  I took the photo of the toucan at a bird park.  

Our guides are both natives of Brazil.  Besides the obvious advantages of a private guide, the best part is getting to know them and dine with them while experiencing their culture.  Despite living 3600 miles from each other as well as the language and cultural differences, we have much in common like our love of music.  Magma shares our appreciation for Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and ABBA.  When Fabio turned on the music of Styx in his van, we sang together on the song, Babe.

As Styx sang on one my all time favorite songs; 

You know it's you, babe

Giving me the courage

And the strength I need

Please believe that it's true

Babe (Mabe), I love you

 

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  1. Bill & DebraJanuary 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM

    Seems that crossing the equator was the change you needed. ENJOY

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