This is our last port on the Amazon River. All during the night we could smell wood smoke, presumably from burnings in the forest. This town is on a tributary river so we got away from the smoke for the day. It was really hot and humid (91 degrees and 85% humid). Again, there were no tours here since it's a beach resort of sorts. We elected to stay aboard rather than tender over and walk around in the heat. The big attraction is the beautiful beaches, but lounging on a beach wasn't in the cards. We heard from a few people who did go ashore that it was a lovely place, probably because it was so different from anything we've seen here.
The movie Oppenheimer is now on the TV so I spent the late morning and early afternoon watching that (a 3-hour movie) with a break for lunch and really enjoyed it. I'd like to watch it again just because I think I'd get more out of it a second time.
Ed Sobey gave a talk on Flying Fish and Swimming Birds with some amazing photos of the little flying fish. We finished completely out of the points today at trivia. Shortly after we sailed at 4:00 pm we smelled the smoke again. Pretty soon we could see several areas of smoke not far offshore.
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| Here's the smoke as seen from our balcony. |
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| This looks like a volcanic mountain in the distance, but I didn't think there was anything like that here. |
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| This good-sized grasshopper was hanging around the back of the ship outside the Grand Dining Room. I think I saw him a few days ago also. |
We had another good meal at Red Ginger. They have the miso-glazed sea bass that we like so much on Regent, although this version has a bit less sauce.
