Historical/Background Info:
This important financial and economic center is located midway between the two largest cities on the Amazon. Manaus is 500 miles to the west and Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon, is 500 miles to the east. It is located where the Tapajos River flows into the Amazon River which results in another “meeting of the waters” (deep blue Tapajos River water flows into and meets the dirty brown Amazon water) The city has a population of 300,000. Founded in 1661 by the Portuquese, it is one of the oldest cities in the Amazon basin.
The highway south out of the city is used to transport soybeans from plantations to the Cargill storage facility here and is then loaded on ships for export. Soybeans are also barged down the Tapajos River to Cargill here. Huge cattle feedlots, mining, and tourism are also important to the economy here.
What We Did Today:
We docked at 8:00 am. It was pouring rain when we arrived and at noon it is still raining albeit, lightly now. So did not go on the tour and didn't even take the shuttle to the shopping area. We worked out this morning and about to go have some lunch. I'm tired of salads for lunch.
Yesterday afternoon we watched the latest "Mission Impossible" movie so may watch another movie this afternoon. This evening is the Seven Seas Society cocktail party at 6:00 pm. Probably go but not sure yet. We will be dining with Donald, the Food & Beverage Director, again at 7:15. The classical guitarist is featured in the showroom at 9:30. NOT going to that.
Well, the neighbors on both sides of us have changed each segment and they have all been very quiet, except this segment. On one side of us the French couple like to slam their balcony door shut. We have never met them and I would not know them if I ran into them. The slamming started at 6:45 this morning. Did it multiple times so I finally got up. Opened our curtain to see it was pouring rain so not sure what the hell they were going out for. They've done this whole segment but thought I could handle it. Well, I went down and complained at Reception. I'll let them deal with it.
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