Lo Peix - Day One — Ralf Hollmann

The view from the back deck of Lo Peix, at the harbour

Looking out towards the Rio Negro from the harbour and Lo Peix

Pigs hanging out on the shore at the harbour. Garbage floating everywhere.

The most expensive bridge ever built on a per/km basis. Leads to an island that really doesn't need a bridge like this.

There are no roads, only rivers, so this is where the gas stations are. Up and... ATEM.

Shots of Manaus from the water

Most historically interesting point of the harbour trip: the wall shows years and water levels. You can see the higher water in later years.

Colorful!

Here you can appreciate the aesthetics then and now. The colonial building on the left, flanked by a horrible government tower probably designed by a Soviet architect who was fired in Moscow for his ugly designs.

Precious tropical hardwood in the Manaus favela

The Manaus favela, from the water.

The jungle and the amazing gigantic trees

Colorful boats at the floating restaurant

Macaco de cheira

Jordy (left) feeding and Tommy filming the monkeys

These are the size of car tires, large car tires.

Walkway to the giant water lilies

Crafts for sale at the floating restaurant stop

The carved expression pretty much sums up the faces around here

Part of the delicious buffet served at the floating restaurant

A real downpour delayed our departure for a bit, at the floating restaurant stop

This lasted for about 30 minutes

Floating plants and their roots, popular places for fish to lay their eggs

A village made up entirely of floating homes, this is where we "fished" the giant pirarucu monster fish

Store and "loncheria", floating village

In a floating village, the church is no exception

Prehistoric pirarucu fish farm

Tommy "fishing"

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