Fast boat on the Tapajós river
To get to my goal of seeing Henry Fords colossal miscalculation - the biggest failure in rubber industry history - aka Fordlandia, a fast boat was required from Santarem.
This post is a little about that.
Leaving Santarem under cloudy skies and heavy rain
The fast boat takes five hours. It's like being on a plane/bus, with air conditioning, a cozinha that serves hot meals for a price and the obligatory lanche, or snack bar.
Free water and in the morning, free coffee. This was the BEST damn coffee I have had on this trip: strong, milky and sweet. Self serve from a thermos strapped to the wall.
Iced water dispenser
There is TV in the main cabin; all the stuff I just mentioned along with banheiros masculinos and femeninos is on the open back deck. Great place to hang out with the only two other smokers on the trip.
It's a five hour ride and the boat, a large one, had entire rows of four seats without a soul so many of us stretched out and snoozed.
View towards the back
The snack bar
Cozy, right?
Making waves
Arriving Fordlandia- the signature water tower marks the spot
The trip back however was another story: a smaller boat, already full with passengers collected upriver, completely closed in and the river had whitecaps - rough. The best part of the day was the boats arrival, just because it was so beautiful out.
Sky and water are amazing!!!