.......The Images

Manaus

City Market - Adolpho Lisboa, built during the Rubber Boom, and still used to date.	The river-side is always busy, and the day starts early, when the waters are still calm, and the day cool.	The borrough of Cachoeirinha, at day's end.	The dome of the Teatro Amazonas is unique, made with glazed tiles of Portuguese origin.	The São Sebastião (Saint Sebastian) Church, with its single tower: rumours have it, that the ship that was bringing the other tower from Europe sank.
Teatro Amazonas - the opera house built during the height of the Rubber Boom.	A glimpse of the interior of the Teatro Amazonas.	Manaus is cut by various small rivers, called Igarapés. This is the Igarapé that seperates Educandos from the town centre, with high waters.	Sunset on typical amazonian regional boats at Manaus' port.	A replica of Manaus' trams is all that remains to tell of the glorious days of the Rubber Boom. This replica is now a popular attraction at the São Sebastião Square, in front of the Teatro Amazonas.
Old Manaus' architecture - a strong portuguese colonial influence predominates most of the centenary buildings in Manaus, this one, near the market, at the "Escadaria dos Remédios" in the town centre.	As the Igarapés allow small vessels to float "into town", if the owner is not aware of the river level of the Rio Negro dropping, he can find his boat stranded for 6 motnhs, until the next rise.	The Beneficiente Hospital, built by the Portuguese benefactor society.	Until recently, the old Water Tower was still used as a reservoir for emergencies. In the last century, the horse-pulled carts would drive right in, and fill small reservoirs using gravity. Chile Square, next to the Old Cemetary of Manaus.	The Industrial District of Manaus requires cargo from all over the world, and as the Rio Negro has a deep riverbed, large container vessels move up the Amazon, all the way to Manaus' Floating Docks, which were the worlds largest in the 70's.