.......The Images

Manaus

The Rua Henrique Martins, also in the town centre. Here one can find plenty of popular restaurants selling the self-served dishes by their weight. "Pay what you eat".	Av. 7 de Setembro combines new buildings with centenary colonial constructions.	The other bridge of the Av. 7 de Setembro is a steel bridge of the past century, that was built to support the trams and horse-pulled carts of its age. It was also Manaus' first international debt!	Educandos is one of Manaus' oldes borroughs, and many of its economic activities depend on the River.	The modernization and urbanization of the Igarapés (small rivers) that cut across town, intends to rid the city of the shanty-towns and create urban spaces for squares, walways and monuments, like this one at Educandos.
The floating docks of the Port of Manaus once were the worlds largest floating docks, accompanying the rivers'seasonal rise and drop of over 8 metres.	Many botas prefer to avoid town centre, and moor up at Educandos.	Christmas 2005 lighting of the São Sebastião Church.	The Porto of Manaus has a board, indicating the peak of every years' highest point of the Rio Negro's high waters.	Detail of the statue at the São Sebastião Square.
Another detail of the statue at the São Sebastião Square.	The São Sebastião Church, built a century ago by franciscan monks from Perugia, Italy.	The activities of the Market of the "Manaus Moderna" (Modern Manaus - a new area where some land was reclaimed of the river-shore, and roads and infrastructure built), start very early, when the boats arrive from the backlands of the Amazon.	Port of Manaus: in the last few years, shipping to other Brazilian ports has become more and more important, due to the inbound raw materials, and outbound finished goods produced in the Industrial District of Manaus' Free Zone.	End of the day at the borrough of "Praça 14", with its imponent São José do Operário Catholic Church.