Last Days in Manaus

August 13-15

While my first day back in Manaus was devoted to Sitio Panc, Monday was time for us all to finally get some laundry done. We sourced the right place with air-conditioning and good Wi-Fi. However, our driver could never find it so he deposited us at a mall and suggested we would find something there.  A guard directed us to what turned out to be a dry cleaner…

We called another Uber and started all over again finding the original one we were looking for. It was an absurd journey but we kept our spirits high and were happy we finally found a place to wash our clothes. Mine especially had been in the rainforest for 10 days!

We finished up in time for Richard and I to catch a movie at another mall. He had already seen “Barbie” (in Manaus!) so Oppenheimer was our only option. There we were with popcorn and Diet Coke at 2:30 in the afternoon sitting in an almost empty theater, watching the history of the atomic bomb for three hours…and we found it compelling.

We started our very last day in Manaus with breakfast at our hotel with our great guide Rafael.  

We were flying out at 11 PM and arranged for a late check-out which allowed us to work, organize, pack, and even take advantage of the rooftop pool. Ella checked out of her hostel and came to join us.

We went to dinner at our favorite restaurant Caxiri where thanks to the maître D, Belo, we were seated in a very crowed restaurant.

We took our last walk through the square before heading out to the airport and our next Amazon adventure in Alter do Chão.