Houseboating Adventures - Issue 19 - (Page 56) Amazonia, Brazil www.swallowsandamazonstours.com Founded in 1992, Swallows & Amazons Tours offers a unique guided houseboat experience that is nothing short of true adventure. Here, the day to day travel may include piranha fishing and rain forest bird watching. In the late 1900s historical Manaus, Brazil was the center of the world’s rubber industry- natural rubber from the surrounding rain forest- and, because of its wealth and European architecture (principally the fantastic Amazonas Theater/Opera House), became known as The "Paris of the Tropics". Today Manaus represents the economic and intellectual center of the largest rain forest region in the world. Amazonia is recognized as a region unlike any other in the world, a green paradise full of wonderful animals, exotic plants and remarkable indigenous peoples. Manaus today is also a fully modernized city complete with an industrial district and the latest in hightech and bio-tech facilities. It is this combination of the past and the present- and access to the wonders of the rain forest- that makes Manaus an exceptional and unforgettable place to visit. The climate is divided into 2 distinct seasons: a rainy, winter season that lasts from December to June, and a dry, summer season that lasts from July to November. The average temperature is 85 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, though it does get cool at night dipping sometime to 60 degrees. And because )6B@" A05("%C&5AB9&@ there are different things to see and do in the Amazon during both seasons there really is no best time to visit. Amazonia of course represents a unique world of plants, animals, geography and peoples. And houseboat touring offers us the best means of experiencing all there is to see and do here. Besides day to day http://www.swallowsandamazonstours.com
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