Manaus: NY Times Tops!

[TLCOhio]

From the New York Times Travel Section this weekend, they have this headline: “52 Places to Go in 2023" with this sub-headline: "Travel’s rebound has revealed the depth of our drive to explore the world. Why do we travel? For food, culture, adventure, natural beauty? ”

 

Manaus is one their top world locations that this annual NY Times reporting puts in the spotlight.  Here are some of their highlights: “In Manaus, where you can sip steamy gourds of tacacá from a stand in front of the Teatro Amazonas or wander past plastic bottles of tucupi, the juice squeezed from grated cassava, in Adolpho Lisboa Municipal Market, Amazonian ingredients are a fact of life.  At the Indigenous-owned Biatüwi, a restaurant that pays homage to ancestral recipes and cooking techniques, drinks are made from fermented purple yams, and chiles are used to purify river fish in piquant stews like quinhampira.  Then there’s the chef Felipe Schaedler, who has helped threatened Yanomami communities commercialize their native mushrooms and runs two restaurants of his own: Banzeiro and Moquém do Banzeiro.” 

 

We enjoyed Manaus when visiting there in early 2015 on a cruise up and down the Amazon as detailed below on my live/blog.  

 

Full story at:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/travel/52-places-travel-2023.html

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Amazon River-Caribbean 2015 adventure live/blog starting in Barbados. Many visuals from this amazing river and Caribbean Islands (Dutch ABC's, St. Barts, Dominica, Grenada, San Juan, etc.).  Now at 70,748 views:

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[TLCOhio]

Appreciate these very kind follow-ups.  Would you like to see a little "eye-candy" from our visit to Manaus?  Below are just a few of my visuals.  Can share more if of interest, including our "Indiana Jones" exploring in the rainforest about 60 miles north of Manaus.

 

Have a friend who is now sailing up the Amazon River on a Viking ship.  She will be there shortly and maybe I can share some of her more recent impressions and experiences there in Manaus after she arrives back in Ohio. 

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Sydney to NZ/Auckland Adventure, live/blog 2014 sampling/details with many exciting visuals and key highlights.  On page 23, post #571, see a complete index for all of the pictures, postings.  Now at 240,387 views.

www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974139

 

The Opera House in Manaus is very unique and historic.  Very much worth visiting.  Below gives a small sampling for its style, character and design.:

(Open your screen/viewer wider to see these visuals larger/better!)

 

 

The multi-level boats along the Manaus waterfront are interesting and somewhat unique.  I like the Brazil flag!:

 

 

The Manaus markets, streets, etc., are busy with people, activity and varied sights.:

 

 

[TLCOhio]

From our northeastern Ohio friend visiting Manaus right now, below is a picture she sent as they were visiting the Manaus Opera House yesterday.  Looks good!!  

 

Also appears that there is plastic up in part of the lower seating area as I assume some "re-doing" is happening to maintain this historic structure.  Should have more information and background later when they return as to her impressions and experiences for the Amazon River and Manaus.  

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Norway Coast/Fjords/Arctic Circle cruise from Copenhagen, July 2010, to the top of Europe. Scenic visuals with key tips. Live/blog at 245,784 views.

www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1227923

 

[Jenallan18]

On 1/15/2023 at 9:37 AM, TLCOhio said:

 

From the New York Times Travel Section this weekend, they have this headline: “52 Places to Go in 2023" with this sub-headline: "Travel’s rebound has revealed the depth of our drive to explore the world. Why do we travel? For food, culture, adventure, natural beauty? ”

 

Manaus is one their top world locations that this annual NY Times reporting puts in the spotlight.  Here are some of their highlights: “In Manaus, where you can sip steamy gourds of tacacá from a stand in front of the Teatro Amazonas or wander past plastic bottles of tucupi, the juice squeezed from grated cassava, in Adolpho Lisboa Municipal Market, Amazonian ingredients are a fact of life.  At the Indigenous-owned Biatüwi, a restaurant that pays homage to ancestral recipes and cooking techniques, drinks are made from fermented purple yams, and chiles are used to purify river fish in piquant stews like quinhampira.  Then there’s the chef Felipe Schaedler, who has helped threatened Yanomami communities commercialize their native mushrooms and runs two restaurants of his own: Banzeiro and Moquém do Banzeiro.” 

 

We enjoyed Manaus when visiting there in early 2015 on a cruise up and down the Amazon as detailed below on my live/blog.  

 

Full story at:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/travel/52-places-travel-2023.html

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Amazon River-Caribbean 2015 adventure live/blog starting in Barbados. Many visuals from this amazing river and Caribbean Islands (Dutch ABC's, St. Barts, Dominica, Grenada, San Juan, etc.).  Now at 70,748 views:

www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2157696

I’d like to read this blog but got a security warning.  Is it still active? 

[TLCOhio]

On 8/10/2023 at 7:55 AM, Jenallan18 said:

I’d like to read this blog but got a security warning.  Is it still active? 

 

YES!!  Still active and working.  I just logged on via: 

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2076101-live-amazon-river-caribbean-many-pix’s-terryohio/

 

And, it connected fine.  Try again and hopefully it will work OK.  The web can be a little "funky" and I sometimes get such "Security Warnings".  Just work through it and hopefully you can connect.  Happy to answer any questions as is helpful.  

 

Thanks!  Enjoy.  Terry in Ohio.  

 

Late Summer 2022, many scenic visuals and details from Canada Maritimes doing Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island, etc., via a Tauck land tour.  Visual Summary:

www.flickr.com/photos/196555480@N08/albums

[TLCOhio]

From the Lonely Planet website, they have just released their top, must see lists for 2024.  Ranked at the top for cities deserving attention, they cited Manaus.  

 

With the headline: “Best in Travel 2024”, they had these highlights for Manaus: “A poetic collision of steamy spectacle and ecotourism adventure awaits in Manaus. The Amazon region's largest city stands at the strangely unmixing confluence of the blackwater Rio Negro and the khaki-colored Rio Solimões, as the upper flow of the Amazon is called here. And surrounding it all is the world's largest rainforest, where countless unique and endangered species find their home.”

 

Full story at:

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel#manaus

 

For more background on Manaus, see: 

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/the-north/manaus

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Amazon River-Caribbean 2015 adventure live/blog starting in Barbados. Many visuals from this amazing river and Caribbean Islands (Dutch ABC's, St. Barts, Dominica, Grenada, San Juan, etc.).  Now at 73,449 views:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2076101-live-amazon-river-caribbean-many-pix’s-terryohio/