Tropical Resort Hotel

At the airport we were picked up by Oswaldo (I believe it´s a common name here and that his parents didn´t have anything against JFK) who took us to our Hotel. Oswaldo was our guide on the boat the next day, too. He´s a 22 year old from the coast who taught himself English - and quite well!

We were unloaded at the Tropical Hotel Manaus which is very different from Hotel Jangadeiro in Recife. Hotel Jangadeiro was inexpensive and frequented by Brazilians. The Tropical Hotel is a resort that´s frequented by foreign tourist, rich Brazilians and host conventions. When we checked in, we had to walked through huge halls through a couple of buildings, a football length each, until we got to our room. The whole thing was rather gothic, we very tall ceilings, hardwood floors and hardwood built in furniture. The pricing was also three to four times as high as in Recife and we really felt like tourists.

All this luxury was a bit too much, since we spent less than 12 hours here - Oswaldo picked us up at 7:30 next morning right after breakfast.