There is a reason they call it RAIN forest.

On the way back to the lodge we were caught out on the water by one of the many rain showers. Everyone but Jennifer had a rain jacket or wind breaker which meant that I ended up totally wet, since this shower turned into a deluge of Biblical proportions. Throughout our stay the weather was fascinating. Showers and sunshine (or at least dry overcast) alternate fairly regularly. Their was a thunderstorm with heavy rain during the night (which I slept through) and it never was more than two hours without some sprinkle of rain. On our way back to Manaus, a four hour boat ride, we had no less than three heavy down pour alternating with blue patches of sky and sunshine. This makes for humid air (the forest is steaming after a rain) but also for relatively cool temperatures (80´s).