Peter's Travel Blog

Today, we arrived at Boca Do Valeria. Described as an opportunity to experience a remote and primitive Indian village, it’s a stop that consistently divides people. A cruise ship of 800 passengers descending upon a small village of approximately 75 inhabitants sounds like a recipe for controversy. While it may also raise the hackles of those who are concerned about...

Today we arrived in Santarem, in the Para Region of the Amazon, and I was on tour again. After breakfast, I was down on the quayside for just gone 9am, along with about 7 other tour escorts drafted in to take care of the enornously popular excursion that is billled, quite simply, as ‘Piranha Fishing on Lake Maica’. Mine was...

Today, we arrived in Brazilian waters. When I came up for breakfast, the Pool Deck was wet from rain, but the air was hot and humid. Beyond, on both sides of the ship, you could just make out the thin, dark line of the the forest. Exactly two weeks after leaving Tilbury, we were finally anchored in the mouth of...

Today was the last of my watercolour classes for a few days. As we approach Brazil, and the mouth of the Amazon, there was a definite end-of-term feel to the workshops, which today was all about painting skies. The reason for the impending break is because, when we enter Brazilian waters tomorrow, a couple of immigration officials will be coming...