Belem on the amazon river was only a short one day stop to organize the boat trip up-river. We arrived in the middle of the night in Belem and spent a view hours at the airport before going to the hostel in the morning. After checking in, we immediately set off to the harbor. We easily got two hammock spots in the air conditioned deck for a fairly big boat for the next day. Then we went to the market – Mercado Ver-O-Peso. Very interesting. 
Almost everything was sold - fruits, veggies, meat, fish and sea food, live and dead chicken, herbs and little bottles with natural medicine, crafts, hammocks and lots of other stuff. 
Business must be quite good for some of the vendors since they had flat screens hanging over their goods.As almost everyday in the last few weeks we got caught in a heavy rain shower on the way back to the hostel. By now almost all of our clothes were wet.
Belem is not very touristy and besides the market and the Estação das Docas - old warehouses at the riverfront converted to upscale restaurants - there was not much to see.
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Great pics from the market! Looking forward to the post about the boat trip...
ReplyDeleteHug, Michael
@ Micha
ReplyDeleteMarkets are always good for pictures. Boat trip post will be online very soon.
Gruesse nach Deutschland.
Claudi