🔍 Pão de Queijo 🧀 📍 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 These golden, chewy cheese puffs are made with tapioca flour, giving them a uniquely crispy shell and gooey center that no wheat-based bread can replicate. They’ve been a beloved Brazilian staple since the 18th…
🔍 Caipirinha 🍹 📍 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 Brazil’s national cocktail is made with just three ingredients — cachaça, lime, and sugar — yet it’s been stirring up celebrations since the early 1900s. Simple, bold, and unapologetically Brazilian.
🔍 Journalist Philippe Daou Bridge 🌁 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 This bridge (also known as Rio Negro Bridge) connects Manaus to Iranduba across the Rio Negro (near the meeting of the Rio Negro and Solimões rivers). When it opened in 2011,…
🔍 Cultural Center of the Peoples of the Amazon 🎭 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 💬 This cultural center was inaugurated in 2007. This space is a reference point for the culture of the Brazilian and Continental Amazon. Photo Location: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Year…
🔍 Terminal Ajato in Manaus 🚢 📍 Seen in Downtown Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 On the way to the Meeting of the Waters, we had the opportunity to visit the Ajato Terminal… The river passenger transport boats of the Ajato company in the state…
🔍 Church of Saint Sebastian ⛪️ 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 The structure of this church has only one tower because at the time of its construction it was brought piece by piece from Portugal and the ship carrying the second tower…
🔍 Monument to the Opening of the Ports to Friendly Nations ⚓️ 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 This monument, built in 1900, represents the goal achieved by the decree signed in 1808 that allowed the opening of Brazil’s ports to all nations…
🔍 Entrance to Ponta Negra Beach 🏝️ 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 💬 Ponta Negra Beach is part of a tourist complex that has seen the construction of a boardwalk made of Portuguese stones, viewing platforms, sand volleyball courts, a skate park, an amphitheater,…
🔍 Entrance to Ponta Negra Beach 🏖️ 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 💬 Ponta Negra Beach is part of a tourist complex that, after 1980, saw urban development intervention increase over the years. Photo Location: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Year of Foundation: 1669 Area Total:…
🔍 Corrêa Filho VI ⛴️ 📍 Seen in Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 The “Meeting of the Waters” 🌊 near Manaus is the confluence of the darker Negro River and the clearer Solimões River. This phenomenon is caused by the differences in temperature, velocity, and density…
🔍 Tropical Executive Hotel – Ponta Negra Beach 🏨 📍 Seen in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 Panoramic photo taken during a boat ride along the Rio Negro. This 16-story building, inaugurated in 2004 and recently remodeled in 2016, is one of the most visited…
🔍 Makeshift Bridge over Wetlands, Near the Amazon River 🌊 📍 Seen in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 The Amazon River is a river in South America that flows through Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. It is the longest and most voluminous river in the world,…
