Well, after much scrambling and fast talking by the newly-wed Doug McLean, Stepan and I were confirmed on the flight out of Recife bound for Manaus at 4:30pm on Tuesday. We arrived after many stops (Forteleza, Sao Louis, Belem, and Sana-something) around 10:45pm and made it to our hotel, Hotel Tropical, around 11:30. This hotel was AMAZING! It was huge and included amenities like a small zoo, horseback riding, a hydroplane, a orchidary, and many many others. Our room was on the main floor but down 3 extremely long hallways (at a guess, I would say that each hallway was about 100 yards long). The room itself had ceilings probably about 15-20 feet high with dark hardwood, built-in armoirs for the wardrobe and television that reached up to the ceiling. It is by far the most luxurious hotel I had ever stayed in. Sadly we had to leave at 7:30am the next morning to catch our boat to the jungle lodge so we didn«t have the opportunity to utilize the swimming pool, tennis courts, or massage therapist :-(
Posted by jfer at February 21, 2002 11:47 PMI am so glad you guys made it there. Sounds like you missed a fun-filled night by missing your Monday flight.
Posted by: mom on February 22, 2002 8:36 AM