Saturday, March 9, 2013

Brazil Vacation in 2013 (Feb 4 - Feb 15)

A group of 108 JCCAA members went to Brazil for visit Iguazu Falls, Carnival 2013, and cruise on Iberostar Nergo River.  We were divided into two groups with different itineraries to visit the same tourist attractions.  We took immunization shots and medicines to prepare for the trip.  With International/domestic flights later, we finally arrived in Brazil on Feb 5. Prior to the trip, there were a lot of warning regarding safety and diseases.  However, we had a very smooth and incident-free trip.  For one thing, the river we cruised on was Nergo River and not the Amazon River.  Nergo River is a large branch of Amazon River; however, it has a totally different biological environment than the Amazon River.  The Iberostar cruise ship has a fixed schedule cruising on Nergo River during weekdays and cruising on Amazon River during weekend.  We did not learn this fact until the morning we embarked Iberostar by the local tour guide from Manaus. 

However, the whole trip was interesting and we saw lots of new things that we will not be able to witness if we did not travel all the way to Brazil.  It was an eventful and exciting trip. 

Highlights of the trip are:





 





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