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If anyone reading this has the idea of going to amazonia I must recommend my first stop at Clive and Naicee Maguire´s guesthouse. They are wonderfully friendly and very knowledgable about Brazil and Manaus. Furthermore they can get you started with the right contacts and help out to book things or find out what goes from where at what time. These are essential logistics and can be vary hard to obtain especially if you don´t speak portugese. Travel to anywhere is possible if you have the time, by coach or boat, but roads can be far and few between and the rivers go where they go, no choice. Their house is also situated on the edge of the rainforest and I probably saw more wildlife in their garden than I have sofar. Also they operate their business close to european standards of hygiene and comfort. That is a world removed from the rest as you start to travel.