THE CITY OF MANAUS EXISTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE WITHOUT TAKING THE OPPOSITE OF THE WORLD'S PLANT LUNG AND MORE EITHER TRYING TO ADAPT TO EVERY POSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE, TO IMITATE WHAT EXISTS AND CAMOUFLAGE ITSELF WITHOUT IMPOSING ITSELF BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY KNOWN THAT WHAT IS CONTRARY TO NATURE IS NOT BEAUTIFUL. & NBSP; MANAUS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. IN FACT, IT IS A CITY THAT, DESPITE BEING IN THE HEART OF THE WORLD'S DENSEST JUNGLE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE STEP AHEAD OF OTHER CITIES IN BRAZIL. IT IS THAT BETWEEN 1890 AND 1920 HE ENJOYED THE SO-CALLED 'RUBBER FEVER', AND THAT TRANSLATED INTO A DEVELOPMENT THAT RIO DE JANEIRO OR SAO PAULO DID NOT EVEN DREAM OF AT THAT TIME. FOR THE EUROPEAN CHRONICLERS WHO CAME TO KNOW IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, MANAUS WAS PARIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE. NOBODY COULD BELIEVE THAT IN THE MOST REMOTE PLACE OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE THERE WAS A SYSTEM OF TOTAL PUBLIC LIGHTING AND AN EFFICIENT SERVICE OF DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING WATER AT A TIME WHEN BOTH WERE BEGINNING TO BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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TODAY THE CITY HAS MUCH MORE TO OFFER, AND THE FEELING OF PUZZLEMENT REMAINS INTACT AMONG VISITORS. THE FIRST THING THAT THE TOURIST WHO COMES TO MANAUS FOR THE FIRST TIME NOTICES IS THAT THE CLIMATE IS STICKY AND HUMID. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE. THEN IT CAN BE SEEN THAT THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM MOST USED BY PEOPLE IS THE MOTORCYCLE TAXI AND THAT THE INHABITANTS FEEL A DEEP PRIDE IN ITS ARCHITECTURE. YES, FOR ITS ARCHITECTURE. OF COURSE, THE LOCALS TALK ABOUT THE JUNGLE, THE RIVERS, THE FAUNA AND THE TREMENDOUS FLORA, BUT THE ARCHITECTURE OF MANAUS IS NOT A SMALL THING. FOR THIS REASON, WHEN ASKING ANY INHABITANT OF THE AMAZON REGION WHAT TO DO IN MANAUS, THE FIRST THING THEY WILL DO IS UNDOUBTEDLY INVITE US TO VISIT THE AMAZON THEATER.
SINCE 1881 THERE WAS TALK OF BUILDING A COLOSSAL BUILDING IN MANAUS TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE ENTIRE PLANET, AND ON DECEMBER 31, 1886 THE THEATER WAS INAUGURATED AMAZONAS WITH THE PRESENTATION OF EUROPEAN OPERAS THAT FILLED THE LOCAL SCENE WITH CONTRASTS. SINCE THEN, TOURISTS AND THEIR OWN CAN EXPOSE THEIR BRAINS TO THE MADNESS OF SEEING THE BEST EXPONENTS OF WORLD CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE. THE OTHER COLOSSAL CONSTRUCTION IN MANAUS IS THE RÍO NEGRO BRIDGE, WHICH IS FOUR KILOMETERS LONG. WHICH SHOWS THE NEGRO RIVER IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR AND ALLOWS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MANAUS AND IRANDUBA. NEARBY THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO KNOW THE BLACK RIVER: ON A CRUISE. BUT, IS IT NECESSARY TO EMBARK TO ENJOY A RIVER OF DARK WATERS? THE TRUTH IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST ANY EXPERIENCE. THE NEGRO RIVER MEETS THE AMAZON RIVER AND THE SHOW IS TO TREASURE IT IN THE CHEST THROUGHOUT LIFE. EACH BODY OF WATER MAINTAINS ITS INDEPENDENCE: THE BROWN WATER OF THE AMAZON MEETS THE DARK OF THE BLACK RIVER, BUT THEY DO NOT MIX. IT IS A SHOW THAT EVEN SCIENCE TRIES TO EXPLAIN AND THAT HUMAN EYES PREFER TO ENJOY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT MANAUS DOES NOT END THERE. THE CITY SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO PROVOKE THE TOURIST, WHO IS SURPRISED AND SURPRISED WHEN HE THINKS HE HAS REACHED THE LIMIT OF LOGIC. IT IS THAT IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE THERE ARE ALSO DOLPHINS. VISITORS SHOULD NEVER STOP CONSIDERING TOURS TO SWIM WITH THE SOLIMÕES AND NEGRO RIVER DOLPHINS, MYTHICAL CREATURES WHOSE COLORS RANGE FROM GRAY TO UNUSUAL PINK. ANOTHER WALK FOR WHICH IT IS NECESSARY TO EMBARK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND TRAVEL THE BLACK RIVER IS THE ONE THAT LEADS TO THE RUBBER MUSEUM, A PLACE THAT SUMMARIZES THE HISTORY OF THE AMAZON AS A SOURCE OF RAW MATERIAL FOR THE WORLD, BUT ALSO SHOWS HOW THE EXTRACTION PROCESS OF RUBBER FROM TREES AND HOW IT IS PROCESSED. AND OF COURSE: IF THERE ARE DOLPHINS, THERE IS ALSO A BEACH. IN MANAUS THERE IS PONTA NEGRA, A COAST OF THE RÍO NEGRO PERFECTLY CONDITIONED FOR PEOPLE TO GO ENJOY AND ACQUIRE AN EXOTIC JUNGLE TAN.
BUT THOSE WHO WANT A RESOUNDING JUNGLE EXPERIENCE SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS ALSO A THREE-DAY TOUR THAT TAKES TOURISTS FROM MANAUS BY SPEEDBOAT ON THE RÍO NEGRO TO THE TOWN OF CACAU PIRERA, WHERE ANOTHER JOURNEY BY CAR TO THE VILLAGE OF PARICATUBA AND THEN ANOTHER SHORTER ONE IN WATER TO SOME CABINS THAT ARE THE IDYLL OF THE JUNGLE. THAT IS PERHAPS THE MOST RADICAL EXPERIENCE THAT TOURISTS CAN ENJOY, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE, SINCE IT IS FULL OF TOURS OF THE NATURE OF THE AMAZON AND ITS REALITY. MANAUS IS AN ENTIRE UNIVERSE. IT IS ONE OF THE 20 BEST CITIES TO DO BUSINESS IN ALL OF LATIN AMERICA AND ONE OF THE MOST EXOTIC TOURIST DESTINATIONS ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, WHERE THE BEAUTY SEEMS TO NEVER END.
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