Great adventures...

Well, we have been in Manaus for about 28 hours now...

Panama was awesome! I loved the people and the city! We were able to stay in Panama for two days. We saw the famous Panama Canal. It was awesome to see a large boat go through it! We also saw the Panama temple. It was right next to a large military cemetary. Very beautiful area! We saw some ruins in the town, a palace, and many, many churches!!!

Brazil has been pretty good too! We have only been here for a short while, but we have done what we wanted to in the city. Tomorrow we will visit someone my parents knew on their mission in the south. It will be fun for dad to visit with them. I am guessing he does not speak any english, so I will be listening for a while, I am sure. I usually pick up on the jist of what is said. Spanish was much easier to pick up on though... some of that could have to do with the fact that not all the spanish people could understand portugese and talked slowly to make sure dad understood them. :) But, I like to think I was able to understand a great amount... I was impressed with my skills! ;)

I wish so badly I could post pictures right now. None of the computers have a place for SD cards. Manaus seems to be a pretty poor city. It has about 1.5 million in it, but all of the parts we have traveled through or walked in seem pretty poor.

Well, we are paying $1/hour on the computer. It is actually a good connection this time. :) Some of the connections have been very slow!

I have had a great time on the trip so far! We still have about 10 days left. We might be taking a 5 day 4 night tour through the Amazon next week (Monday through Friday). That trip would definately be cause for many great pictures if we end up going. We will see. We are going to ask around to see how much it would cost to travel to the rainforest ourselves. Scary! Jk. Either way it will be a great adventure! I like the city, but I am very ready to get out in the jungle! As much as I love bus surfing (trying to stay standing as they constantly accelorate and brake), I am ready for a different kind of adventure! :)

That is all for today. I will try to post one or two more before leaving.