Manaus
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The trip to Manaus begins by plane. The following four pictures are from the plane trip.
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Boats docked at the Manaus Port of the Rio Negro River.
River boat tour of Rio Negro
River boat tour of Rio Negro
Teatro Amazonas
We are all dressed up and going to the Opera House.
Theater Program
Land of Contradictions: Manaus and the AmazonBy
Orly Amir Manaus and the Amazon jungle were contained contradictions. The sights, people and ways of life that we saw all confuse me as to what these areas really are. Each place has components that contradict other ones.
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Many herbs and products are available at the marketplace.
Click here for an article on Plantas Medicinas. This article is excerpted from Attari, December 2001.
"Curandeira" She sells herbs and roots in the Manaus public market. People come to her to prevent and cure illnesses.
Amazonian Nature HealingBy
Havi Asch I am very interested in herbal and natural remedies that are found in the Amazon region. This interest is rooted in having grown up with a mother who is very involved in natural and homeopathic healing. I feel a strong connection with home-grown natural remedies that aren’t prescribed or purchased.
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A poor slum palafita house built on stilts.
A meeting of the Rio Negro and Rio Salimoês
A Visit to the SONY Manaus factory in the Manaus (Amazonas) "Free Trade Zone"
Manaus (Manáos) is situated on the north side of the Rio Amazonas just below the point where the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões combine. The city has long served as the focus for Brazil's North, a vast region covered largely with tropical rainforest (selva). Significant precipitation falls throughout the year, allowing the broadleafed trees to retain their leaves (making them evergreen as opposed to deciduous).
Visiting the SONY Manaus Factory
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We have been studying about women's roles in Brazil's economic development and on November 9th visited an electronics factory in Manaus. Imagine a modern electronics factory right in the middle of Brazil's Amazon. In this plant about 68% of the workers are women.
As our SONY guide explained, women are especially well suited to electronics assembly work: Their hands are small and nimble.
Another picture outside the modern factory building.
SONY welcomed us graciously and provided a tour of the plant as well as a power point presentation on SONY organizational structure and operations.
No pictures could be taken inside the plant with the exception of the ones below where we were treated to sandwiches and cakes after the day's activities.
These digital photos were taken by Alexandre Kadota of SONY Brazil.
SONY's motto is "Think Outside the Box"
Click here for a great map is located on the site listed below. It is a great resource. The map is copyrighted but the site is worth visiting.