DAY 5 OF THE AMAZON BOAT TRIP (21/04/09)
We were woken up by what sounded like metal crashing near our heads. As it turned out this is exactly what it was. At 2.30am we had a bang on our door and this group of mechanics invaded our cabin. It turned out that the cable attatching the steering wheel to the rudder had snapped and the only access point for them to fix it was behind our bed. Two hours later all was fixed and we were on the move again.
The early morning started with rain but this did make this lovely double rainbow.
The smooth refelctive surface of the river made the rainbow doubly impressive.
Our first major stop, most of these people had just come for the show. 
Alot of cargo was unloaded some of the crew worked incredibly hard, they must have moved more than 100 of these 50kg bags of flour.
Waiting with the locals for the boat to set off again.
Little did we know there were ladders, cookers, freezers, televisions, beer, rice, building equipment, oil, pasta, motorbikes and various other things still to come off.
One of the things that made the trip for Liz was seeing these Pink River Dolphins. We spotted this one while we were still docked.
There were some interesting characters on the docks, this one reminds Adam of his Grandad.
We were waiting for this little girl shoot someone with her catapult but she was very well behaved like all the children we came accross on the Amazon.
The banana boat.
This large bag of oranges seemed a bit too heavy for this little girl.
One of the things that made the trip for Liz was seeing these Pink River Dolphins. We spotted this one while we were still docked.
There were some interesting characters on the docks, this one reminds Adam of his Grandad.
We were waiting for this little girl shoot someone with her catapult but she was very well behaved like all the children we came accross on the Amazon.
The banana boat.
This large bag of oranges seemed a bit too heavy for this little girl.
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