Amazonian habitation – pt. 2: river-based.

Bem-vindos de volta, pessoal!

As promised, the second part to my report on our lodgings in the Brazilian Amazon. Land-based: done (yesterday); today… see the title!…

If only I’d known beforehand, I’d have made a point of lingering aboard this vessel a good while longer. I’ll come clean right away: faced with several options, we didn’t go for the one that would save us money – we picked this little boat based on… can you guess?! ->

There she is, parked alongside the more budget-friendly options :) ->

Time for Eugene to embark the Eugenio…

As you can see – very nice! But then it should be given the cost of renting it!…

On the deck above there’s even a jacuzzi (which – as per our tradition! – we never did get around to trying):

The food was simply oh-my-gourmet-gorgeous!

A few decks up, there’s even a mini-casino next to the bar! Didn’t get to try that one either – not that we fancied it.

Some real top-notch cigars – also untouched, since there were no smokers among us. // And I haven’t smoked in nearly 10 years now.

Not bad!

Really not bad!

No – don’t jinx it with a Titanic reference ) ->

So what are the rooms cabins staterooms like? In a word: luxurious! Being on a river – there’s no sea or ocean swell to rock the yacht at all. The nights aboard are just lush! Especially in sleeping quarters like these:

Now, I’m used to seeing my name on products, tech, merch, in street ads, atop the office and on rather taller buildings, etc., but this was different! ->

The more basic cabins:

The corridor… Is there some special nautical term for it?…

Toilet = head, kitchen = galley, but corridor? Well, it seems it’s still “corridor” like in buildings, but sometimes “passageway” is used. No real difference, I guess. // By the way, on a recent trip to St. Petersburg, while having a look around the Krassin icebreaker, I learned the etymology of the Russian word “rynda” (the ship’s bell). It’s a Russified version of the English “ring da bell” [sic]. How about that! Since a lot of ships for the Russian Empire were built in England back in those days (during warmer spells in relations), the terminology came over from there too. Just like our armed-forces‘ stock affirmative answer to a superior – “yest” (= “Yes, sir!”) – likewise came from the English “yes”.

A tour of the yacht: the bridge!

The view of the Rio Negro as the captain sees it:

The captain’s chair. Very nice, but for some reason I wouldn’t want one of my own.

The engine room:

The galley:

In short – the perfect way to cruise the Rio Negro…

Oh, I’m nostalgic already poring over all these pics!…

…Even though every spare minute seemed to be spent on diving into the internet, into corporate inboxes, and figuring out what was what and where.

But all the same – ahhhh, this was special…

And here’s our destination already – an indigenous village. Off we go for a wander through the jungle! // my tales are starting to loop back on themselves :)

Yes – this is the way to do Amazonia!

The best high-resolution photos from our LatAm-2026 trip are here.