Pictures #10:

Icoraci and Belém, Brazil

21 February 2014

 

 ms Maasdam at Anchor off Coast of Icoraci
(as far up Baia de Marajó she can sail):
 

 Local Icoraci Ferry Takes passengers from ship to shore . . .

 Local Fishing Fleet Docked at Icoraci

 ms Maasdam Passengers Land at Icoraci Fishing Pier . . .

 . . .and Market

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45-Minute Bus Ride from Icoraci to Belém:

   Brazilian Air Force Base

Icoraci City Street Scene

 New Construction in Belém

 Reality of New Construction

 

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Botanical Garden and Flamingo Sanctuary:

 

 

 

The Reddest Pink Flamingos and the Largest Lily Pads I Have Ever Seen

 

White Herons Enjoying Bug Lunch Outside Butterfly Enclosure

 

 

 Local School Kids Enjoying Lunch Outside Butterfly Enclosure

 

 

Two Amazon-Tributary Rivers Run Side by Side Before

Combining in Baia de Marajó at Botanical Gardens

 

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Belém City Center:

 

    

 Belém Opera House                                                                                                         Mercado Ver-o-Peso (Brazil's Largest Indoor Market)

 

 

 
 Cathedral Towers and Rooftops of Praça Brandão in the Old City

 

     

 Museum (and Sale) of Contemporary Art
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Cathedral and Museum of Sacred Art:

 

 

   

 (all indoor museum and church photos taken without flash) 

Forte do Presépio (17th Century):

    

 

 

 

 View of Belém from Forte do Presépio
 
Return Trip from Icoraci to ms Maasdam
(impending storm never materialized)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Pictures #8:  Devil's Island,  
French Guiana

19 February 2014

Although I did not go ashore (I did not have a yellow fever vaccination), I was able to get some pictures while the Maasdam was at anchor from 8am to 6pm

Views from ms Maasdam:
Devil's Island

 Promenade Deck with ms Silver Cloud in Distance:

ms Maasdam Passengers Boarding Tender and Motoring to Devil's Island:

Devil's Island Guest House:

Devil's Island Coastline:

Veranda Reflection Selfie:

Departing from Devil's Island:

Pictures #9:  
Holland America Lines ms Maasdam  
(maiden cruise 1993 / 1200 passengers)

Before starting to post pictures from the five ports of call in Brazil,
I thought I would give viewers a taste of life aboard ms Maasdam

 

Neptune Deck Concierge Suite Veranda (above)

Neptune Deck Concierge Suite (below)

 

 

  

 

  

 

   Daily Complimentary Laundry

             Showroom at Sea

     

 

 Lido Deck Dining                                                                               Culinary Arts Demonstration

Scenes from Rotterdam
Dining Room:

 

 

 

 

 

 Dining Room Servers Dressed as Convicts as We Prepare to Depart from Devil's Island

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Scenes on Deck: