We had a quite the adventure getting to Brazil this time. We arrived at the airport in SLC to find out our plane was being worked on for the same problem as the Air France plane that went down. That was a little nerve wracking. We sat there and waited as they kept saying only 30 more minutes, 15 more minutes, 45 minutes we will be leaving for sure...etc. We were suppose to leave at 8:35 a.m. Our plane finally departed at noon. That meant we missed our connecting flight to Manaus that left at 5:oo p.m. from Atlanta. We were then told we would fly from Atlanta to Sao Paulo then Manaus and that we were leaving that night at 9:20! Great - at least we would be leaving! We went to the gate, and found out that NO, we weren't leaving that night and that we were on standby and that the plane was already over-booked. We waited and waited hoping there might be a slight chance of getting on. NOPE. We were then put up in a hotel by Delta. It was nice but to think we should have already been in Brazil having fun and we were still stuck in an airport was a little overwelming. We had to check out of the hotel by noon and our flight didnt' leave until 9:20 pm. What a LONG day chasing 2 kids around the Atlanta airport! Finally we got on, and headed to Sao Paulo. We arrived, got our luggage and found out we were missing 1 bag. GREAT. No clothes for Sabrina! We didn't have much time, so we hurried and checked in and went to the gate. We had about 45 minutes before the plane was scheduled to take off when Naldo realized he didn't have his wallet. It had fallen out of his pocket on the flight to Sao Paulo and when he stood up, he threw his blanket on the seat and covered it up most likely. There was no time to go asking for it or he would have missed the flight to Manaus. We went ahead and got on the flight. We arrived in Manaus and Naldo decided he would stay in Manaus to find out about his wallet and lost bag and I went on to Itacoatiara (3 hours away) with the girls. I checked into the hotel with the girls, ate dinner quickly, took the girls to see their grandparents quickly and went to bed after a long 3 days of traveling! Naldo found out he wasn't going to be able to get the bags until friday or saturday so he got a taxi in the middle of the night and came to Itacoatiara. He arrived around 3:00 am.
The next day , the girls were so excited to see their grandparents, they got up early and wanted to go! Most of the days were spent there. One day, we did rent a boat and go fishing for piranhas. We did well. We kept 40 piranhas and 2 catfish. We did let some piranhas go that were small. Other than that, we spent a lot of time riding motorcycles, eating, playing with the kittens, and visiting with friends. It was a nice time to relax and enjoy ourselves with people we love.
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