Re: female tourists in Manaus beware! There are hundreds or thousands people like him there. I lived there for six months and it was quite depressing and annoying to not be able to find a person with genuine intentions towards you. The poverty is transforming people into cheating machines who learn ways of getting things out of you pretending to be your best friend or lover like in your case. Speaking bluntly, if you are a normal tourist vising that country you will get ripped off at some point for sure or robbed in worse scenario. $3000 disappeared from my friends room, they stole my electric tooth brush (i still keep the charger so they won't use it), my gillette with shaving gel - can you believe that! i knew it was the cleaner cause she was the only who entered my room but she denied! from about 100 people that came up to me maybe 2 of them i could trust little bit. The good people though usually don't approach you unless you do it. it's a lesson you learn when you are living in BR and takes months so someone who comes over for a hol might not even be aware that they for example have two menus in restaurants :| it's a beautiful country though... and those gorgeous women sometimes breaking your heart... |