36. Milk for Manaus

And the milk collecting begins. In the boat´s cargo hold, whose hatch has been removed, huge milk tin cans are lined up. Before long, a canoe leaves the banks. Its occupant rows vigorously toward our boat that barely reduces its speed. The canoe clings to the portside. A milk can passes swiftly from hand to hand. Without spilling a single droplet, the milk changes container. The empty can is thrown back into the canoe and our journey resumes until the next supplier. This little game repeats itself about ten times. When a tin can is full, a block of ice contained in a sheath of tin is placed inside

Sometimes passengers board, others disembark, without much ado. By two to three o´clock, we are back in Manaus. The ride on the Amazon is over.