A quick inspection of Manaus – including its opulent opera house. (opens in new tab)

Where should you head first in Manaus – the capital city of Amazonas? The fish market, of course!… It absolutely floors you with its sheer size and variety. They’ve got everything that lives in the Amazon and its tributaries here – well, except for Red Book protected species (dolphins, for instance). And in waters this vast, the variety is about as wide as it gets: I’m afraid I can’t remember what any of these various species of fish are called, but there were so many of them – of different s...