Dean and Paulo at Bom Gosto.
10:30 AM
I am picked up by Fransico, our van driver and then we head to Mike's house to get him. We look for Steve's house for about 30 minutes and our driver, after speaking to someone on the phone gives up and takes us to our first destination. Dean didn't need a ride.
12:00
We attended our first Rotary Meeting. Dean was already there with his host – Mirza. Steve was late because his host, Fabio, had to run home to get him after he got to the meeting and realized Steve never got picked up.
The Club- Industrial Manaus. The President – Paulo Miyakawa.
Lunch was awesome – piranha soup among other things.
2:00
Roberto (pronounced Huberto as all R’s are pronounced as H’s) drove Mike and I to Unimed. Steve and Dean got a ride with Sar (short for Cesar). We had a private tour of a private hospital.
People pay a monthly stipend to the hospital and it gives them access to the system. Instead of paying money to insurance companies, people pay hospitals directly.
4:30
Home and showered. The humidity is unbelievable.
Nap time.
8:00
Dinner at Bom Gosto – an open air piexe (peshe) restaurant. Piexe means fish. The food, the beer and the people were awesome. They had to be exhausted because they were up late last night and had to work all day today and now they were up late again.
I am picked up by Fransico, our van driver and then we head to Mike's house to get him. We look for Steve's house for about 30 minutes and our driver, after speaking to someone on the phone gives up and takes us to our first destination. Dean didn't need a ride.
12:00
We attended our first Rotary Meeting. Dean was already there with his host – Mirza. Steve was late because his host, Fabio, had to run home to get him after he got to the meeting and realized Steve never got picked up.
The Club- Industrial Manaus. The President – Paulo Miyakawa.
Lunch was awesome – piranha soup among other things.
2:00
Roberto (pronounced Huberto as all R’s are pronounced as H’s) drove Mike and I to Unimed. Steve and Dean got a ride with Sar (short for Cesar). We had a private tour of a private hospital.
People pay a monthly stipend to the hospital and it gives them access to the system. Instead of paying money to insurance companies, people pay hospitals directly.
4:30
Home and showered. The humidity is unbelievable.
Nap time.
8:00
Dinner at Bom Gosto – an open air piexe (peshe) restaurant. Piexe means fish. The food, the beer and the people were awesome. They had to be exhausted because they were up late last night and had to work all day today and now they were up late again.
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