Parintins is a tender port. We hadn’t planned anything, and the only excursions Princess had were for a tricycle tour of the city and for a demonstration of the Boi Bumba festival. Neither of these really sounded particularly interesting to us, although we did think about the Boi Bumba thing. But I personally felt it was a bit pricey to sit a couple of hours for a dance. So we just got off the ship and wandered some of the streets. Again, definitely not a place that’s really touristy, and to me, just didn’t seem all that exciting. One of the things that we were told was that there’s several things that we can’t bring out of Brazil, and a lot of what the few vendors that were there were selling was made out of those materials (Primarily wood). Lots of neat wooden items, but we’re not supposed to buy it.
That’s about it for Parintins. Formal night on the ship, joy oh joys. The ship actually stays in port overnight here, but the last tender runs about 5:30 or so. They say there’s a strong current that makes doing it at night unsafe. (I’m not overly convinced there’s much reason to be in town at night anyways). The next stop is only 20 miles or so down the river, so not much point in leaving at night.