Porto Velho Travel Information and Travel Guide - Brazil

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Introducing Porto Velho

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Porto Velho is not high on anyone’s list of favorite cities in the Amazon. It isn’t one of the worst cities either, but few travelers find reason to linger long here. Charming or not, Porto Velho is a vital link in Brazil’s agricultural economy, as soybeans and other products are shipped on huge barges from here up the Rio Madeira and transferred directly to ocean liners headed abroad. That same ride – albeit on a boat not a barge – draws some travelers up from Cuiabá and the Pantanal on the slow route to Manaus and the Amazon.