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johnfowles · 08-02-2013, 03:28 PM

[quote=niffer;182388]Is this the same Xingu River that he mentions in the intro to The No Hotel?[/quote]

It is indeed. Interesting story but to me it is a minor mystery why in the released version of The No Hotel on Harmony in Gord's intro he clearly talks about being in Manaus to meet Dr David Suzuki yet had arranged to meet Sting on the Xingu river. as you can see on the map the two locations are quite some distance apart
　

in fact according to
http://www.distancefromto.net/betwee...u+River/Manaus
the "Distance between Xingu River and Manaus is 892.74 km.
This distance is equal to 554.72 miles, and 481.72 nautical miles."
one would have expected Stmng to have also ended up with the party in Manaus
or did Gord travel unneccessarily??
Whilst on the subject of the Xingu for those of you who are aircraft enthusiasts here is UK registered Brazilian made Embraer Xingu

08-02-2013, 03:28 PM	#3
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: LIGHTFOOT to the rescue [quote=niffer;182388]Is this the same Xingu River that he mentions in the intro to The No Hotel?[/quote] It is indeed. Interesting story but to me it is a minor mystery why in the released version of The No Hotel on Harmony in Gord's intro he clearly talks about being in Manaus to meet Dr David Suzuki yet had arranged to meet Sting on the Xingu river. as you can see on the map the two locations are quite some distance apart 　 in fact according to http://www.distancefromto.net/betwee...u+River/Manaus the "Distance between Xingu River and Manaus is 892.74 km. This distance is equal to 554.72 miles, and 481.72 nautical miles." one would have expected Stmng to have also ended up with the party in Manaus or did Gord travel unneccessarily?? Whilst on the subject of the Xingu for those of you who are aircraft enthusiasts here is UK registered Brazilian made Embraer Xingu __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 08-02-2013 at 03:30 PM.