Tuesday, 3/3: Mercosul Line and more nightlife

Alright, we'll make this quick cuz we want to hangout by the hotel pool.


7:00 AM

"Kannan...Kannan..." - I heard a distant calling voice in my dream. Oh no! It's not a dream. Umman has been trying to wake me up for a while!
The plan was we all had to leave at 8:15 AM today (so unfair!)
mmm...should I really get a shower or may be I can skip and sleep for a few more minutes?????
After a serious dilemma for a while, I thought to myself...."Nope...I'm taking shower today as I am already stinking"

8:00 AM
We had our breakfast...(bannanas....yum...yum..yum!!!)

8:15 AM
The tour guide announced "Guys...There is change in the plan. The bus will depart at 8:45 AM"
Reena sadly said..."We could have slept a little bit more"...followed by her unique laughter :-P

9:00 AM
The bus departed to Mercosul Line-Maersk.

9:30 AM
.A couple of guys made nice presentations on the busness operations of the company!

11:30 AM
We walked around the terminal to see the carriers and other stuff...

Lunch
We divided into two groups one of which went to "McDonalds" and the rest went to the restaurant "La Farruca"

2:45 PM
The bus departed and arrived at Uninorte University. mmm...nice and cool auditorium with good air conditioning...would be great to take a nap here!!!
The presentation started and for the most part it covered the stuff that were dicussed during our "Manaus Free Trade Zone" visit.
Oh..man! The presentation was a little long indeed!
"OMG..I can hear some snoring..." When I turned back...Almost everyone was half asleep after a nice lunch...

At last the presentation ended...Yes the presentation really ended :)

4:00 PM
The professor then called for a quick meeting in the university auditorium to discuss about the consulting project that we are gonna do. He split the clas into 3 groups and

then announced the team leads - Matt Kennedy, James Sacony and Courtney Alexander.

Then we had a quick meeting with the teams to discuss the plan of action for the next day...(You know what...There was not really a plan of action!).

5:00 PM
Then the bus departed from the university and reached the hotel after stopping at a place where some of us exchanged Reais for Dollars

Then some of us spent some time at the pool and then went for dinner, show, dancing...mmm...yet another nice day!!

A few pictures to follow....

The first firm we visited was Mercosul Line shipping company.





The speaker went over logistics, transportation, exports/imports for their customers.

Mercosul Line handles the shipping domestically within Brazil, transporting goods from Manaus down the Amazon river system to port cities on the coast. From Belem, Forteleza down to Sao Paulo.