Taking a slow river-boat on the Amazon waters requires a fair amount of watching...not just your stuff but your air space. This was definitely a lesson learned on the slow boat from Tabatinga to Manaus (further into Brazil), a trip that takes about 4 days and 3 nights...faster than the other way round since we were heading downstream.
One may rent tiny cabins or hang up a hammock on the common deck, which is what most people opt to do - a) it´s cheaper, b) it´s way more air than you would get stuffed in a cabin. The thing about hammocks is...people can hang them anywhere, and they do. Hammocks can be hung under and below yours if you aren´t watching...often, even if you are. As a result, you find yourself in some sort of a triple-hammock-burger sort of position...which is entertaining for the first couple of minutes while you´re taking a picture...but not so much after that.
That excitement aside, it´s a pretty relaxed trip floating down. You get meals a couple of times a day, read or hang out in the sun during the day, play cards in the evening and float about all day. I have to admit I was the crazy gringo who took a walk on the upper deck each day, which usually comprised of 75 - 100 circles of the deck of 40 or so steps each. I had a lot of time on my hands...so I kept count.
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