More pictures

It's been over 4 months and I'm still adding pictures...this experience will no doubt last a lifetime! These are from a local community that we visited one day.

Back to Tumbira where we lived for three weeks.

Three Months Later...

OK guys, you've been asking for pictures, so better late than never! Here are a few. I'm still in touch with everyone that I was in the Amazon with, and despite some difficulties I had there, I do miss the place. As many of you know, Google went to Tumbira shortly after I left and has now visually documented it with their "google cam" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/google-takes-street-view-to-amazon/2011/10/13/gIQAzSPptL_story.html).

I expect the area to be a number-one tourist spot for gringos in the next few years.

Waking up to the last day...

.... we left at 7 am.

Goodbye birds.

Goodbye river.

The wake from our boat as we leave.

Last Weekend

 

We took a trip up the river, leaving Friday night/Saturday morning at 3am (we moved our hammocks into the boat beforehand and slept on it Friday) arriving in the 3rd largest "city" in Amazonas at 7:30am. I expected a city,but found a small town with a population of about 4,000 people. We visited various locals; an artisans' shop, pink dolphins, another craft shop, then lunch. After more shopping we went to an indigenous community down river in the rain.

 

On Sunday, we awoke to a stunning little beach and the sweetest community of all. We went for a long trek in the jungle, where we were shown many medicinal plants, including a viagra tree and a tree that has water in it. Afterwards, the lunch was by far the best I've had in Brazil, and we were the first group to be hosted. The community is hoping to develop a tourist trade and I highly recommend it. We bought some beads and got our faces painted, then hung out on the beach until it was time to float home to Tumbira.