Boca de Valeria, Brazil
There were parrots working around these clay cliffs.
This was just before we turned into the tributary where the village
is.
Here is the village...
There was a dock for the tenders, but not much other infrastructure.
We went through a gauntlet of cute but pushy children wanting
to be our new best friends.
An upside down Amazon waterlily leaf shows its thorns and prominent
veins.
A big catfish probably weighs as much as the girl sitting next
to it.
People hired boats to go further up the small river that flows
by the village.
 
Fishing nets hanging from a rafter. We headed through the village
and out onto a trail into the rainforest.
 
Into a fenced-in area. We carefully closed the gate behind us.
 
 
The back gate used pieces of rubber, probably made from tires,
as hinges.
 
 
A thin heliconia and a termite tunnel winding its way up a tree.
 
 
 
 
 
A Red-crested Woodpecker pair was working on a hole. They are
the size of Pileated Woodpeckers in the US.
 
 
 
As we came back into the village, this kid had had enough of smiling
to strangers. Also they'd set up an impromptu bar up on a raised
platform. The beer had been chilled in ice in large coolers.
 
We took our beers and negotiated for a boat ride up the river
and shared the boat with another woman from the ship.
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