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Parintins, Brazil


An Amazon sunrise


Again with the river boats...


And one of those river boats served as a tender dock.


This market was more interesting than we initially thought.

 
Whole Brazil nut pods.

 


Cassava flour making

 

 

 

 

 

 
Heavy loads from the meat truck...

 
Eye-catching signs for local businesses.

 

 

 
We were headed out toward the water to look for birds. On our way we spotted this guy's backyard garden up on stilts.

 
He posed with his family of the front door of their modest home with the magnificent garden.


As we got closer to the water, the houses were all up on stilts.

 
A noni fruit. I talked about these in one of my presentations.

 
This woman was using soda bottles to store water.

 
This guy posed with his kid and his dog.

 
We hoped this turtle was not going to become dinner.

 


We were offered a ride by Raimundo who showed us the sights. Here are the leftovers from past parades and then he took us to his house.


His wife was getting a pedicure.

 
He and his brother next door had all types of enterprises going, from ducks to aquaculture and more.

 
There were ponds out back where there was more fish farming.

 
We walked around the ponds to get a closer look at the birds. These were Southern Lapwings.

 
A Kiskadee in the shadows and a Red and White Spinetail looking for bugs.

 
A horned screamer with a single narrow horn on top of its head is related to swans and ducks and a scorpiontail plant.


A type of mimosa floating into the ponds.

 
Over in the next lot, cattle graze in the moist fields. A tree-climbing green iguana.

 
Raimundo's neice and her friends joined us out around the ponds. Growing basil in an old wheelbarrow.

 
This was very weird. They served us freshly cut watermelon, but none of the gathered entourage did any eating.

 
Papaya and onions in the yard.

 

 
Achiote provides a natural red food dye annato, and this has been used in cheddar cheese since the 1600s.

 
Elevated barrels provide water pressure.


We thanked Raimudo's family and friends for the hospitality and he gave us a ride back toward the ship. We asked him to let us off at the beginning of a waterside walkway. He parked his car and we shared a beer.

 
This very tall sculpture near the bar of an indigenous person was interesting.

 
This woman stopped to pick up some beer and showed us where she stored it in her motorbike.


Raimundo is well-connected and is always working on a deal. We said our good-byes and we walked along the waterfront.


 

 
Banksy-like street art.

 

 

 
A Smooth-billed Ani bird.


The strong flow of the Amazon from our tender dock.

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