Visiting the Amazon - Silves 3 to 7 November


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November 9th 2009
Published: January 28th 2010
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Situated on an island in the middle of the river Urubu, an affluent of the Amazon the Pousada Aldeia dos Lagos was our attempt to do some “eco-tourism”. As a matter of fact we didn't want to end up in one of these lodges especially equipped for tourists and which, while they certainly show you some aseptic version of the forest nevertheless cut you off from the real thing. Like all the other d... Read Full Entry



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Butterfly

We saw this butterfly crossing this wide river, congratulations!
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Submerged forest

In the rainy season, the river is much higher, half way the trees.



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