Visiting the Amazon - Silves 3 to 7 November

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November 9th 2009

Published: January 28th 2010

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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Benoit and Robson

Ben and Robson

We are a couple, Benoit and Robson who decided to tour the world for 1 year. This blog was to keep contact with family and friends. Our trip started in April 2009 and we came back home in April 2010. From London we headed east with Istanbul as our first stop. Six months later, in October 2009 we ended up in Brazil where we stayed till April 2010. We mainly stayed in the state of Santa Catarina where Robson's family lives. We however mangaged to travel quite a bit as well, to the North, the Amazon, Curitiba, Rioa Grande do Sul and ... we went to Rio and participated i... full info

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This lake is merged with the river during the rainy season. The pirarucu however comes back to the lake when the waters retreat to nest.

Garca

cows in the forest

To reach the Amazon and the Sta Teresa community, we had to cross a forest and this 'farm'. All the land where the cows graze is covered by water in the rainy season. This is this a seasonal grazing field.