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big ass tree! Miguel, our guide and head of the household we lived with, told us this tree is estimated to be 2000 years old. It is possible there was a translation problem, but to see it makes you believe it a little more

Macaco Do Noite!

July 25th 2009
Legend has it that Macaco Da Noite (Monkey of the Night) will run up and bite the feet of people walking in the woods at night. Ok so it is not a legend, it happens, but it did not happen to us. -------------------------- Ok, so I am alive. quick run down we stayed with a family in a sustainable community within the Tapajos FLONA section of the Amazon Rainforest. They were awesome. W ... read more

South America » Brazil » Pará » Santarém

Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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