Amazon

Along the Amazon we visited Macapa, Alter do Chao and Santarem.  In 2009, when I went as far as Manaus, the area was very dry - the driest in 80 years.  This year it has been one of the wettest making for quite a contrast in my two visits. I did the markets, walked around towns and had a fun canoe trip through the flooded jungle.

Pink dolphins hang around at the fish market and love to be fed.

Some of the interesting local catch.

 

 

The fruit of this plant is opened at the top, then a stick is dipped into it to gather up the red 'paint' inside.  Ideal for face/body art.