My mother and I took a trip from Tabatinga, on the border with Peru and Columbia, down the river to Manaus. The trip lasted three days and was just beautiful.
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Friends from Tabatinga
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Flash, anybody?
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Our first stop on the way down the river
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At the docks
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A typical town scene
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A smaller boat on the river
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Katia relaxing in her hammock
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River silhouettes
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Compare this picture of the Brazilian houses to the earlier pictures of Peruvian houses. The difference is striking.
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More houses
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The sun over the river
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Night coming fast on the boat
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Sunset over the stern of the boat
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sunset
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sunset
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flag and sunset
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And this is what there is to do after sunset
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A refinery by night
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sunrise
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Sunrise on the boat
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Sunrise over the hammocks
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Doing the washing
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small boat
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Hammocks: bed, chair, and decorative style all in one
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More of the hammocks
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Typical brazilian amazon basin home
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boat
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Where the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimos meet, outside of Manaus, to form the Amazon proper
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They continue without mixing for some distance
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meeting of the waters
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meeting of the waters
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Heading into Manaus
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The Manaus port. A busy, busy place
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manaus port
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Sunset over the port
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sunset
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sunset
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This boat is very similar to ours, though not ours
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