Some photos from the Amazon
I meant to work these into my last post, but as you can imagine internet connections are infuriatingly slow in the middle of Amazonas. In any case:
Sunsets were beautiful because the slow waters of the Amazon reflect light like a mirror.
The Rio Negro meets the Rio Solimoes; the Rio Negro is the largest blackwater river in the world, flowing slowly and dark with decomposed plant matter; the Solimoes is fast and muddy, originating in the Peruvian Andes
We stopped off in a little, remote town along the way-- during rainy season all the houses are separated by at least .5 km of water... in other news, capybaras are mad cute
My intrepid guides
These things were absolutely everywhere, some as large as small frisbees... you kind of get used to them after awhile
This is called a "jungle"
These are basically what we used to make our shelters
Smoke in the leaves
