Sunday 5th February, stopped at Santerem port on the Amazon. Took organised trip by rivet boat into flooded forest on a nearby tributary, saw some wildlife, sloths, monkeys, birds, lots of small dwellings/small holdings on stilts by river. Tried our hand at fishing for Piranah with crab line and meat bait, had tugs an lost bait 3 times but no fish. Everywhere you go the scale surprises you, size of the river, amount of development, force of river, size of forest, distance between towns/cities, how few road, amont of river traffic, no. mobile phones. Huge amount of poverty in Brazil. Crime warnings, include 'people who snatch bags and jewelry are not worried about prison, there they have food and shelter' makes you think. Sorry about photo.
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