Meeting
Of
The
Waters
Amazonas, Brazil, December 1999
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| Boats at the passenger docks of Manaus |
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The banks of the river, a floating gas station,
and one of the slums in the background |
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| Floating Texaco gas station |
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| Welocome to Manaus sign on the river bank |
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| Another poor neighborhood along the river banks |
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| Attila chilling on the boat |
Lauri enjoying the tour |
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| Approaching the Meeting of the Waters |
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Rio Negro (left) and Rio Solimões (right)
flowing together to form the mighty Amazon River |
Waters of the two rivers slowly mixing together |
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| Looking past the Brazilian flag towards the Rio Negro (right) |
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| Meeting of the Waters, looking towards Rio Solimões |
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| Attila and Lauri on the boat... |
... posing for a few shots |
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| The rainforest by the river banks |
Tall "telephone" trees standing out |
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| Moving through the dark waters of the Rio Negro |
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| Entering a side arm of Rio Solimões |
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| Group of houses on the river bank |
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| Two kids and a parrot passing by in a canoe |
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| Amazon girl showing a snake |
Little girl and a sloth |
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| Amazon boy holding an alligator |
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| Two local kids showing us a turtle |
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| Simple houses floating on the river |
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| Floating house by the bank of the river |
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| Attila enjoying a refreshing cold coconut |
Monkey sitting in the tree tops enjoying some ice cream
he stole from one of the kids |
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| Attila and Lauri holding a Jibóia snake |
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| Attila holding a baby alligator |
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| Some twisted trees in the jungle |
Looking up into the tree tops and tropical foliage |
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| Approaching Manaus on our way home |
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This page was created in November 2001 by Attila Narin <attila@narin.com>
and was last updated on November 18, 2001.
This page and all pictures are Copyright © 2001 Attila Narin. All Rights Reserved.
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