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Blue-crowned Trogon
Blue-crowned Trogon | Amazon Stock Photography
Blue-crowned Trogon (Trogon curucui). Trogons are solitary and rather sluggish birds, which feeds on small fruits plucked in flight and on insects which they catch on the wing.
Posted in Amazon Stock Photography
Tagged Amazon, birdwatching, Brazil, ecotourism, wildlife
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Treetop Family book – Ready!
Dwelling among the beauties and mysteries of the Amazon, the Treetop Family creates a way of life that propose a direct permanent relashionship with Nature. The book tell the story of this family: they live in the Amazon, much more, they live the Amazon and its uniqueness. Just a few essential words and many many photographs try to create the atmosphere of their daily life. The photographic density of the book try to imitate the generous biodiversity of the Amazon and the growing permanent astonishement of living inside its nature. Our best wish is to share sensations, emotions and feelings.
If your wish is to live an awesome adventure in the Amazon ecosystems, you really need to see this book…
Posted in Amazon Stock Photography, Tropical Tree Climbing
Tagged adventure, Amazon, Brazil, children, ecolodge, ecotourism, family, family adventure holidays, family vacation packages, family vacations, folklore, Inia geoffrensis, nature, Negro River, Parintins, pink dolphin, wildlife
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Nico’s Amazon Journey
We received Robert and his son Nico for an AAA – Absolute Amazon Adventure. They live with us during 7 days.
Robert comment:
Nico wanted to “catch and eat a piranha” and was inspired by Jeremy Wade of the TV show ‘River Monsters’.
The piranha mission was accomplished the first day and piranha soup was the delicious reward. We also swam with the Amazon pink river dolphin (Boto), learned technical tree climbing, visited villages and were shown medicinal plants. Exploring the rainforest, we discovered many interesting animals including four different types of monkeys, many different birds, snakes, caiman, and plenty of insects.
We were guided by photo-journalist Leonide Principe, Vanessa Marino, and their three children, Geo, Kinan, and Kena.
Posted in Amazon Stock Photography, family-vacations, Tropical Tree Climbing
Tagged adventure, Amazon, Brazil, ecolodge, ecotourism, family adventure holidays, family vacation packages, family vacations, Inia geoffrensis, nature, Negro River, pink dolphin, pirana, treeclimbing, Tropical Tree Climbing, wildlife
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Parintins Folkloric Festival
22 Full color pages Hardcover book, 9×6 inches, follow the link or click the image to see a preview.
Parintins is a little city on the border of Amazon river and is the home of the biggest and most impressive of all festivals. It is an incredible musical and theatrical experience, a religious procession, a tribal ritual, a giant puppet show, a fairy tale of powerful villains and brave heroes, a folk art presentation, a major party for the audience and an energizing choreography of the galera (gah-le-rah), all at once. The characters in the performance come from the Boi Bumbá tale. There are two teams called Bois (plural of Boi). Each one tells the same story in all three night[s] of the festival, amounting to 6 different performances of the same show. But every night is different because legends, rituals, dances, puppets, garments, alegorias, they all change and create the show anew.
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Dolphin and children
These mammals have a brain capacity 40% larger than that of humans. Friendly and sensitive, specially with children and pregnant women, the pink dolphin is a great companion of my family. My sons swim with him like they can do with a friend…
You can see pink dolphin with people, including my sons, following this link.
I have posted a pink dolphin without people gallery on PhotoShelter too. To see, please, follow the link.
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Posted in Tropical Tree Climbing
Tagged adventure, Amazon, Brazil, children, ecotourism, family, Inia geoffrensis, nature, Negro River, pink dolphin, wildlife
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Ariau Amazon Towers – September
September 2010. Waters, that rise the highest point in June are now lowering quickly. The white sand beaches are appearing on the border of Negro river. In this season, generally sunny days with sporadic short rain. The picture on the right shows the taxizeiros blossom. Almost all trees on the borders of Ariau channel flourish around the last week of August and the first week of September. It is something spectacular! We are on September 9, and the awaited blossom don’t happens…
