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Travel Images by Hilary Hopkins

February 17 - 25 2007 / Brazil: On The Rio Negro: A Week Along the Rio Negro

A tiny riverboat takes us 200 miles up the largest tributary of the great Amazon.
  • gold and crystal chandelier in the 1896 opera house, Manaus, Brazil
  • no roads lead from Manaus, so ferries are the way to go
  • fish market wares, Manaus, Brazil
  • our little riverboat sets out on the Rio Negro, Brazil
  • the flooded forest along the Rio Negro, with pendant bird nests
  • Rio Negro resident watches us warily
  • this fish--still alive--spent the night in the bottom of the small canoe
  • Rio Negro village kids watch us with interest
  • she uses her ovipositer to insert eggs into the tree
  • at the base of a giant kapok tree along the Rio Negro, Brazil
  • a praying mantis perched on a cacao pod, watchful
  • washing dishes at the edge of the Rio Negro, Brazil
  • famous giant lily pads, Rio Negro, Brazil
  • find the tarantula!
  • your website host at ease in heat and humidity