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Some more road side shots


amazondk

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Since I have received a lot of positive input on some of my roadside shots I have a few more.  And, I would like to thank Gileno for his documentation of his trip.  I find it a good way to make the trip more interesting looking for palm and related shots.  This trip we took up to Boa Vista, Roraima leaving early Monday morning and returning on Saturday this week.  The trip to Boa Vista is on BR 174 and is about 800 kms.  If the road were in good shape it would be an easy trip. Unortunately like many Brazilian highways the highway is a mess.  The holes sometimes look like they will swallow your car.  This highway was only paved 6 years ago and is already in a sad state of disrepair.  First they don't apply a good base to the road and it has a thin layer of asphalt.  Since the only way to move goods into Roraima is from Manaus by truck the road gets a lot of abuse.  But, that is Brazil, one of the negative things of life here.

About 200 kms from Manaus you enter the Waimiri Atroari Indian Reservation and continue through it for 200 kms.  You are advised not to stop, not to take pictures of the Indians, etc.  It is a beautiful trip as the forest is totally intact in this portion.

The road through the Indian Reservation - Waimiri Atroari.

We did see some indians hunting with bows and arrows on the return trip.

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Roadside stop. I was with my copilot and personal manager in the forest.

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Some roadside palms.  The Eutrepe Pecatoria is very abundant in the area.  And, the M. flexuosa are alwasy present.

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The area has a very high population of the Buritirana - Mauritiella armata .  Some areas were almost pure stands of them.  I think this is a beautiful palm

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Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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On the way up to Boa Vista you change hemispheres.  Here I have one foot in the Northern hemisphere and one in the south.  Unfortunately the monument is in as bad a state as the highway.

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This scene is near Rorainopolis, one of our stops.  The town does not even have cell phone service yet, and for Brazil that is uncommon.  The most common palms in land converted from forest is the Inaja, Attalea maripa.  This was shot in a rain shower, I thought the rainbow made a nice effect.

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Much of the land along the highway north of the indian reserve is pasture land.  This goes back from 500 meteres to 1000 meters from the highway normally.  I do not know what the small palms in from of the M. flexuosa are, but they look like some sort of Attalea.

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Here is shot of the state of the highway.  At least you get good practice at quick reaction pothole dodging.

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Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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Click here to visit Amazonas

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As you near half way to Boa Vista the road crosses the Rio Branco.  This is the river on which Boa Vista is situated and the major tributary of the Negro River which flows past Manaus.  The dry season is now moving into full force here and the river is dropping quickly in level.

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A roadside farm house surround by Attalea maripa.

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The end of the road, the Aipana Hotel in Boa Vista.

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Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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My pleasure Zac.  I am glad you enjoy seeing a bit of the country around here.  

Here is a nice Açai specimen, Euterpe precatoria.  It was growing in the Indian Reservation.

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Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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Your countryside is much more interesting than the  countryside around here. Well, it is interesting botanically here, but I basically know all of the plants around here and it has gotten slightly boring.

Zac

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Don:

Your pictures rock.  

Especially the one with Dorothy Lamour in her sarong . . .

AND the pictures of the house the roadside and the river, I guess I'm so stoked I'm ready to croak . . .

More of the same.

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Dave - don't croak! Get your swooning couch instead.

Scott

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Dear Amazon DK  :)

The Pictures are very nice,but i want to know

wheather these pictures were shot during

early morning or in the evenings.as they

appear slightly dark in contrast ?

thanks for sharing those lovely stills,

Love,

Kris.

love conquers all..

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Kris,

Most of the pictures were taken early morning.  We left Manaus at 0430.   So, it was around 0700 when a lot of the pictures were shot.

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Zac,

You would probably get used to the countryside around here too.  After a while any place becomes I guess what you would call normal.  But, there are a lot more plants to learn about for sure and it is a beautiful area.

Dave,

Thanks, I hope you can come see for yourself some day.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

82331.gif

 

Click here to visit Amazonas

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I totally enjoy seeing all the photos you take on your travels about Brasil, then I check my Brazil map to see exactly where you went.  

Outside of the Indian reserve do you pass by or thru many towns or see many farms on your way up there?  My map shows a side road that goes NE from Boa Vista to the Guyana border.  That sounds like it might be an interesting side trip to make too.  Know anything about that?   Also how long a drive is it from Boa Vista to the Venezuela border?  

Keep posting pics please!

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Al,

I am glad you enjoy my pictures.  From the end of the reservation to Boa Vista you go through three of the larger towns in Roraima, Roraimopolis (where we are developing the lumber business now), Cacacarai (on the crossing of the Rio Branco), and Mucajai (which is 80 kms from Boa Vista.  None of these towns are very large though, maybe 30 thousand people or so each.  It is I believe about 3 or 4 hours to Venezuela from Boa Vista.  I intend on making the trip at some time.  There are some very high mountains up toward the border.  Most notably Monte Roraima.

Most of the trip outside of the reservation is ranch and farm land along the road side, at most a few thousand meters in from the road.  At Mucajai the forest transistions into the savanna land , Campos Lavrados.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

82331.gif

 

Click here to visit Amazonas

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Al,

The trip to Guyana must be interesting.  The road does not go all the way through though.  There is a project to finish this so that the state will have access to the Caribbean port in Guyana.

dk

Don Kittelson

 

LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO

03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West

Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level

1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River

 

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

82331.gif

 

Click here to visit Amazonas

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Sorry I missed this earlier Don.  Great shots.

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(amazondk @ Nov. 06 2006,01:14)

QUOTE
Dave,

Thanks, I hope you can come see for yourself some day.

dk

I hope so, too!

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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