Month: February 2009

Surviving in the Amazon Basin

The people of the Amazon have to be resourceful. We stopped and visited with a few local families and experienced what life is like in the worlds largest…

Amazon River Boats

The people who live along the Amazon River flock towards the passing boats where people will pass provisions or other things down to them. These tiny wooden boats…

Sand Roads of Brazil

The roads between beach towns in Northeastern Brazil are all sand paths between low shrubbage. They’re only passable by 4×4 vehicles, and the Toyota Land Cruiser heavily favoured,…

Wind Sports

The Northeast corner of Brazil is world famous for having great conditions for windsurfing and kitesurfing. What is an on-shore wind for most of Brazil turns into a…