12. AREAS THAT ARE UNDERWOOD DURING SEASONAL FLOODS
HAVE HOUSES AND STORES BUILT ON STILTS.
13. TREE ROOTS IN
THE RAIN FOREST
ARE NOT DEEP. THEY
HAVE BUTTRESSES WHICH
SPREAD OUT IN THE THIN SOIL
TO ANCHOR THE TREE.
14. WHEN THE RIVERS FLOOD, RESIDENTS RELY ON BOATS THAT
TRAVEL THROUGH “ROAD” CHANNELS TO GET PLACES
15. MANY FAMILIES
OWN THIS TYPE
OF BOAT INSTEAD
OF A CAR IN THE
AMAZON REGION.
NOTE THE MOTOR
ON THE BOTTOM
RIGHT. THE PROPELLER
IS ON A SHAFT THAT
ALLOWS THE
PROPELLER TO TURN IN
SHALLOW WATER
TO AVOID SNAGS.
16. THE GIANT AMAZON LILY CAN SUPPORT A SMALL CHILD.
THEYGROW IN FLOODED SWAMPY AREAS.
17.
18. MEETING OF THE WATERS: The Rios Solimoes (the name for the Amazon in
Brasil) and the Rio Negro meet near the city of Manaus. The two rivers are
different colors. The Rio Negro is known as a black river (the color of weak
black coffee) because it carries little sediment and has high acidity from decaying
plant matter. The Salimoes is technically a white water river but is brown due
to the high silt content. When the rivers meet, the do not mix almost six miles.
The Rio Negro is colder and heavier than the Salimoes so the difference in
temperature and density delays the mixing.
19.
20.
21. LARGE CITY OF BELEM ON LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF THE AMAZON ON
THE PARA RIVER.
22. THE PELERINHO SECTION OF
SALVADOR IS THE OLDEST
PART OF THE CITY. SALVADOR
WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF
BRASIL AND IS THE THIRD
LARGEST CITY TODAY AFTER
SAO PAULO AND RIO DE JANEIRO
23. THIS SQUARE IN SALVADOR IS WHERE SLAVES WERE
SOLD AND WHIPPED DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD.
24. SALVADOR HAS AN UPPER SECTION ON A BLUFF AND A LOWER SECTION
NEAR THE WATER. THIS FAMOUS ELEVATOR WAS BUILT IN 1878, CONNECTING
BOTH SECTIONS
25.
26. A CAPOEIRA CLASS ABOUT TO GIVE A DEMONSTRATION. CAPOEIRA IS AN
AFRO-BRASILIAN FORM OF DANCE THAT USES MARTIAL ART MOVES.
SLAVES PRACTICED FIGHTING BY DISGUISING IT AS A DANCE.
27. WOMAN PLAYINGA
BERIMBAU
DURING A CAPOIERA
PERFORMANCE. A
BERIMBAU IS A
TRADITIONAL
AFRICAN INSTRUMENT
BROUGHT TO BRASIL
AND IS AN INTERGREL
PART OF A CAPOIERA
PERFORMANCE
33. EVERY STREET IN EVERY CITY AND TOWN IN BRASIL HAS
STREAMERS FOR THE WORLD CUP.
34. BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH FRUIT IN BRASIL, THERE
ARE FRUIT JUICE BARS EVERWHERE.
35. A DRINK STAND ALONG LEBLON BEACH IN RIO.
MANY STANDS THROUGHOUT BRASIL SELL COCONUT WATER,
THE JUICE FROM GREEN COCONUTS. YES, THOSE
ARE COCONUT PALMS GROWING DOWN THE STREET.
36.
37. SECOND LARGEST FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN BRASIL...HABIB’S SELLS
MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD LIKE GYROS, HUMMUS, AND FELAFEL. BRASIL
HAS A LARGE MIDDLE EASTERN POPULATION...MAINLY FROM SYRIA.
38. THIS IS IPANEMA BEACH IN RIO...McDONALD’S ARE IN MANY COUNTRIES
39. BRASILIANS LOVE TO DINE “ALFRESCO”...OUTSIDE. THIS IS THE FAMOUS YELLOW HOTEL
IN DOWNTOWN RIO DE JANEIRO. NOTICETHE WORLD CUP DECORATIONS. OF COURSE,
THERE ARE THE UBIQUITOUS PLASTIC CHAIRS FOUND EVERYWHERE IN BRASIL.
41. ALFRESCO DINING AND PLASTIC CHAIRS...THIS IS THE CITY OF BELEM
LOCATED ON THE MOUTH OF THE AMAZON RIVER.
42. A HOMEMADE DRINK
FAVORED BY INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE...CALLED CHICHA.
WOMEN CHEW UP MANIOC/CASSAVA
(CORN IN PERU) AND THEN SPIT
IT INTOA VAT OF WATER.
THE SPITCONTAINS AN ENZYME
THAT MAKES THE DRINK
MILDLY (1%) ALCHOHOLIC. THIS
IS OFTEN SERVED TO COMPANY!
43. FOOD IS SOLD INFORMALLY ALL OVER BRASIL. NOTICE THE GRAFITTI
AND THE MOSAIC SIDEWALKS WHICH ARE ALSO COMMON.
44. FRUIT TREES GROW EVERYWHERE IN BRAZIL
AND FRUIT IS ALWAYS SERVED AT BREAKFAST
46. SMALL BANANAS IN
A MARKET...ONE BUNCH
IS 2 REAIS (PRONOUNCED
HEAS). THAT IS ROUGHLY
A ONE BUNCH FOR A
DOLLAR!
47. OPEN AIR MARKETS ARE FOUND IN MOST
CITIES AND TOWNS. THIS IS THE FAMOUS
MERCADO MARKET IN THE CITY
OF BELEM. PEOPLE SELL EVERTHING GROWN
IN THE AMAZON BASIN HERE.
48.
49. PINEAPPLES ARE NATIVE
TO BRASIL. THEY ARE
SMALLER THAN THE
PINEAPPLES WE SEE IN
THE U.S. FROM HAWAII OR
CENTRAL AMERICA.
52. THIS IS A NATURAL HEALING DRUGSTORE. YOU CAN FIND ANY TYPE
OF CURE FOR WHAT “AILS” YOU HERE. THE GOVERNMENT DOES
NOT REGULATE THIS. NOTICE HOW THE HOMEMADE MEDICINE IS IN
OLD SOFT DRINK BOTTLES.
53. THIS SOAP KEEPS AWAY EVIL
SPIRITS ACCORDING TO THE
BOOTH’S OWNER...NOTICE
THE CLENCHED FIST WITH THE THUMB
BETWEEN THE FINGERS...THIS IS
A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK IN
BRASIL AND COMES FROM AFRICA
54. THIS PICTURE IS INFORMATIVE...SELLING FOOD ON THE STREET, A MAN CHECKING
OUT A WOMAN, THE MEN ARE WEARING HAVAIANAS FLIP FLOPS AND THE
WOMAN IS WEARING HEELS. HOW THE STREET CUSTODIAN IS WEARING THAT
OUTFIT NEAR THE EQUATOR IS A GOOD QUESTION.
