Snail

Hamadryas Butterfly, 26 March 2016

Arthur Daniel Alexander

It was great having my younger son, Arthur Daniel Alexander, on the Regatta tour today.  Daniel is an employee of Amizade Global Learning in Pittsburgh.  His wife, Lais, will be bringing two groups of American volunteers to Santarém in April.  Thanks for joining us.

Cruise ship Regatta

Master guide Franklin Chaves led the group of 14 passengers from the Cruise ship Regatta to Bosque Santa Lúcia early this morning.  Thanks Franklin.  Great tour.

Dia Mundial da Água

Cruise ship MARINER

Clelson Melo, caretaker at Bosque Santa Lúcia leads our honoured guests from their bus to the Reception Center from where they will hit the forest trails.

Resting butterfly

Passengers from the cruise ship, Seaborne Quest.

Thanks for your visit to Bosque Santa Lúcia today.  A special thanks to guide Franklin, who is much appreciated as the guide who knows the Amazon, his own home.

Desert Rose

Beautiful upstairs and downstairs, the Desert Rose

Mandioca - Manihot esculenta

Improvised road signs at Bosque Santa Lúcia

  

Many stories are to be be told about the origin of this road sign posted at Bosque Santa Lúcia.

Heron of the night

Herons find safety for the night in the larger trees in Santarém.  Hundred of them, as a matter of fact.

Palm leaves

Young palm at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Pau Brasil - Caesalpinia echinata