Caladiums

Dry Forest

Dia Mundial da Água

A visit to the Bosque yesterday morning

Visitors from West Virginia University, School of Medicine.  Beth, her daughter and her husband, Aaron.  Representing Amizade Global Learning: Sara, Juliana and Micah.  Bosque Santa Lucia:  Áurea, Steven and Clelson.

Tarantula spider

Quassia amara

Red Hibiscus

Begonia, sp

In memory of a lone photographer

Miguel Rocha

Miguel Rocha from the Almerinda Malaquias Foundation in Novo Airao, Amazonas.

Tapajós National Forest - FLONA

LBA - instrumentation for measuring carbon reserves in the Tapajós National Forest, located near Santarém on the Tapajós River.

Tapajós National Forest

Tarantula home

Entrance to a tarantula home.

Santarém Tur

Today we had the pleasure of receiving passengers from the MV Explorer. The attached images are of staff at Santarém Tur, the ground operator for the cruise ship. Representatives of Semester at Sea were onboard with many graduates and students.

Butterfly

Belo Alter Hotel in Alter do Chão

Belo Alter Hotel in Alter do Chão, one of the finer places in the Amazon to relax and enjoy life.

Leaves

Lacre leaf

New lacre leaf. Vismia sp.

Rural dog

Local dog in macaxeira patch.

TEMA group

As always, it was great to see another Swedish group at the Bosque under the guidance Mr. Haken, who represents TEMA. Haken with his friends, the pink dolphin.