Happy Caladium

Caladium - Bosque Santa Lúcia - Poço Branco - Pará.  06 February 2018

Jacarandá do Pará

              Jacarandá do Pará seed pods caught up in a palm frond at Bosque Santa Lúcia on 09.02.17

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.

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.

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.

Pequeno Museu do Bosque Santa Lúcia

Assucena flower

Jabuticaba fruit

Windy day

Clitoris no Bosque Santa Lúcia

Guaraná fruit

Guaraná (Paullina cupana)

Hybiscus

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.

Mahogany leaves

African mahogany (Kaya ivorensis)

Tajá, verde

Rural dog

Local dog in macaxeira patch.

Geniparana

Gustavia agusta - Lecythidacae

Dracena

Dracena red

Fungus