06-MAY-2009
Breakfast-- Tacacho plantains and grubs.JPG
Tacacho- Plantain and bacon mixed into a ball and cooked in a leaf. A breakfast staple in the area.
The grubs here are skewered and sauteed, but many of the people in the area just eat them raw, directly from the tree they are found in.
06-MAY-2009
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Port at Bellavista De Nanay, at the north side of Iquitos at the mouth of the Nanay.
This picture is at high water, the levels vary greatly during the different times of the year.
Bellavista is the starting point for trips up the Nanay and for tourists going to Yagua and Bora native villages up the river.
06-MAY-2009
Bellavista 1.JPG
Another veiw of Bellavista.
The buildings along the walkways have another complete story that is currently flooded.
What you are seeing is the top story of the two story structures.
07-MAY-2009
Waiting for rain to stop.JPG
Canoeists waiting out the rain under overhanging branches on the Rio Nanay.
This photo was taken just before the thunderstorm hit.
10-MAY-2009
Soccer at San Antonio.JPG
Iquito boys playing Soccer during a break from school at San Antonio on the Rio Pintayacu.
07-MAY-2009
Rio Nanay family Fishing.JPG
A family fishing along the Pintayacu in late afternoon.
07-MAY-2009
Rainbow over Nanay.JPG
The Amazon Basin has marvelous rainbows after showers. I never tire of looking at them.
many are huge double rainbows that are hard to get photos of, even with a wide lens.
07-MAY-2009
On the Nanay 2.JPG
A young boy from Santa Maria De Nanay leaving early on a foggy morning.
07-MAY-2009
On the Nanay 1.JPG
Photo taken at a farm on the Nanay river.
We stopped to talk to the farmer and his wife about possibly using the farm as a campsite on future trips in the area.
08-MAY-2009
Mario Jacob on Nanay.JPG
The Mario Jacob is operated on the Nanay as a combination bus, delivery truck, mail carrier and all around work horse.
There are no roads and few trails in the region. Virtually all commerce is via river.
07-MAY-2009
Mario Jacob at Santa Maria.JPG
