Brazil
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| old jail in fortaleza |
The last 2 stops we have made were in Brazil. The first one was in Fortaleza, we only went shopping
here because it was a Sunday and a holiday.
Nothing was open past noon.
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| local boat on Amazon |
Today we went on a boat ride up the Amazon. We went for a walk in the rainforest. During the boat ride we saw lots of houses
and boats. We also saw birds and
butterflies.
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| Looking out at the Amazon |
In the forest, we saw a 69 year old man climb up a tree to
show us how they pick the acai berries.
We saw lots of plants they eat, including the ones that chocolate comes
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| 350 yr old Kupak tree |
We also saw a kupak tree like in the story in our rainforest
unit. It is one of the 2 tallest trees
in the rainforest. The other is the
brazil nut tree- really called the para nut.
Para is the state where this part of the Amazon is located.
We saw lots of chickens and roosters running around in the
forest. We saw and held a
tarantula. The one we had was a girl,
you can tell by her red legs. I held her
on my head.
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| closeup of my pet spider |
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| me with a tarantula on my head |
Today was lots of fun and I learned about the Amazon
rainforest.
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| at school in the Amazon- really |
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| me and a Brazilian policman |
