Estacion Seca suggested I put these here for interested parties after posting
in this thread a few shots of orchids that I saw while there.
Back in 2014, we spent 2 weeks in a boat on the Amazon in Brazil, leaving from Manaus, going to Santarem and then going back to Manaus. The purpose of the trip was more about exploring than the cities, although we did stop at a couple of cities and towns too.
The trip was in the middle two weeks of July right after the end of the rainy season which means that it was almost the peak water level which that year was, I believe about 48-52 feet above the low water level. Yeah, it's hard to imagine that there are places that in Dec would have a 4 story building dry, and in July, the entire building could be under water. Most of what we saw were birds and reptiles, but also a few other things. Most of the epiphytes that we saw were bromeliads, but I did see a few orchids.
I took about 7500 photos and narrowed those down to about 1500 when I got back. My primary camera and lens were new. I had taken a bunch of test photos before I left, but it was definitely a bit of a learning curve despite the camera being very similar to the one that it replaced. 99% were shot from one of three small boats with 7-10 people riding along. We stayed in a much larger boat that was capable of sleeping 24 besides the crew, I believe. It was an amazing trip.
Collection: Amazon River Trip 2013
Photos from 2 weeks on the Amazon River
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