The Amazon Rainforest
Here we are on a boat headed for the rainforest. You can see the Manaus city skyline in the background.
Amazonian Rain Forest near the Rio Negro
Sunrise on the Rio Negro in the Amazon
Eye-Opening: Watching a Rainforest SunriseBy
Vanessa Berman
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Sunrise at 5:15 am. These two pictures were taken from a canoe on the Rio Negro.
Arriving by boat for a jungle walk.
Amazonian Water Lillies.
Here we are in the rainforest.
Another view of the rainforest and its rich vegetation.
The Amazon: Perspective on the Environment and Eco-TourismBy
Sara Donahue I cannot say that prior to this trip to the Amazon that I was an environmentalist. Actually, I never really paid attention to environmental issues. I had not heard the term “eco-tourism.” The environment and the issues surrounding it were never of any interest to me prior to this trip.
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A trek in the jungle. The tree vines are so thick and strong that we are invited to stand in them.
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By
Marissa Post What
I would like to discuss for this essay is the eco-tourism of our group. There is much hype about saving the rainforests and allowing
nature to be undisturbed. Our
group feels this way, but just look at where we stayed and where our
hotel is located. The Ariaú
Jungle Towers are, by all means, a very cool place to stay.
But think of the natural life that, I might add, we do not wish
to disturb, that is highly affected by our presence.
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It is very hot and humid in the rainforest.
The Amazon: Another Way of LivingBy Aracely RuizVisiting the Amazon is an experience that I will never forget because I did things that were out of my daily ordinary activities. The adventure was not what I had expected. I had thought it would be full of bugs and mosquitoes, muddy, and with no evidence of “civilization,” for example, running water and electricity. But these ideas were mostly false.
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Viewing some of the trees in the rainforest.
A student holds a "jacare".
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Bragging
Rights: Amazon Adventure Story By Chirlie FelixOnce in a while you do one or two things that make you proud of yourself; it makes you want to tell everyone you know and meet about your achievements. But for most people it doesn’t really happen often. I call these “bragging rights” – things events, that occur in your life that are so great or so bad, you can brag genuinely (talk) about them. Examples include: graduating from college, getting a job promotion, traveling through the world, giving birth, rights of passage, etc. On this trip I have a couple of things to brag about. How many people do you know who have traveled through the Amazon?
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Another student holding the jacare.
Student holding a sloth (bicho preguica).
Cuddling a snake.
Another demonstration of the proper way to cuddle a snake.
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Nature Destruction and Preservation:
Where is the Balance? By
Dapo Akinleye What touched me the most about the Ariaù Amazonian Hotel where we stayed was the domesticated monkeys. They were part of the facility. It puts a smile on my face when I see that human intervention has not ruined or completely eliminated nature, plants and animals. Especially when a large percentage of the Amazon has been destroyed in an attempt to modernize Brazil. The Amazon is constantly being stripped of its resources and, as more deforestation and destruction occurs, plants, animals and other species have been lost.
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On the way to a traditional "Caboclo" village.
Land of Contradictions: Manaus and the AmazonBy
Orly Amir Manaus and the Amazon jungle contained contradictions. The sights, people and ways of life that we saw all confuse me as to what these areas really are. Each place has components that contradict other ones.
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Click here to see a typical "Caboclo" village and pictures of manioc being processed.