Amazon River - Monte Alegre cave drawings

The Amazon and its tributaries this time of year is very high (40 feet from its low). The homes along the way are built on stilts. 12 hours by boat from Santarem is the town of Monte Alegre where cave drawings indicate people living here more than 8 centuries - one of the oldest findings on either North or South America. To reach the famous drawings, Tish and I, with a local family, go on a very precarious adventuresome ride on this 4-wheel drive vehicle made into a pick-up truck. You can see what the rode looks like!