Amazon River - side trip

My friend Tish, whom I was in the Peace Corps with years ago, came to visit and recap the heartbeat of Brazil so many years later. First we went on a river boat trip with our own private guide, cook and navigator to local tributaries to visit native people, called caboclos – a mix of Indian and various other cultural groups. Two young caboclos greet our boat and Tish, who has made a early morning dip. Here are some pictures of a family – the young and the old (adults are missing from this town making a living selling their fish in the “big” city, Santarem). This 16 year old boy on the right of the picture feeds and takes care of his 87 year old grandmother who is going blind and can no longer weave baskets, her livelihood. Other women show us their fabulous basketry handicraft which we readily purchase.