Sunday, our stio a=was in Santarem which is in the Brazilian State of Para. I has a population of about 306,000. It sits at the confluence of the Amazon and Tapajos rivers. It was founded by thePortuguese in1661and is one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian Amazon
 |
| First su=ight of the city |
 |
| I wend out and check for insects that were hopping a ride. |
 |
| Many of these black beetles showed up |
\\
 |
| a closeup of one of he barges |
 |
| Turkey Vultures are here also |
We used tenders provided nt the port
 |
| The also brought out a floating dock to make it easire to get on the tenders |
 |
| One of the tenders |
 |
| Appraoching the pier were we will get offtenders |
 |
| Our ship anchored out in the river |
 |
| Our first stop was a fish market. Here they were cooking some fish to sell |
 |
| There was fruit there also |
 |
| Our guide show us some Brazilian nuts |
 |
| Next we went to a catholic church. This is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Satarem.. Like several previous Sundays, services were in progress . We were welcomes to stand at the back and watch and a few of the passengers were invited to take communion. |
 |
| The street in front of the Cathedral |
 |
| Then we went to the waterfront to view "The Meeting of the Waters" as The Amazon (brown) run beside the Rio Tapajos (dark blue) |
 |
| The waterfront |
which is housed in the old city haall and jail |
| The we went to the Jaao Fona Museum. I is housed in the old City Hall and jail |
 |
| Our guide told us about the 3 flags - The state of Para. the national Braliaiand and the city flags |
 |
| Then we drove out into the country to visit a old manioc flour (also known as cassava or yuca or tapioca root) factory which also has rubber trees to show how latex rubber is extracted from the rubber trees |
\\
