In article <600fbc63.0312050206.59b30829@posting.google.com>, JAMIE
writes
>I read their historical accounts and realized the river has changed
>little in the centuries since. As I threw my rucksack on board the
>Bandeirante II one Wednesday morning in May, islands of grass still
>floated toward the Atlantic and indigenous people still paddled
>resolutely against the current in dugout canoes. What had changed were
>the craft navigating what is known as the Solimoes. (The river does
>not become the Amazon until Manaus, where the Solimoes meets the Rio
>Branco.)
The Rio Negro.
>
>A retired sergeant in the Brazilian army noticed my Morocco soccer
>shirt and though he spoke no English we did our best to debate
>Brazil's failure to win last year's World Cup.
Ahem, sorry to be picky, Jamie, but Brazil *did* win last year's World
Cup.
Otherwise, enjoyable :-)
--
JohnM
Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul
http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm
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