Fishing in the Amazon with Pepper and Flávio |
BrazilMax’s Bill Hinchberger joins a fishing expedition in the Amazon.
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Pantanal: Me and Teddy Visit the Wilderness |
Theodore Roosevelt inspires my answers to two questions I often hear: “Where’s the best place in the Amazon to see wildlife?” and “Where’s the best place in the Amazon to go fishing?” On the 1913-14 expedition that became known as his Amazon journey, the 26th president of the United States first traversed the Pantanal. So I reference him to justify my singular answer to those Amazon travel questions: “The Pantanal,” I respond.
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Iguassu Falls: The Niagara on Viagra |
The borders of Argentina and Brazil, where they meet up with Paraguay�s, literally pour into each other at a rate of 5,000 cubic meters of water per second, depending on recent rains.
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Confeitaria Colombo: Vestige of Rio de Janeiro’s belle époque |
When visitors step past the Confeitaria Colombo’s threshold, they enter a living time capsule – a remnant of a Rio de Janeiro gone by, one that now seems charming for its opulent optimism. During this “belle époque,” still the nation’s capital and cultural hub, Rio de Janeiro aspired to something that many locals considered far more essential - to become the Paris of the Americas. Downtown Rio was still considered a cool place to chill. And the president of the republic might very well keep a personal tab at the establishment.
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Pirarucu: Saving the Giant Fish |
An innovative fisheries management program aims to balance the survival of a threatened species with the needs of local fishermen who depend on it for their livelihoods.
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Saco do Mamanguá: Tourism in Paraty’s Tropical Fjord |
A local community organizes to defend ecotourism and crafts against industrial fishing trawlers.
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