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I am still alive

The tropical sun has chapped my lips once again, and my hands are covered with dry, peeling calluses and cuts in various stages of healing from the pressure and friction of the sail line in my hand...

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Reporters in the Amazon don’t have a lot to report…

…so they report on me. Here is another interview taped last week (15NOV2012) in Óbidos, Pará Translation: O americano do Texas Patrick Falterman estive viajando pelo Amazônia em uma canoa desde o...

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The trials and triumphs of the Amazon River –Óbidos to Jurutí

When I left Óbidos it was with a fresh face (figuratively – beard is now on second week) and a happy east tail wind to blow me across the narrows of the Amazon River in front of the city. Locally, the...

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Rio Negro Journal (Novo Airão to Barcelos)

A few vocabulary words for the uninformed: igarapé — Indian word, meaning “canoe trail.” In Portuguese, and this journal, it’s used to describe a small, watered entrance into jungle that may go back...

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Dad’s Jungle Journal

This is the journal that my Dad kept on his recent trip to visit me in Barcelos, Brazil, along the Rio Negro. I hope you will all enjoy it as much as I did. I like that he offers a slightly different...

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The Road to El Dourado (Chapters 1-5)

I. D-Day Light, misty rain settled over the riverside town of Barcelos on the morning of December 1st, 2013. Overcast skies greyed the horizon, and a moderate wind blustered in from the east over the...

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The Road to El Dourado (Chapters 6-8)

Continued from this post. VI. The Upper Aracá Past the mouth of the Rio Mararí, the Aracá became much narrower. José Alberto had said that this had been the last trip the Tayaçú would take into the...

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The Road to El Dourado (Chapters 9, 10)

9. Na baixada The hut on the Jauarí provided a safe haven and a spot to rest for my tired body. I arrived around midday on Day 30, and as soon as I had finished flipping the Igarapé Preto the bird I...

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Sixty Days of Past and Present (Part 1)

The following chapters chronicle two different stories, one which leads up to the other. They take place between the months of June and August of 2014, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Some names...

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