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We Don’t Sell an Amazon Tour, We Provide a Dream Come True For You

dawnontheamazon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:24:00 -0500

We built our Amazon River boats of beautiful tropical hardwoods, retro-designed from the rubber boom era. The boats give you the feeling of following the flow of the river back in time to a way of life that no longer exists in most of the civilized world. Along the way you will discover that life has not changed much the last hundred years in the upper Amazon rainforest. Tagged by dawnontheamazon under amazon tour, amazon cruise, amazon river boats, amazon river, rainforest,

Top 10 Things to Do In Iquitos Peru

dawnontheamazon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:22:00 -0500

Iquitos Peru is well known as the gateway to Amazon adventures. It is also a charming destination in its own right, deserving at least one or two days to explore, either before or after your Amazon cruise or lodge stay, preferably both. Iquitos is surrounded by rivers and rainforest, with a rich history, and a unique culture that has evolved in isolation from the rest of the civilized world. Tagged by dawnontheamazon under amazon animal orphanage and pilpintuwasi butterfly farm, amazon golf course, belen market, bora, bora girls, butterfly farm, Iquitos Peru, iron house, la casa de fierro, las boas, pink dolphins, quistococha zoo, quistococha zoological park,

Carving Tagua Nuts, the Vegetable Ivory, Save the Elephants

dawnontheamazon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:19:00 -0500

Some of the most interesting souvenirs to bring back from Iquitos Peru and the Amazon Rainforest are miniature sculptures carved from vegetable ivory, the mature fruit of the Yarina Palm, Tagua nuts. They have the look and feel of elephant ivory, but are a plentiful, renewable, rainforest resource. The best vegetable ivory sculptures are works of art. Even simple primitive carvings take hours. Artistic pieces can take days. Tagged by dawnontheamazon under carving tagua nuts, tagua nuts, vegetable ivory,

More than Just a Packing List, a Travel List to Iquitos Peru

dawnontheamazon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:19:00 -0500

Good advice for travelers to the Amazon rainforest, and Iquitos Peru Tagged by dawnontheamazon under packing list, Iqutios Peru,

Catching Peacock Bass the Hard Way

dawnontheamazon — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:19:00 -0400

A good story about survival in the Amazon Rainforest, fishing for Peacock Bass Tagged by dawnontheamazon under peacock, bass,

Biology Teachers Awarded Grant to Study Rainforest

dawnontheamazon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:38:00 -0400

Two biology teachers from my home area of west central Indiana have been in Iquitos Peru for the last two days. They were chosen from over 650 applicants for an Eli Lilly Teacher Creativity Grant, and are feeling honored to be participating. Tagged by dawnontheamazon under biology teachers, teacher grants,

Uncontacted Tribe Discovered in Amazon

dawnontheamazon — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:38:00 -0400

Imagine how wild the rainforest must be where the uncontacted tribe lives. Beyond the edge of civilization. Tagged by dawnontheamazon under uncontacted, tribe,