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Postcards from the Transition

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Tag: Gil Serique

2025 Pole to Pole, Cruises1 Comment

Gil Serique Redux. Alter do Chão

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 Rich McClear

Normally Gil Serique’s tour in his hometown of Alter do Chão, about a 40 minute drive from Santarėm, is a little over 5 hours and includes a drive through Henry Ford’s town of Belterra and a walk in the Tapajós … Continue reading Gil Serique Redux. Alter do Chão

2025 Pole to Pole, Cruises2 Comments

With Gil in Santarėm

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 Rich McClear

Going on an Amazon Adventure with Gil Sirique is kind of like going to Catholic mass. It is a multi-sensory experience that, at sometime during the event, engages each and all your senses. Of course it’s different from the mass, … Continue reading With Gil in Santarėm

S. America5 Comments

“Wildlife, Science, History, Adventure.” and Joy

March 5, 2015January 23, 2016 Rich McClear

March 3, 2015, 7 AM Cruising past Santarem This is our last day on the Amazon. We reach the bar at the entrance of the river at 1:30 tomorrow morning.  We are traveling fast, faster than twenty knots.  We need … Continue reading “Wildlife, Science, History, Adventure.” and Joy

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