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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: Santarem

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

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What Exactly Do You Mean by Remote?

March 5, 2015January 23, 2016 Rich McClear

March 3, 2014 Cruising the Amazon “If I mailed a postcard from here who knows how long it would take to get home?”  That’s what one of my fellow passengers said when we sailed into Santarem last week.  “This is … Continue reading What Exactly Do You Mean by Remote?

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“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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