Our day today was quite diverse with wildlife, a visit to a village, and time spent at the beginning of the Amazon river itself. We divided our time today on the Marañon and Ucayali Rivers, and of course, where they combine is the mighty Amazon. It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine, and a nice mid-day rainstorm to cool things off a bit.
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- 09 Jan 2019
Amazonas Village and Clavero Lake, 1/9/2019, Delfin II
- Aboard the Delfin II
- Amazon
Mike Greenfelder, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Mike learned early on that the best way to escape Ohio was to become a marine biologist. During college at Wittenberg University he attended a semester at Duke University's Marine Lab — that time only confirmed his love for all things oceanic and ma...
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