Creek Joys. Igarapé and Pachira aquatica, Monguba, Ilha do Combú, Belém, Brazil
Here's the Igarapé, a fine creek watering into the Guamá River which wets the shores of Belém. You can see that modern city on the far side and the stilted traditional houses along the creek on the left here. Those stilts give an indication of 'the swing of the sea' - as religious poet Gerald Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) might have said - even this far up the tributaries of the Mighty Amazon.
The inset is of a flowering tree that lines many of the Tropical Streams, Pachira aquatica. In Brazil it's often called Monguba or Munguba. But our guide Junior insisted on the local name - and he wrote it down for me - Mahorana. Perhaps... But I haven't been able to reference that name. Anyone out their in Tropical Flickrland?
PS Tomorrow I expect to be in Paramaribo where the internet will possibly be better. Patience, please.
Creek Joys. Igarapé and Pachira aquatica, Monguba, Ilha do Combú, Belém, Brazil
Here's the Igarapé, a fine creek watering into the Guamá River which wets the shores of Belém. You can see that modern city on the far side and the stilted traditional houses along the creek on the left here. Those stilts give an indication of 'the swing of the sea' - as religious poet Gerald Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) might have said - even this far up the tributaries of the Mighty Amazon.
The inset is of a flowering tree that lines many of the Tropical Streams, Pachira aquatica. In Brazil it's often called Monguba or Munguba. But our guide Junior insisted on the local name - and he wrote it down for me - Mahorana. Perhaps... But I haven't been able to reference that name. Anyone out their in Tropical Flickrland?
PS Tomorrow I expect to be in Paramaribo where the internet will possibly be better. Patience, please.