video from Leticia, Amazonas

adrimm says on Jul 17, 2007, 22:26:

That's awesome..

The footage of the wildlife is incredible.. Oh and hey remember all those questions you so patiently answered for me once upon a time becuase I was planning on going? Looks like it will be this November!

adrimm says on Jul 17, 2007, 22:27:

Hope the Thesis defense goes well!

Miguel says on Jul 17, 2007, 22:31:

Excellent job, Bufalo!

raulinho says on Jul 18, 2007, 00:38:

was that a jaguar ? incredible!!

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 18, 2007, 02:18:

Great Video Bufalo I love it!!!

that spider OMG if i get to find something like that I think i will faint!!!!

I really would love to go there, my husband has been in Leticia he went there from Manaus -Belen then Leticia and he said he loved it.

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bostonmickey says on Jul 18, 2007, 07:12:

Great Stuff!! Love the music, too!!

Let's be CAREFUL out there!!Sgt. Phil Esteraus, Hill Street Blues

bufalo says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:07:

Thanks all, the spider kept ending up in our bathroom (never leave a wet mop around), the jaguar's buddy came after me (noone else told me there was a second one in the cage, I just got pushed), and I had to go into the anaconda cage for those shots too. Some was part of a job I did for the national university there, most was home video.

Sounds like a great trip he did kat1, we didn't get to do that, but hope to at one point. Furthest we got was Puerto Nariño (dolphins).

Adrimm, November from what I remember should be a bit of a dry month. There's still plenty of canoeing though, and the good thing is that you can walk to a lot more places. Remember, walk the main street toward the airport. Left at the gas station (maybe abandoned by now) one block until you can't walk anymore. You'll be next to part of the military base. Smack dab in front of you should be a path, yes, that crappy little path. You take that and it goes upriver passing several indigenous communities. Depending the time of day you may see monkeys, iguanas and dolphins. You could technically walk all the way to Puerto Nariño from there if you want (I didn't, and it is really long I imagine).

I also believe that November should be Poma Rosa season. They are everyfreakingwhere (yet tourists still buy them in the market). Streets are pink all over, like the pink flower in the video-that you can eat too.

Oh, and by then the zoo should be opened. It was closed when I was there, but got in due to the filming. - have fun!

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

raulinho says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:57:

jaguars don't eat humans ! In Brazil they are reaching seriuosly low numbers because of cull by rancheros who claim they eat up to 1000 sheep/yr per jaguar. They are amazing animals and worth going to Leticia to see

bufalo says on Jul 18, 2007, 13:39:

wow, 1000 sheep/yr per jaguar? I can't see them eating 3 a day (ok, get it that's the inflated excuse to kill them). I just got pushed a bit, not even a scratch. The only ones in Leticia that I saw were in the zoo, but I wanted to walk to Tarapacá, supposedly on the trail you might run into one...

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

bufalo says on Jul 18, 2007, 18:12:

I'll take you up on that offer real soon! I may have a short coming up that I'm filming here and it's about 75% music.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

houstongal says on Jul 18, 2007, 21:31:

A lovely video bufalo! And your daughter is just adorable!

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

LA_MONA says on Jul 19, 2007, 01:59:

quiero ir....

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 20, 2007, 12:28:

bufalo did you had to have a vaccine when you were there? and which one??

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goin_south says on Jul 20, 2007, 15:39:

nice sunset photo, 2. bostonmickey... (don't look over yer shoulder, .... yet)

and, thank you.

goin_south says on Jul 20, 2007, 15:41:

Bostonmickey:
...."Lives in: United States look at my tag name and guess"

Lives in ....??? DISNEYLAND???

and, thank you.

bufalo says on Jul 23, 2007, 08:40:

no, we didn't get any vaccines. However, if you want to go deeper into Brazil, a US citizen needs to get a 100 dollar visa, and a colombian needs to get a Yellow Fever vaccine. Why do the colombians need it? because colombia has some of the Amazon in its territory (but doesn't Brazil have most???) Anyway, while there in Leticia, Tabatinga, Peru and such, you don't need any vaccines nor visas. Just if you go WAY up or down river.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor