Brazilian Amazon Travel

Oct 3, 2008

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The River of the Dead runs near the Carters’ fishing camp of Rancho Jacobá.

John Carter with a dead jararacucu do brejo snake in the front yard of Fazenda Santo Antonio.

The Kamayurá village consists of a series of traditional thatch-roof huts.

A Kamayurá girl stands outside her hut.

Manioc dough, a staple of the Kamayurá villagers’ diet, sits in a wooden bowl.

Kamayurá children play on the shores of Lake Ipazu.

A boy hugs the satellite that connects Kamayurá to the outside world.

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Lead Photo: Stephanie Pearson

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