Salvador was the capitol of Brazil until 1763. It was the main entry port for the African slave trade and has a high population of people of African descent. The ladies in the large colorful hoop dresses make their money by posing for photographs with the many tourists. This city of about 3.5 million was one of the first cities in the New World. It is renowned for its Portuguese colonial architecture. This shows parts of the historical center.

A quick tour through this very busy and packed market.

Suriname was a Dutch colony and is located between Guyana and French Guiana along the northern coast of South America. This is a short nature walk we enjoyed.

The Bahia Blanca Estuary is along the coast south from Buenos Aires. We experienced goucho performances as well as touring the ranch and observing some of the other animals they have such as gazelles and lama.
We also were able to stop and see burrowing parrots as they returned to roost. It was almost dark and one could barely see the parrots but the video camera did a great job in the low light.

A short video to show two of Rio's most famous attractions.
Corcovado  where Christ the Redeemer is located and Sugarloaf mountain.

Visiting a small village along the Amazon River where they were preparing manioc flour from the manioc root.

A brief view of river life and how it totally dominates how people live. We were in areas and channels where probably no cruise ship had ever ventured and as such we were as much an oddity to the locals as they were to us.