Pictures #10:

Icoraci and Belém, Brazil

21 February 2014

 

 ms Maasdam at Anchor off Coast of Icoraci
(as far up Baia de Marajó she can sail):
 

 Local Icoraci Ferry Takes passengers from ship to shore . . .

 Local Fishing Fleet Docked at Icoraci

 ms Maasdam Passengers Land at Icoraci Fishing Pier . . .

 . . .and Market

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45-Minute Bus Ride from Icoraci to Belém:

   Brazilian Air Force Base

Icoraci City Street Scene

 New Construction in Belém

 Reality of New Construction

 

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Botanical Garden and Flamingo Sanctuary:

 

 

 

The Reddest Pink Flamingos and the Largest Lily Pads I Have Ever Seen

 

White Herons Enjoying Bug Lunch Outside Butterfly Enclosure

 

 

 Local School Kids Enjoying Lunch Outside Butterfly Enclosure

 

 

Two Amazon-Tributary Rivers Run Side by Side Before

Combining in Baia de Marajó at Botanical Gardens

 

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Belém City Center:

 

    

 Belém Opera House                                                                                                         Mercado Ver-o-Peso (Brazil's Largest Indoor Market)

 

 

 
 Cathedral Towers and Rooftops of Praça Brandão in the Old City

 

     

 Museum (and Sale) of Contemporary Art
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Cathedral and Museum of Sacred Art:

 

 

   

 (all indoor museum and church photos taken without flash) 

Forte do Presépio (17th Century):

    

 

 

 

 View of Belém from Forte do Presépio
 
Return Trip from Icoraci to ms Maasdam
(impending storm never materialized)