At the end of the Amazon
- 10 Jun 08, 04:33 PM
Bruce takes a dip at the end of his epic journey...
...and contemplates taking a well-earned rest
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About Amazon
Bruce Parry, presenter of the BBC's Tribe, travelled the length of the Amazon to film a major new series for BBC Two, shown in autumn 2008. You can relive his journey online through exclusive blogs, video and much more.
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Shame I've only just found this a few months after posting finished - would have looked earlier had this been promoted just a little bit
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Both you and your team Bruce have achieved once again a most amazing achievement with your filming of your journey through the Amazon. I have watched all of your Tribe programmes with great amazement and awe. I can't wait to see the Amazon series on TV. I do have to say that I would have loved to have known about this site sooner and followed your journey as and when you did it. Once again well done.
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Dear Bruce and the team
after watching tribe i was determined not to miss Amazon. Can i say how great the 1st episode was, its so nice to find out about other peoples cultures, how they live and how they survive in often very hard places. We see so much about wildlife but not enough about humans. I had no idea about the coca in the Andes, the violence and poverty.
We should all know about our world and what goes on.
Bruce you make the series so interesting and your enthusiasm for learning makes me want to learn more. The team are incredible and i would like to say well done and congrats for a wonderful series and website.
Thankyou for all your hard work just so we have the pleasure of watching on tv.
Dawn Douglas
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Hi. Just finished watching prog 2 with the Achuar. Thank you so much. I was there nearly 2 years ago staying with an Achuar community just on the Ecuador side of the border and this film brought it all back - and the vomiting ... It was lovely to hear their speech patterns again - it felt like I was watching friends. Thanks again.
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I do enjoy your shows Bruce, well done. I really hope that your interest in the shamanic side of things will help in some way to counteract the ignorance and oppression that the British and other governments show against shamans, both abroad and in the UK. Like the 'witches' of the Christian persecutions, those of us with knowledge and reverence for plant sacraments live under the shadow of persecution. I only hope that raising awareness of the as yet unscheduled visionary sacraments will not lead to their scheduling and further oppression of natural spirituality.
As for the subject of Ayahuasca, I would like to point out firstly that there are strict dietary rules for the use of an MAOI such as Chacruna. If these are not followed, then a person can get SICK, just like they would do if they were being prescribed an MAOI by their doctor and did not follow the dietary regime. I really hope that silly kids watching your programme don't start fooling around with Ayahuasca without taking the necessary precautions, causing kneejerk government reactions against it. Ayahuasca is an amazingly enlightening religious sacrament, an experience during which you can literally see god with your own eyes, and learn how you must change to become a better person. This is why it has been legal in Brazil for decades and is now legal in Holland and Spain. However, in other countries practitioners are forced to keep their spirituality a secret. Government studies showed that Ayahuasca use by the Santo Daime church in Brazil turned the members into better people, which is why it was legalised there.
Here's hoping for an end to spiritual oppression! :)
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Sorry, chacruna isn't the MAOI it's the DMT, the ayahuasca vine is the MAOI. :)
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Dear Bruce Parry,
I'm a French Woman and I don't speak Very Well Your Language; But I Learn.....
I see by The BBC 2; YOU will have a Reportage on AMAZON ! VERY WELL and WONDERFUL !!!! YOU work VERY WELL !!!
YOU seem to be BRAVE and to Have lots of Courage ! I see Someone you have known; Mister Ketil Reitan with His Wife; for The book Blizzard to the Pole.
I've a friend; she was with Her Man in Amazon like YOU ! SHE is Very GREAT Woman ! She has spoken in Spanish in the Tribe in amazon. Her Website is Cap-monde .fr or you can find by Google Richard Chapelle in France.....
THANKS for Your GREAT WORKS all Around The World !!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH........YOU're a GREAT REPORTS in All Yours Travels in This World !!!!! THANK YOU Mister Bruce PARRY.....
A Little French.....
Virginie Philippe.
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Dear Bruce and Team,
Firstly, thank you so much for all your hard work during this time. I was born in Ecuador and I am very happy to see your series. Sadly, most of the people have a wrong idea about South America. With your journal you are opening their eyes!
Secondly, I wish for all your team a good recover in the UK, it is very difficult to change cultures... we start to see many things in a different way. My tips: Take your time; speak a lot with your family/friends about your feelings . Enjoy being there…and just be there.
Thirdly, most of us are aware of the problems in the Amazon. For example, Ecuador is having troubles with Texaco and we hope they are going to pay for the damage. Nevertheless, it is going to be too late for many.
THANK YOU! For give us more courage to faint.
Take care and we are going to miss your programme
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I live in the Northeast of Brzil, having moved from England 3 years ago. Obviously I cannot watch the series but have read the blogs and watched the clips with great interest. My biggest gripe is amount of publicity given to the devastation of the Amazon. Nobody mentions, (very few people know) that there are thousands of hectares of preserved Atlantic forest running the length of Brazil.
Global warming? Greenhouse effect? Depletion of resources? I can only say that I had never seen a Flex-car til I came here.They run on alcool, which is methanol, and are manufactured by most of the big car companies.
Brazil is more than doing its bit, whilst also battling poverty, corruption, and ignorance amongst its own population.
The people here have an excuse, education has only been compulsary for about 12 years. Britain, America etc have no such excuse, but, in my opinion fall a long way short of doing what is needed to ensure a viable future for mankind on this planet.
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Fantastic documentry, Love the music in the background played on the accoustic guitar. What is it?
Well done Bruce and the team.
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Excuse me Ayahuasca is not legal in Brazil.It is ILEGAL in Brazil.We just tolerate the use of the herb.It is STILL A POTENT ALUCINOGINO...THEREFORE ONE MORE DRUG.Bruce you are wrong in saying ayahuasca is legal in brazil...It is ilegal.I know because I'm from there...We only use the drug at religious cereminoies run by Santo Daime,which by the way this kind of church is frowned upon by 90% of Brazilians.Only artists(free spirit) clinging hippies from 70 set off this trend of using ayahuasca and spread to the world.But we brazilians still look at it with suspicious eyes...Ayahuasca is nothing but a alucionogine drug...God!!! You europeans love glamourazing the use of any drug...Amazon is the hotbed of any chemicals to the whole world.In there lays the cure and the destruction..In there you can find the cure for any disease using natural plants.I know about this because my grandmother always knew the cure for anything based on plants and roots..I learned from her...But there are also plants that can destroy you...Nature works both ways.It can kill and it can cure.And Bruce knowlegde is power...
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Hello Bruce Parry!
First of all I would like to congratulate you with this marvellous programme... Fantastic!
I didn't know about it, found it by chance.
What I also would like to say is that the BBC could have it shown in the day time so it would reach more viewers. In my opinion we should show to the world the importance of the Amazon.
If it has been done already I do apoligise but I don't watch TV often.
Anyway, I am very pleased with your work.
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So you have a name too?
You are tree with flowers and I am a stong tall tree.
Living up to your tribal name is not easy but I think you will.
Noone warned either of us of the responsibility it gives you . Fo me it is overwhelming .
Fabulous program Bruce.
People connect one by one
Bopo x
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Hi Bruce and all your team work.
I really enjoyed all your programs about Amazon.
I´m Brazilian, but I live in London at the moment and I must say that you experienced the Brazialin culture more than me. You even got an indigina name!!!
Well done!!
Elivete x
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Hi Bruce - Excellent series and your a very lucky person to be exposed to such a variety of peoples across the world. As an aside I was told the other day that you had suffered from a cerebal absess - is this true? My son recently had one and is in post operative recovery and it would be good to use you as a reference point for once he has recovered?
Once again many thanks for the shows and keep them coming.
regards
Dan
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Hi Bruce and Team,
hope you read this because I want to say what a fantastic, entertaing, informative and truly enthralling series Amazon is. Great work by you and obviously the crew. Seeing those people and hearing about their lives made me feel humble and rather spoilt, but aslo connected in a way that I can't describe. I loved every second of the series and look forward to many many more, so take a rest and back to it Bruce!
PS - you suit the frock
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hello Bruce, i m Braziliam and i live in oxford-uk, im so proud of you... you have no idea how much, see everythink from England make me very special, obrigado por tudo e pela forma como voce tratou o meu povo e mostrou a realidade do meu pais, ver essa reportagem como foi feita me fez torna se seu fan, e de pessoas como voce que esse mundo precissa, so de lhe enviar estar mensagem estou muito emocionado e ao mesmo tempo muito feliz de saber que ainda existem pessoas como voce, lhe desejo toda felicidade do mundo do fundo do meu coracao, obrigado abracos. sandro fontes ( THE BEST DOCUMENTARY FROM BRASIL, MY COUNTRY. THANK'S BRUCE YOU ARE SPECIAL)
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What a fantastic trip.
I thoroughly enjoyed the series and was delighted to see Bruce back on the television.
His kind, passive, gentle nature really comes through on the show, and it was amazing to see all of the points of view presented in such a non-judgemental and informative way.
This is the only program I have watched on T.V for a long time, and look forward to Bruce's next adventure.
Although, can he take me with him next time though as:
a) I think he is lovely and would like to meet him and
b) I wouldn't mind his job!!
thanks
Marie
:)
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What a great series and Bruce I'm a big fan of your warm, honest, informative and often funny presenting style.
Very interesting, will miss watching and hope you and the team set off somewhere else to make another series.
Thank you
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Dear Mister Bruce Parry,
THANKS FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL MOVIES YOU HAVE DONE........!!!
This Evenning, I Feel Very Sad and Upset; just because my dog is to DEATH !
This Call Alaska Like The Country....
For Me, it was Like A big Dream !!!
Just Because I 've A big Problem with My Health; When I was 16 Years Old....
And I Know for YOU; it is Yours Movies around The World. So THANK YOU !!!
I've a Friend who was Explorer, and who makes Movies like YOU, In Thaïland and He is Died 3 years Ago...
When I Saw Him, Often HE was Sad.....
It is for for......Just Because I know Him in Private Life; The Happiness can Be in The Little Things About The Life.....!
The Garden or Look after a Good Movie about YOU !!!
Congrulation About Your Movies Mister Bruce PARRY!
Best Wishes For Your Future !
Virginia PHILIPPE.
FRANCE.
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Bruce,
I really found this series very thought provoking and interesting. It makes one realize that we as "Western" consumers are a major part of the problem.
Just before I started watching your Amazon series, I ordered a mahogany coat stand. By the time the stand arrived I was well into the series, and felt very guilty that I'd asked no questions with regards to where the wood had come from. I did my little bit to contribute to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by buying that coat stand, and not asking questions. It's a shame we can't actually see where our wooden products actually come from - when we buy asparagus from Tesco's, it'll say where it's come from (often Peru), but when we buy a coat stand, or a chair, or a table, we're never told where the wood has come from. That's a shame, and something I'd like to see change.
You visited some really interesting parts of the Amazon, some of which I'm quite familiar with. I'd like to point out to readers that many of these places aren't that off the beaten track - indeed many are quite easy to visit. So do please travel to the Amazon and experience what life is like in this most amazing of places. And if you do visit, try to choose a responsible tour operator, or conservation orientated ecolodge so that you might leave a positive impact upon your host country, whether it's Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia or Brazil.
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Dear Mister Bruce Parry,
Just for to Tell you.....and Your Family, and Firends.........
A little Late A Merry Christmas to YOU, Your Family anf Friends........
And, Your Movies in 2009; It will be GREAT with Mores Wonderful Pictures around The World !
I wish YOU Again too, A Wonderful Happy New Year 2009; Health and Happiness, and Success in Your Job or Work....
Take Care and Congrulations.
Virginia PHILIPPE MONT-BLANC
FRANCE
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It's been a real mission getting to this site. I just wanted to congratulate the BBC for showing Amazon again, watched first episode Sunday25 Jan 2009! Never seen series before. The stuff about the tribe and local coca farmers fighting for land was an eye opener and very sad. Land ownership or its use has always been such a huge issue on this continent hasn't it, and I didn't think of the awful side effect of cocaine production to the rivers and people, so it was good that this was brought to light.
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Bruce, thank you for your efforts. The message from the Kayapo tribe has indeed spread far and wide and many of us are listening and want to help them if we can.
The issues are complex I know, but collectively we need to change things and urgently. Their way of life should not be threatened like this and we all have a responsibility to protect them.
Is it just me or are Kayapo children really beautiful :)
Thanks again and to the BBC. This series has been full of suprises and your camera team were superb (if not gutsy). I think we've all learnt so much from this. Go Bruce go!
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Hi Bruce
I posted a comment on your amazon programme a couple of days ago, and felt that what I had written seemed a little heavy and political and upon reflection wanted to thank you and the team for bringing the lives of the amazon people and their environment right into our existence.
Studying anthropology and some of the topics which have come up purely for academic purposes is that of
"civilising the savages" and "colonialism" and how historically the west has viewed "The Other" and how other peoples lives as for example "tribal peoples" may not seem so civilised.
For me I no longer know what civilisation really means, when we as thinking people, and so call civilised people, can so wantonly destroy the lives of others, their way of life, their habitat, the nature of the habitat, for gain and greed, without a thought for the future, except the very immediate future.
I am not being a romantist here, but seeing the amount of deforestation and waste, that will ensue from the amount of logging taking place, fills me with dread as to the future of man's integrity.
By waste I mean the wood which will eventually be put to purposes of very little real value.
Can the Brazilian government not start a programme for Re-forestation, or is this going to happen or already happening?
I would like another of your commentators to let me know
thank you for letting me having my say
Beth J
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