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Sailing the Home Straight


Posted from: The Castelo Guedes, sailing east from Santerem

We're back on the Amazon on the final leg of the journey. Yesterday we left the Kayapo village of Krinu where we've been staying for the last week and it was an amazing feeling to know that from here on in we're all on the way home...it was quite emotional bumping along the dusty airstrip waving to the Kayapo who came out en masse to say goodbye.

All the crew were in very high spirits, especially Bruce, as we climbed higher over the forest, looking down at the vast Kayapo territory below. The light was beautiful and we got great shots from the plane - it all felt very epic and cinematic, which is the feeling we want for the end of this epic voyage.

Bruce on the deck of the Castelo Guedes boat
Bruce on the deck of the Castelo Guedes

After landing in Santarem we climbed aboard the Castelo Guedes, a beautiful old-fashioned wooden Amazonian river-boat, to take us down the final stretch of the journey towards the ocean. The music's playing, the beer's flowing, and everyone's smiling. It's very romantic swinging in a hammock at night on the top-deck with a lovely cool breeze and the engine chugging away below.

We have two days filming left and then it's all over.

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  • 1. At 1:48pm on 21 Jul 2008, expeditionamazonas wrote:

    Hey guys,

    The home straight! What a feeling for you. I remember well our home straight. Of course our's did not really occur as far back as Santarem, although it did feel good to check it off the list. Maybe it felt within reach with when we left Belem for the last time rowing the last 100 odd km to Ponte Taipu and the Atlantic Ocean. I know your journey as well has been made so special by much more than the river itself but the people who live on it. So caring and friendly. I look forward to viewing the series. We missed you by just a few days in San Francisco, not long after being shot at. Good times! Safe journeys. Mark

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  • 2. At 11:58am on 04 Aug 2008, maniot wrote:

    Every time, we when we come back from abroad or somewhere else to home is a nice feeling.I have experienced it many times.
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  • 3. At 12:11pm on 04 Aug 2008, maniot wrote:

    Every time, we when we come back from abroad or somewhere else to home is a nice feeling.I have experienced it many times.
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