Amazon River

Houses on stilts since the river rises 35 feet each rainy season

Trees that will be underwater as the river rises                            Fruit of the Amazon region

Piranha Fish                                                   Meeting of the waters of the Amazon and the Rio Negro

Harvesting rubber from a Rubber Tree                    How the locals show tourists the spines under lily pads

4 foot diameter giant lily pad

Raised vegetable beds for when the river gets higher

Fishing

Dug out canoe raised garden                                 with bananas nearby.....

200 year old Balsa Wood Tree

c2007 Kingston Garden Club