This page provides a hyperlinked list of the contents of the Amazon Adventure site, and should provide you with a helpful overview of the site structure.

Travel Diary

Schedule
Latest News
Virtual Tours Ariaú Towers
An Amazon Riverboat
Drifting Down the Amazon
Postcard from the Amazon
Bruce Kemlitz's Amazon Adventure
A visit to Belén (Iquitos, Peru)
Scientific Bug-Catching Expedition
ACEER Forest Walkway (Peru)
Photo Gallery Ariaú Towers
Manaus
Cuzco, Peru
Inca Ruins Around Cuzco
Peruvian countryside
Manu Reserve
Machu Picchu
Riverboat Journeys
Santarém
Belém
Ilha do Marajó
Brasília
Wellington, NZ (where I live)
Wellington, NZ (Part 2)
Cuba (previous destination)
Travel Observations
Today's Weather (external link)
Diary Entries Menu
Bulletins Menu Week 1: 21 July 1997
Week 2: 28 July 1997
Week 3: 4 August 1997
Week 4: 11 August 1997
Week 5: 18 August 1997
Week 6: 25 August 1997
Week 7: 1 Sept 1997
Week 8: 8 Sept 1997
Week 9: 15 Sept 1997
Week 10: 22 Sept 1997

About the Project

Who am I?
Objectives
Amazon Adventure Project Plan
Our Schedule
Using the Internet for Education
Funding
Project Materials
Further Information

Animals

Animal Life in the Forest Anteaters
Bats
Boa Constrictor
Capybara
Coatimundi
Cock of the Rock
Hoatzin
Jaguar
Kinkajou
Llama, Alpaca, and Vicuña
Macaws and Parrots
Monkeys
Ocelot and Margay
Puma
Quetzal
Sloth
Snakes
Tapir
Toucan
Tree and Poison Arrow Frogs
Urubú
Life in the River Anaconda
Candiru
Catfish
Electric Eels
Freshwater dolphins
Giant Otters
Jacaré and Caiman (Alligators)
Manatee
Piraíba
Piranha
Pirarucú
Stingray
Turtles
Fishing in the Amazon (external link)
The Insect World Ants and "Fireants"
Bird-Eating Spiders
Butterflies
Mosquitoes
Scorpions
Termites
Notes about Insects (external link)
Related Internet Sites

People

Amazon Indians
Caboclos
Goldminers and Prospectors
Sertanistas (Indian Hunters)
The Incas
The Rubber Barons

Locations

View map of Brazil and Amazônia
Detailed map of South America (external link)
Detailed map of Brazil (external link)
Detailed map of Peru (external link)
Ariau Towers, Manaus
Belém
Brasilia
Cuzco
Fordîlanda
Ilha do Marajó
Machu Picchu
Manaus
Manu Reserve
Santarém
Wellington (where I live)
New Zealand (where I live)

About Amazônia

An Introduction to Amazônia
Living in Amazônia
Early Explorers
Scientists & Adventurers
Exploration Today
Development
The Rubber Boom
Environment
Natural History

References

Books
Internet Sites
Other Resources

Planning Your Own Amazon Adventure

Where to Go in Amazônia

The Peruvian Amazon
The Brazilian Amazon
Elsewhere in the Amazon Basin
Necessary Precautions

Things to Take With You

Getting there
Places to stay
Getting an Internet Connection
Companies and Services

Activities

Class Projects
Places to Visit
St. Joseph's School, Morrinsville
Contributed Stories
Contributed Pictures
Answers to Questions

Other Facts

Amazons
Biodiversity
Boi Bumbá
Carajás Project
Centre for the Preservation of Indigenous Culture
Conquistadors
Curare
Charles Darwin
Diseases
Drogas do Sertão
El Dorado
Explorers of the New World Christopher Columbus
Pedro Cabral
Portuguese Exploration
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Amerigo Vespucci
Other European Explorers
Explorers of the Amazon Francisco de Orellana
Lope de Aguirre
Pedro de Teixeira
Sir Walter Raleigh
Charles Marie de la Condamine
Madame Isabela Godin
Baron Alexander von Humboldt
Theodore Roosevelt
Colonel Percy Fawcett
Joe Kane
Incas The Inca
Conquests
Culture
Life in the Inca Empire
Roads
Malaria
Manaus Opera House
Meeting of the Waters (Manaus)
River Wars
Slavery
Spice Trade
Treaty of Tordesillas

Credits

 
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Last modified: January 08, 1998

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