Tupinambarana island. Tupinambarana is a fluvial or river island, now split into 4 separate islands by natural channels. Parintins is at the northeast end of the original island.
From Nov till Jan the village becomes an island owing to high river levels. There are no roads to the town, but it has an airport.
It is best known for the "Boi Bumba" folklore festival held annually in June. The main reason we stopped in Parintins was for the Boi Bumba show, but I didn't go to it! I just wandered around the town for a short while but it wasn't very inspiring.
Boi bumba centre
Relief type sculpture featuring the boi bumba bull as well as the river dolphin
The most interesting thing for me were the walking vultures, strolling down the road like our pigeons or crows at home.
Petrol is 4.95 Real, £1 = 5.290 Real. I don't know if this is for an American gallon.
---
See the next blog on my Amazon cruise - Alter do Chao
No comments:
Post a Comment