There were 24 of us in all, along with a crew of seven aboard the magnificent riverboat Dorinha. We spent two weeks in March of 2009 exploring the Solimoes and Rio Negro Rivers, part of the vast network of rivers known as the Amazon. Our captain was Moacir Fortes and this was my fourth trip with the legendary “Mo”. It was also my fourth river journey with paleobotanist Kirk Johnson our trip organizer. As always Kirk had assembled a wide array of adventurers: scientists, artists, photographers, pilots, UPS-raconteurs, shop-keepers, marketing experts, musicians, and one ventriloquist.

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