Some five or six hours away from Santarém by boat, through a maze of islands and lakes on the north bank of the Amazon, is ALENQUER, a typical small Amazon river town rarely visited by tourists. The town is interesting enough, but wouldn’t on its own detain you for more than a couple of […]
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