Colombia / Brazil / Peru triborder in Amazonas – Brazil Tabatinga and further South Down along the river

Tabatinga is the tiny border town of Brazil in the Amazon rainforrest at the tri-border of Colombia, Peru and Brazil.

It’s a young town, build on industry of the forrest and the military presence.

We are neither visiting friends or having a fixer here. We went South along the river to a village where we were greated by the local woman.

A black caiman was sold at the market. Chopped in big prices and our taxi driver even bought a large chunk of the tale with him home. I can still feel the sensation of holding its feet and opening them with the claws and swimming skins.

The men sold fish and the women fruit at the market in the village. Boys played football. Life was as it so often is.

Maria sold candy go the kids – and us from her small shop where the hammock were made by natural fibers only.

A 66 year old grandmother was a true mother- grand- master 😉

• 4 children and one daughter had 10 children herself. She sold us fruit.

The younger mother sold us fruits too. She was 22 years old, like Lærke, and was already the mother of the sweet 4 year old boy who joined his mother at the market, and of a 2 year old daughter too.

A woman bought 3 three nets of cashew but fruits there were at the market. She wanted us to try and took one, cut it in three for us and showed us the nut. Have You ever seen cashew nuts raw before or tastes the fruit? The girls had not and I only once in Guinea-Buissau.
It’s sweet, very soft and moist and it tots quickly. There is just one nut per fruit. The nuts have to be burned and it’s easy to bien yourself in the process which is why they are expensive, we were told.

More fresh fish 🐟 came to the market tables while we were there. Still alive and looking like flying fish. 🐠

The indigenous peoples received us well. We enjoyed the solimonis river – to us, a side river to the Amazonas river and part of the whole delta.

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At the market in town in Tabatinga we got todays lunch with the women who sold fruit with their kids around 🍈 🍋‍🟩 🍊 🥭 🍌

We had a little fun with the significant difference in height.

We had the papaya cut at the place and brought back lemons 🍋 🍊 that we thought was a sweeter citrus fruit and … well, it was soooo sour.

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2:1 that I like. Military facility and animal encounters. 🐆🦋

Tabatinga has a military base of approx 6.000 with families, with airport, school, hotel etc. Lots of Navy at our place well.

The military does a little to protect and rehabilitate animals to the rainforest. So within their quarters there are a tiny zoo with a jaguar, a tapir, monkeys and parrots.

The most fun was by far the two monkeys that ran free and played with us. The black spider monkey came and took my hand and walked along with me. Then climbed my arm. And was joined by a squirrel monkey. The smaller one found it fun to climb both Laerke and Ella.

They are not skilled biologists and honestly these animals are not likely to be able to survive outside. But they are kept fed and safe.

We are going to suggest the local tiny zoo and rehabilitation centre in Tabatinga to be added to the NomadMania list of the region.
It’s a the military facility.

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