River Islands in Amazon Rain Forest

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We passed different kinds of small and large boats. Sometimes children sitting in canoes or standing outside their homes on the riverbanks waved at us. There were men busy fishing or women washing clothes or taking bath. Most people wore small clothes, more like swimming costumes than proper clothes. Generally, people in Brazil seem very open to showing skin, both men and women.

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A walk in the rainbows

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A day among the colourful masks and eighteenth century dresses in the carnival of Venice. Seven girls had been chosen to represent seven Marias of Venice, taken in a medieval procession.

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