Dry Season Images from Brazil 2

   [ all images copyright GV Smith ]

OK, this is me on a horse. The dog wasn't ours. Nor was the horse, actually. OK, this is me on a horse. The dog wasn't ours. Nor was the horse, actually.
Me in a pick-up. Shades and hair, I know. Well, it was the 80's. Me in a pick-up. Shades and hair, I know. Well, it was the 80's.
Our house under construction. That's our dog in the foreground. Our house under construction. That's our dog in the foreground.
Vegetable garden behind our house. Vegetable garden behind our house.
Our family home at Ouro Branco - the TV aerial was, pretty much, useless. Our family home at Ouro Branco - the TV aerial was, pretty much, useless.
Beer and cigarettes on the veranda at the back of our house. Beer and cigarettes on the veranda at the back of our house.
Something managed to escape the burn! Something managed to escape the burn!
Making telegraph poles at Ouro Branco. Making telegraph poles at Ouro Branco.
Workers on the plantation. Workers on the plantation.
Workers in the field. Workers in the field.
The kitchen behind the bachelor's qurters. The scene of chicken carnage one Christmas. The kitchen behind the bachelor's qurters. The scene of chicken carnage one Christmas.
Building worker's houses at Ouro Branco. Building worker's houses at Ouro Branco.
Building worker's homes at Ouro Branco. Building worker's homes at Ouro Branco.
Tractor trials on the plantation. Being a driver was a coveted job. Tractor trials on the plantation. Being a driver was a coveted job.
Waiting to have a turn at backing the trailer into the loading bay. Waiting to have a turn at backing the trailer into the loading bay.
Severino looked after the garden - mostly planting lettuces. He was a well-respected man with a fearsome reputation for having killed 17 men. Severino looked after the garden - mostly planting lettuces. He was a well-respected man with a fearsome reputation for having killed 17 men.
Papagaio in a serious pose. He had a serious 'second job'. Papagaio in a serious pose. He had a serious 'second job'.
Papagaio in a less serious pose. Papagaio in a less serious pose.
Well, it was the jungle, you know. Well, it was the jungle, you know.
On theAraguaia at Sao Felix. On theAraguaia at Sao Felix.
Leaving Sao Felix. Leaving Sao Felix.
The Araguaia river at Sao Felix. The Araguaia river at Sao Felix.
On the banks of the Araguaia River. On the banks of the Araguaia River.
Out fishing in a canoe on the river Araguaia. Out fishing in a canoe on the river Araguaia.
The floating hotel at Santa Terezinha. The floating hotel at Santa Terezinha.
Pirarara catfish - good catch. Pirarara catfish - good catch.
Pirarara catfish (red-tailed catfish) - freshly caught. Pirarara catfish (red-tailed catfish) - freshly caught.