Monday afternoon I headed out to join up with a short-term american team that is here to help with the church construction project in Santarém Mirí. So I stopped there to give a hand and sleep. On Tuesday, I headed off to Mucambo to give some instructions for the finishing of the church there. After a wonderful fish lunch, it was back on the trail to Santarém Mirí, wrapping up the daytime adventure just before dark. Then yesterday morning I helped out the team again, and was back home in Santarém before cell group!
I forgot to take pictures of the trip between Santarém Mirí and Mucambo. In that area, the dirt roads tend to be more sand pits than roads, so that makes the riding a bit more fun and interesting. But I did snap a couple shots of the trip back to Santarém.
I love riding down the roads that wind through the jungle, with cool air and shade, surrounded by huge, towering trees!
But I must say, when I arrive to areas that have been cleared for farming, I get a little anxious for Illinois! And I realized yesterday, that in my mind, the farming style landscape is more beautiful.
The lone trees you see standing in the middle of the fields are called Castanheiras, which are the the trees that Brazil Nuts come from. They are illegal to cut down. I love how they stand majestically in the middle of the landscape!
But there's nothing like the view of the Amazon River as you descend back into Santarém! Home!
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