Amazon Northbank Travels: Trip To Itacoatiara Mario Cohn-Haft - Early August 1997 |
Andy and Curtis and I set off in my car last Thursday night on a 3 1/2-hr drive to
Itacoatiara. We arrived late and went straight to the docks to set up a boat for the next
morning. Then we grabbed a meal and crashed at a hotel for a few hours.
On the ride out wed hit a couple of short but powerful rain showersthe first rain Id
seen in a month. In Manaus, it hadnt rained for 2 months straight, and Id been
preaching to all the neighbors about how local the weather is here and about the effects
of deforestation on rainfall. I swore to them that if you just got out of the big city, it
would be raining regularlywell, true or not, the fact is Id gotten so used to it not
raining that I hadnt brought any appropriate gear!
On top of that, during one of the showers, my electric car windows died while I was
trying to close them. The passenger one froze shut, but the drivers side was now stuck
far enough open that rain could get in and so could an arm to unlock the door. So thered
be no way to lock the car, and I had lots of good reason to pray for no rain.
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