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VENEZUELA: In my book ‘Around the Next Bend’ The Orinoco and Macareo Rivers are mentioned. We really enjoyed the Indians ... |
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The Warao people lived in houses built in the Macareo River. Just poles driven into the mud and a floor and roof: no walls. Here an Indian Is wriggling a pole into the mud to build a house which took a day. |
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The Waro would paddle out to trade woven baskets for produce they needed rice clothing. These were noisy intense sessions. |
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They took us into a village away from the river but through the almost liquid delta. Wewalked intrepidly, on logs for a mile. Yvonne eating the fat grubs these people thrived on. |
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The Warao children were beautiful |
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Maracucho joined us for a few days and was a great guide finding birds minutes before we saw them. He wanted to join us for the rest of our voyage as we were old and needed him |
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I gave this old chief my beautiful Bermuda jacket with gold buttons and two pair of sox. He donned them all and was the pride of the village |
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Ruins of a house built by Columbus about 1500. |