dian on small stream of the Amazon system shoots fish with a bow and arrow, 

 dians of the area use spears for catching larger fishes. Piranha and other 

 nazon fishes are often very colorful. 



sionflowers grow in the tangled philodendrons, palms and 

 flowering trees. 



You stay at the Casino Acaray, a new hotel on the 

 Paraguayan side of the river, giving you a look at Para- 

 guay. You cross to the Brazilian side for boating and 

 hiking along the falls on March 2 and 3 and fly to Rio for 

 an overnight stay on March 4, with an early morning de- 

 parture the following day for Belo Horizonte, to Rio s 

 northwest. 



Be/o Horizonte - Ouro Preto 



The Belo Horizonte area has great appeal for those in- 

 terested in natural history. It is a rock hunters' paradise, 

 surrounded by mountains of jagged, mineral-rich stone 

 outcroppings, and a place where handsomely cut gems 

 can be bought at bargain prices. The rugged countryside 

 contains strange and varied flora and has extensive bird 

 life. Belo Horizonte itself, the capital of Minas Gerais 

 State, is a famous example of city planning and boasts an 

 outstanding (Niemeyer-designed) church with tile murals 

 by artist Candido Portinari. Sixty miles to the southeast 

 is the picturebook town of Ouro Preto, with its baroque 

 churches and their sculptures by the renowned Aleijadinho. 



You arrive in Belo Horizonte in the morning and after 

 lunch at your skyscraper hotel, the del Rey, you tour the 

 city and spend an exciting hour in the gem houses. Local 

 gems on sale include diamonds, topazes, amethysts, aqua- 

 marines, tourmalines, beryls, agates, kunzites, garnets, 

 citrines, hiddenites and euclauses. You meet some of the 

 city's leading gem cutters and the local geologist, Fran- 

 cisco Mueller Basto at dinner. 



In Ouro Preto the next day you find the enchanting 

 Portuguese colonial town of white-painted buildings and 

 churches nestled in a green valley. Its narrow, cobbled 

 streets and great architecture and works of art have made 

 it a national monument and geology buffs find its Mu- 

 seum of Mineralogy exceptional. The trip by car features 

 many botanical thrills, including plants adapted to the 

 singular environment of rocky mountains. 



Brasilia 



Brasilia is the city of the future come alive. It achieves 

 this distinction both for its careful planning (Planner Lucio 

 Costa even arranged that no streets intersect) and for the 

 clean-lined modern buildings, most designed by Brazilian 

 architect, Oscar Niemeyer. On the Brazilian plateau, 3,000 



feet above sea level, it has an ideal climate, and located 

 500 miles inland from Brazil's coastally-oriented culture, 

 it points the way to an expanding society. Its largeness 

 of concept and daring architecture make it a capital ap- 

 propriate for a nation with such vast potential. 



After an early morning hop northwest from Belo Hori- 

 zonte, you arrive March 7 in Brasilia for a day of sight- 

 seeing. Particularly striking is the Ministry of Foreign 

 Affairs with its surrounding water gardens, and the still 

 incomplete crown-like cathedral and the saucer-form con- 

 gress buildings with twin shafts containing the executive 

 offices with the supreme court at their base. The zoo is 

 remarkable for its collection of regional birds. Dinner is 

 at your hotel, the elegant Hotel Nacional. Before the 

 flight to Manaus the following morning, you take either 

 a bird-watching walk by a small lake or a botanical stroll 

 in an unspoiled woodland. 



IVIanaus and the Amazon 



You spend the afternoon of March 8 seeing Manaus 

 itself — the opera house built in opulent Victorian exuber- 

 ance during the boom period of the rubber industry, an 

 agricultural experiment station with rare tropical fruits, the 

 local Brazilnut "factory" and a small zoo. You spend 

 the next two days on the great Rio Negro, a major river 

 of the Amazon system, in the tour yacht, Selvatur, and 

 explore smaller tributary streams in small boats. You find 

 Indians catching fish with arrows and spears, piranhas 

 with flashing silver and ruby-hued bodies and sinister 

 rows of razor-sharp teeth, numerous waterfowl, the giant 

 Victoria regia waterlilies with pale pink blooms and spined, 

 enormous leaves sturdy enough to support the weight of 

 a child, and a wide variety of flowering trees and vines. 

 You return each evening to your hotel, the Amazonas, but 

 you eat your lunches on the yacht. You fly on Varig, via 

 Miami, on March 11, arriving in Chicago in the evening. 



A grand concept underlies Brasilia, the national 

 capital. Below, water gardens surrounding the 

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 



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