The Amazon river starts high up in the Andes Mountains. which has snowy peaks. If you climb to the top you can get altitude sickness.There is a beautiful lake there called Lake Tittikaka. Llamas, Alpacas, Condors and Eagles live there.The river flows down into the Amazon Basin were there is thick rainforest.
In the rainforest lives Blue Macaws, bright red Parrots and rainbow coloured Toucans, Pythons, Anacondas, Capybaras, Frogs, Insects, Vampire Bats, Piranhas, Alligators, Thick tall trees and vines with poisonous thorns. Mosquitoes, Monkeys. Jaguars, Cougars and Panthers.
The Amazon rainforest is not peaceful and quiet, it is noisy all the time with the screeching of the birds and the rustling of the leaves as the wind blows through them. The frogs croaking constantly and it pours with rain everyday with thunder and lightning. The cicadas are deafening and the monkeys chatter. The sounds of the waterfalls are very calming like the rushing of the river.The Angel Falls are the highest int he world and the Iguazu Falls are enormous and very beautiful but extremely loud.
The ancient civilizations of the Aztec's, Incas and Mayans all left ruins of temples and city remains. El Dorado has never been found to this day and remains a mystery.Today there are many Indian tribes like the Motalones, Aucas and Yukan who continue to live in isolated villages in the same way they have for hundreds of years.
Yellow fever and Malaria from mosquitoes can make you really sick so you hae to be careful to protect yourself from them.
The panpipes and Ocarina were invented by the ancient civilizations there and sound beautiful.
Sam would like to visit there because it would be really cool to canoe down the Amazon river and to go tree jumping but Mikaela would not like to go and visit because it sounds to dangerous, hot and sticky.
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