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thankful every minute that I'm on the return journey. José says we are awaiting more men. It is so characteristic to wait till it happened and then get more men. The river is high, they were all talking of the possibility of being carried down stream. The men will have to talk and smoke and wait for more cafe before they come, of course. We are all lumpy from insect bites and scratches and cuts. Coming back yesterday when we reached the place that mired us 3 times the men sought a detour through the cerrado. While Jose drove I went on ahead carrying my camera which I didn't want bumped. It was raining and awful going through the brush. The whole day had been so hard