Pink River Dolphin

pete w

I am lucky enough to have a job that takes me to many places in the world. I recently visited Manaus in Brazil. Three other colleagues joined me on a two hundred mile, 3 day trip up the Amazon river. On our journey we met a woman who had befriended some pink dolphin and fed them every morning. We were able to feed the dolphin and then swim with them in the river.






The children on the fishing boats also feed the dolphin.






You can see more of the Manaus trip, landscapes, animals and people here http://wraight.smugmug.com/Travel, just click on Manaus.

MuskyDude

These are fresh water dolphins? That is just WAY too cool...!!! Excellent pics too... Thank you for sharing these, they're wonderfull!


AJ

bfjr

Yes very lucky being able to travel, see and photograph all this

Thanks for sharing with us

Harryb

Hey Pete,

It must be great to be able to travel and see those marvelous sights. You did well in capturing it. Good pics.

Kirwin

Great series Pete... they almost look as if they have a sunburn.

wxwax

Thanks for sharing these with us, Peter, it's so nice to be transported to other parts of the world. My favorite shot from Manaus is the young boy smiling from the boat in the rain. Great human moment and the composition frames it perfectly.

http://wraight.smugmug.com/gallery/532286/2

Dee

Wow
I didn't even know pink dolphins existed! Really neat photos, thanks so much for sharing these.

What is the name of the bird? The big black one?

jwear

thanks great series i to did not know about pink river dolphins good share

pete w

Sid, thats one of my favorite also
as you can see it was raining and he used his sandals as paddles. His home was about a mile away.

wxwax wrote:

Thanks for sharing these with us, Peter, it's so nice to be transported to other parts of the world. My favorite shot from Manaus is the young boy smiling from the boat in the rain. Great human moment and the composition frames it perfectly.

http://wraight.smugmug.com/gallery/532286/2

pete w

Thanks everyone,
Next time South American Egrets.

jwear wrote:

thanks great series i to did not know about pink river dolphins good share

Harryb

pete w wrote:

Next time South American Egrets.