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| Santarem and this section of the Amazon offer natural river beaches. The seasonal flood and ebb of the Amazon uncovers pristine white sand beaches washed clean by the receding waters. | |||
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Alter
de Chao, a small village and once a sacred site of the Tapajos Indians, boasts
the region's best white sand beach, a bleached peninsula that juts into the Rio
Tapajos near the spot where it empties into the Amazon. | |||
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Jungle, fine sand beaches,
clean river water, and as far as we know, no alligators.... | |||
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| My ridiculous tan lines kept
the mosquitos laughing instead of biting. | |||
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