Interesting Potting Method

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For what it's worth, here are a few other reasons:

I found that Brazil has a fairly nice river called the Amazon. The flora and fauna while not potted, still do manage to be of interest even to a bonsai nut. So much so that I rented a boat and made a 1,200 (or so) mile journey from Manaus to Belem. It took me over a month. Along the river I saw dense rain forests bursting with every size and shape exotic plant imaginable filled with parrots, monkeys, fresh water dolphins, crocodiles and even the occasional school of piranha to name a few. If one ventures into the villages and markets to witness the unimaginable diversity of items, one is quickly and simply overwhelmed. I also found that if one is really adventurous dug out canoes can be taken up smaller rivers for days on end while sleeping in the jungle in hammocks to (hopefully) meet some of the isolated indigenous tribes. A monumental task and expense from permits to vaccinations and from guides to supplies. In other words, SURVIVOR for real and still the experience of a lifetime.

Ditto in regard to the natural beauty of the Pantanal and Iguacu Falls with some 275 plunges.

Carnival and the Parintins Festival aren’t too shabby either if one’s senses aren’t completely overloaded with the incredible costumes, the floats, or the music for the ever present samba itself. Assuming of course that constant partying for days at a time like no other on the planet would be deemed a good “reason” to go. Then there are the people, the history, the cities, and certainly not least, the Caperinias(national drink) and the food! Brazil, bonsai plants or not, is simply fantastic!

Cheers and Boi Boom Ba,

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