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The last full day of the official study abroad program. What a great conclusion to an awesome experience! Today we went to O Encontro dos 2 rios, or “the encounter of the two rivers”. It’s where the Amazon ALMOST starts when two rivers converge. Something that’s interesting is that when these two rivers meet up, they don’t mix for several miles because of differences in density, temperature, and speed. It was an impressive sight to see.

This is a picture from yesterday. It's still cool!!

After this, we traveled to a floating restaurant where we ate food AND  fed monkeys!! I hope that the monkeys haven’t become completely dependent on the food from the restaurant, but in truth I doubt that this place will be going anywhere even though it floats.

We went on a hike in the jungle close to the resort. Our guide showed us how the natives caught and trapped animals. They’re definitely a lot more in tune with nature than we are!

We finished off the day with dinner and a goodbye party. It’s awesome that everything ended on such a good note!

Thanks for reading!!