Powell shares Amazon adventure at library

The Friends of the Jamestown Library present "Amazon Adventure" with Chris Powell on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. as part of the Friend's series on travel.

Join Chris Powell for an exciting trip on the motor yacht Tucano into the heart of Amazonas. From the capitol city, Manaus, travel more than two hundred miles up the Rio Negro into the Rio Branco. The trip will visit native people along the river and experience the Amazon's vast diversity of plants and animals.

Viewers will see a kapok tree over 50-feet in diameter to tarantula spiders the size of a hand; from the colorful Bird of Paradise flowers and toucans to howler monkeys with their eerie treetop howl, and pink dolphins and fish for piranha. Returning down river, there is the "Marriage of the Waters," where the Amazon's milky white waters meets the Rio Negro's clear black waters. Finally, visit the port city of Manaus, where there will be a tour of the fish market and beautifully restored Teatro Amazonas Opera House.

Don't miss this exciting slide presentation and travelogue with Powell and company into the heart of the Amazon.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the library at 423-7280.