Chuck Scott, Expedition Director:

Born in British Columbia, Canada, but now residing in Belem, Brazil at the mouth of the Amazon River, I have been very fortunate in my life to have been able to do some interesting things. I spent some time in the army at a very young age, where I developed a certain taste for adventure. I was a parachutist and fieldcraft instructor among other things, so when I got out one of the things that naturally seemed to fit was Smoke Jumping. (That is: p In the rain forests of the Amazon, you never know who you might meet. This little girl was handed into my arms as she was distracted elsewhere. Turning around to discover that it was a stranger in the house. Photo by Neil Hill

In the rain forests of the Amazon, you never know who you might meet. This little girl was handed into my arms as she was distracted elsewhere. Turning around to discover that it was a stranger in the house. Photo by Neil Hill

arachute delivered fire fighters for the wilderness areas.)

I jumped in the Yukon Territory of Canada, fought fires in summer, in the winters I would travel. Europe, Asia, the Middle East. One year I was with a few friends camping in the Sinai Desert, at the edge of the Red Sea, when some one started raving about the reefs just off shore. ( In those days this area was still controlled by the Israelis and was reasonably open.) So I borrowed a cracked snorkel, with a leaky mask, and ventured out over the edge of the reef. One look and I was hooked. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Like a landscape out of dreams, the fish, the coral, the colour. Unbelievable!

The next year I was back, and took my first diving course at a diving centre on the Red Sea. I liked it so much I decided to take it up as a professional. Within a few years I was finished teaching for dive centres and started my own little Scuba School in Vancouver, where I was living. A few more years of hard work and more luck than I deserved I was running my own dive charter boat.

About this time I got seriously into photography, underwater that is. I did shoots in the Red Sea and the coast of Canada, and then found some things on land that started to look like the would make a good photo. .....Ok, so I had a girl friend who asked me to do some shots of hear for her modeling portfolio because she couldn't afford a pro. They were terrible. She hated them. I invested in better gear and a few courses, but she was gone anyway. Oh well.

About then I developed an interest in wildlife photography, got out of diving and back into wild fire suppression. On a winter trip to a place I had always wanted to see, the Amazon Rainforest. Again I had one of those unforgettable experiences in the forest. I was hooked. Not to mention I fell in love with a beautiful Brazilian woman, who became my wife a couple of years later.

Neila (pronounced nail-ah) has endured me now for almost 18 years and I am happy to say shows no sighs of coming to here senses. With her h

elp and the help of her family, most of which live in Belem at the mouth of the Amazon River, I have been admitted into Brazilian Society in a way that few foreigners ever are. Having lead several photographic expeditions, And attempted to establish an Outward Bound School for Brazil.

Meanwhile, little boys eventually must grow up, so I went back to school and spent some very happy years as a Software Consultant in Vancouver. ( But don't tell anybody I am supposed to be some big tough adventurer.) And am the proud father of a wonderful little boy called Nicolas.

We decided to spend a few years in Brazil to give Nick a chance to get to know Brazil and his family there. We were also intent on adopting a few Brazilian children. Living and working in Brazil was a real adventure. We faced the multiple challenge of culture, language, business, and health in a third world country. After a very exciting time living in Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon, and sharing adventures with clients from all over the world we returned to Canada in time for Nick to start school.

Back in Vancouver I have established another guiding company to specialize in British Columbia. See WildBC.com , and will continue to run trips to Brazil and the great forest where I left so many friends.

Along with the guiding I am working on my first book, an adventure novel, surprisingly enough set here in the Amazon.

I am very comfortable in the wilderness in Canada or in Brazil, having spent so much time in both. My years in training remote access fire crews, and teaching diving students, as well as running a luxury charter boat and running photographic expeditions into the Amazon, has well equipped me for the role of host. I also enjoy the independence of guiding. I do this because I love it.

Chuck Scott
Maple Ridge, Near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 2005

Jose Matos de Nazare- Chief Guide, Para State

Born to a humble family, in a small farming village in the middle of the rainforest, Jose considers the forest his backyard. "We have always been in the forest." He learned his bush craft as a little boy from his mother, a practitioner of natural healing. "Modern medicine is just now starting to realize what we have known for a thousand years." A huge plant catalog in his head, a walk in the forest with him is like being given a tour of a drugstore.

Fisherman, woodsman, carpenter, bricklayer, political organizer and activist, Jose has been around. Early dreams of being a Brazilian football star were destroyed when his younger brother was stricken with Polio and he was needed to care for him on a full time basis. The boy was completely incapacitated by the effects of the disease. Under his mother's guidance Jose bathed his brother in a solution made from an Amazon plant, for two years. His brother recovered the use of his arms and legs, and although not an athlete, lives a healthy normal life in Rio de Janero with his own wife and family.

Today he lives in Belem with his wife and two daughters, coaches children's football (scorer), and enjoys taking guests into the forest as much as they enjoy the adventure.

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Chuck Scott, Expedition Director: Born in British Columbia, Canada, but now residing in Belem, Brazil at the mouth of the Amazon River, I have been very fortunate in my life to have been able to do some interesting things. I spent some time in the army at a very young age, where I developed a certain taste for adventure. I was a parachutist and fieldcraft instructor among other things, so when I got out one of the things that naturally seemed to fit was Smoke Jumping. (That is: parachute delivered fire fighters for the wilderness areas.) I jumped in the Yukon Territory of Canada, fought fires in summer, in the winters I would travel. Europe, Asia, the Middle East. One year I was with a few friends camping in the Sinai Desert, at the edge of the Red Sea, when some one started raving about the reefs just off shore. ( In those days this area was still controlled by the Israelis and was reasonably open.) So I borrowed a cracked snorkel, with a leaky mask, and ventured out over the edge of the reef. One look and I was hooked. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Like a landscape out of dreams, the fish, the coral, the colour. Unbelievable! The next year I was back, and took my first diving course at a diving centre on the Red Sea. I liked it so much I decided to take it up as a professional. Within a few years I was finished teaching for dive centres and started my own little Scuba School in Vancouver, where I was living. A few more years of hard work and more luck than I deserved I was running my own dive charter boat. About this time I got seriously into photography, underwater that is. I did shoots in the Red Sea and the coast of Canada, and then found some things on land that started to look like the would make a good photo. .....Ok, so I had a girl friend who asked me to do some shots of hear for her modeling portfolio because she couldn't afford a pro. They were terrible. She hated them. I invested in better gear and a few courses, but she was gone anyway. Oh well. About then I developed an interest in wildlife photography, got out of diving and back into wild fire suppression. On a winter trip to a place I had always wanted to see, the Amazon Rainforest. Again I had one of those unforgettable experiences in the forest. I was hooked. Not to mention I fell in love with a beautiful Brazilian woman, who became my wife a couple of years later. Neila (pronounced nail-ah) has endured me now for almost 18 years and I am happy to say shows no sighs of coming to here senses. With her help and the help of her family, most of which live in Belem at the mouth of the Amazon River, I have been admitted into Brazilian Society in a way that few foreigners ever are. Having lead several photographic expeditions, And attempted to establish an Outward Bound School for Brazil. Meanwhile, little boys eventually must grow up, so I went back to school and spent some very happy years as a Software Consultant in Vancouver. ( But don't tell anybody I am supposed to be some big tough adventurer.) And am the proud father of a wonderful little boy called Nicolas. We decided to spend a few years in Brazil to give Nick a chance to get to know Brazil and his family there. We were also intent on adopting a few Brazilian children. Living and working in Brazil was a real adventure. We faced the multiple challenge of culture, language, business, and health in a third world country. After a very exciting time living in Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon, and sharing adventures with clients from all over the world we returned to Canada in time for Nick to start school. Back in Vancouver I have established another guiding company to specialize in British Columbia. See WildBC.com , and will continue to run trips to Brazil and the great forest where I left so many friends. Along with the guiding I am working on my first book, an adventure novel, surprisingly enough set here in the Amazon. I am very comfortable in the wilderness in Canada or in Brazil, having spent so much time in both. My years in training remote access fire crews, and teaching diving students, as well as running a luxury charter boat and running photographic expeditions into the Amazon, has well equipped me for the role of host. I also enjoy the independence of guiding. I do this because I love it. Chuck Scott Maple Ridge, Near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 2005
Jose Matos de Nazare- Chief Guide, Para State Born to a humble family, in a small farming village in the middle of the rainforest, Jose considers the forest his backyard. "We have always been in the forest." He learned his bush craft as a little boy from his mother, a practitioner of natural healing. "Modern medicine is just now starting to realize what we have known for a thousand years." A huge plant catalog in his head, a walk in the forest with him is like being given a tour of a drugstore. Fisherman, woodsman, carpenter, bricklayer, political organizer and activist, Jose has been around. Early dreams of being a Brazilian football star were destroyed when his younger brother was stricken with Polio and he was needed to care for him on a full time basis. The boy was completely incapacitated by the effects of the disease. Under his mother's guidance Jose bathed his brother in a solution made from an Amazon plant, for two years. His brother recovered the use of his arms and legs, and although not an athlete, lives a healthy normal life in Rio de Janero with his own wife and family. Today he lives in Belem with his wife and two daughters, coaches children's football (scorer), and enjoys taking guests into the forest as much as they enjoy the adventure.
Ruben du Silva Pedrozo, Guide, Amapa State Rubin is a modern day Tarzan. Lean muscled and keen eyed he can follow game trail all day as quite as a snake. Though unable to read or write well, here retains the learning of his aborigianl forebarers. Only 27 he is already a community leader in his village, and much sought after as a guide and adviser on the rain forest. He lives with his wife, and new son in a hut on the banks of the Rio Amapari. (and would live no where else)

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Jose Matos de Nazare- Chief Guide, Para State