The only non red belly i have a picture of
Being a non connoisseur of Piranha, i belive this is some form of Serrasalmus. ( as opposed to Pygocentrus )....but i may be wrong.
They bite fast, get hooked on nothing, and the more one fishes the more berserk they get and the more you pull out, be it from a canoe or from the shore.
In terms of mosquitoes it depends on what type of river you are. Blackwater has mosquitos and white water does not.
As to the experience in itself, it is not easy to describe. For me it is mythical ( friends of mine find that sensation in the desert; never been very much inside, so i, admitting it may be so, cannot say ).
No other place on earth compares, in terms of beauty, the immense green, the being alone ( only satelite phones, a must, work ), the knowing that you are days away from the nearest speck oc civilization and that everything in between is the real thing, meaning you find villages, but you never know what to expect. The closes thing to the ancient wild west mood environment i ever saw.
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