Love on the Amazon

Hey, Amelia.

I'm at your place.

I got your message.

Plants are looking good.

I hope everything's going well in the jungle.

No mail from the fellowship yet,

but I will let you know if I see anything.

OK, love you.

Bye.

Hey, Amelia.

Still keeping an eye out for the fellowship letter.

Nothing yet.

Everything is good here.

Love you, sis.

You always do this to me, Bronte.

The International Oceanis Fellowship.

That could pay for the work for years.

She'll be thrilled. What's the problem?

I know, Dad.

Just read it till the bottom.

Uh-oh.

Right?

If she doesn't sign it by the end of next week,

she loses the grant.

But she's well off-grid.

I don't think we could get a courier to her in time.

No. I checked.

I could sign it.

Look at the next page.

Can you fill out a progress report on her research?

I could have a go.

That won't work, Dad.

Amelia needs to do it herself, so I have to deliver it.

Claire, how?

First, I'll fly into Manaus,

and then I'll travel upriver to the reserve where she works.

You're gonna go hundreds of miles

up the Amazon River in Brazil?

You? - This is my fault.

I have to make it right.

But they have snakes down there, big snakes,

snakes that can swim.

You fainted last summer

at the sight of a little garter snake.

It came out of nowhere.

You used to get seasick in the bathtub.

Look, I've already found a flight and a captain, see?

Captain Daniel Revas.

His slogan is "Danny Delivers."

I bet he could easily deliver me to Amelia.

Darling, I don't think anything is easy in the Amazon.

You're my level-headed daughter.

The only big adventure you've ever been on

is in a Mark Twain novel.

Yeah, and this will be just like "Huckleberry Finn."

Look, I'm not my first choice either, Dad.

But I don't think we have another.

But aren't the schools opening soon?

Yeah, and I'll have a whole week to come back home.

Besides, the school can live without a vice principal

for a couple of days.

But I cannot live with myself

if Amelia misses out on this because of me.

Well, I hope you know what you're doing.

I don't.

It's only a couple weeks in the Amazon.

I mean, how wild can it be?

Olá. Hi. Hi.

Do you know where the port is from here?

Captain Daniel Revas? - Uh-uh.

No? Captain Daniel Revas?

- No. - Captain Daniel Revas?

- - Oh.

Oh. OK.

Oh, hello. Hi.

I'm sorry.

Do you know if...

Ooh!

Oh! - Whoa.

Thank you.

You don't need to start your tour off like that.

Oh, you speak English. Wait.

How did you know that I speak English?

Enjoy your cruise.

Actually, wait.

Um, could you help me?

I'm trying to find this man right here.

- Yeah. - Yes?

He's right...

Where?

Here.

Pleasure to meet you.

You're Captain Daniel Revas?

Last I checked.

But really, it's Danny.

I'm only "Captain" when I'm on Rosa.

She's seen better days,

but still floats on most of them.

That's why I love her.

You're the "Danny Delivers" Daniel Revas?

Yep.

OK.

Hi, Danny.

My name is Claire Hall,

and I'm hoping to hire you to deliver me

to the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve.

Yeah, we don't go to the Mamirauá.

It's too remote.

Well, isn't everything here kind of remote?

It's three days in the wrong direction.

I can pay. I have money.

I'm gonna stop you right there.

I'm not a tourist guide.

Oh, no, I'm not a tourist.

See, I...

Yeah, we... We don't do that here.

Well, what exactly do you do?

A package needs to go somewhere, and I take it there.

Done. Easy.

No drama.

No drama here either.

Yeah.

A package wouldn't have to say that.

Well, packages don't talk.

Exactly.

I only wanted...

And I only work with cargo, not people.

People create problems.

Problems.

Look, there's plenty of luxury cruises

to take you wherever you need to go in the Amazon.

I wouldn't be a problem.

You wouldn't even notice I'm there.

No one is gonna take you to the Mamirauá from here.

Fine.

Then I will take the fastest boat upriver

and go one stop at a time until I find somebody who will.

- Good luck. - Yeah.

"Danny Delivers," huh?

Well, I advise you to update your profile picture,

because I didn't realize they had catfish in the Amazon.

Miss, strawberry?

Have you been here before?

Nope.

Oh, people spend their whole lives

planning on coming to the Amazon.

Yeah, well, here we are.

We are, and I guarantee that what's going on out here

is more interesting than whatever's going on in there.

Here, have a look.

OK.

So what up-close animal excursion

are you most excited about?

I'm actually not here as a tourist.

Oh, so the Anaconda Adventure will be a bonus for you.

The Anaconda what?

Yeah, first stop today.

It's a whole family of the giant snakes.

Uh, first stop?

How long before we get to the Mamirauá?

You're excited for the pink dolphins.

Me too, but won't be for another week, though.

A week?

But they said that we'd get there by tomorrow.

Or at least I think they said that.

I don't really speak Portuguese at all.

Mm, "a man ha," tomorrow, "semana," next week.

I get the two confused all the time.

This is your captain speaking.

- - The time has come...

Anaconda Adventure, here we come!

For today's Anaconda Adventure.

See you later.

Please make your way down to the main dock,

where our crew will assist you

aboard the expedition vessel.

Sorry.

Heavy.

Oh, thank you, really.

And good luck with the rest of your cruise.

- Y... no? - No.

Are you sure? I can... I can pay.

No? No.

OK, thank you anyway.

Aha, the American tourist.

If it isn't the Brazilian catfish.

How's your cruise going?

A little too cruisy,