Tiete Photo Essay #2 Historical

This picture was taken at our arrival. This was the first stop we made, it was in Santana do Parnaiba. We had just started walking when when saw this monument. This is a historical monument in honor of the Bandeirantes, who setteled here and founded it. The River Tiete is very important for them, they made boats carved out of a single log and sailed across the river. In those ages there where no pollution, no cars speeding by and no waste being dumped. They built this monument as remark, that the bandeirantes had settled there.