I've been following this train of thought for the last several days .... Mark Lane and Rich Beatty have brought up the subject of some form of adverse possession or other principle that can result in a public right of way due to usage over time. I have lived in Brazil off and on for over 20 years ... and it is very interesting there in the fact that all marine land is considered public domain from 15 - 25 meters from the high water line. There all no private beaches .... they belong to the people of Brazil ... called 'marine land'. There are no fences allowed on 'marine land'. There are some cases where I wouldn't want to argue that point with some indian tribes, or ranchers that have been 'invaded' by the MST (Sem Terra movement), or in areas along the borders with Columbia, Venezuela, or Bolivia frequented by 'drug smugglers' .... (the biggest problem that I see from them is the wakes from their high speed boats ... they slow down for no one). Brazilians are actually very ecology minded .... and the novelty of kayakers or canoers arriving somewhere ... leads to a hospitality unequaled anywhere in the world. We are in the process of launching a kayak tour operation in Brazil this winter (target date December 15), and all of the guides that we have selected to work with us are avid ecologists, some actually work for the government (their normal 'day job') in that field. My 'gut feeling' that anyone that travels that far to explore new waters is probably like minded. (http://www.andetur.com/Brazil/Projects/sea_kayak.htm) Capt. Donald R. Reid - Director International Professional Member - Association for International Business Brazil Destination Specialist Escorted Tour Specialist Andetur Brazilian Travel Club Andetur Group Management USA: P.O. Box 52 - Montegut, LA 70377 Phone: (504) 594-0147; if busy dial (888) 289-9066, then 504-594-0147 FAX International - +1 603-250-5298 (FAX mailbox) ICQ # 8311106 Personal Communication Center (http://wwp.mirabilis.com/8311106) TOUR PACKAGER & COORDINATOR - based in NATAL, RN, BRAZIL Website: http://www.andetur.com Email: mailto:dreid_at_andetur.com "Mark Twain said: "The secret to success is - find out where people are going and get there first". WE INVEST IN BRAZIL! THE DESTINATION OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM - BRAZIL 2000 Brazil: Av. Eng. Roberto Freire, 576, Sl 19 Centro Sul Ponta Negra, Natal, RN 59000 Telefax: Natal(084) 219-3953; FAX USA (801) 720-5877 Cellular (084) 969-3981 Email: (mailto:Andetur_at_andetur.com.br) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jul 08 2000 - 18:27:52 PDT
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