David chuckles softly at the various reactions.  "Well, that last question is easiest to answer.  This is Amazolia, to use the silly politically-demarcated name for the area.  About five miles down the river is the equally silly named 'Amazopolis', for the central tribal location of the indigenous people.<br/><br/>"As for ships, well, there haven't been any for about five years, and you wouldn't want to meet those people anyway as they nearly wiped out the natives.  But barring them, or some hungry predators, nobody's going to try to kill you."