In Brazil's Amazonas region, getting an education means crossing water first. The film follows children like ten-year-old Alice and her sister as they paddle canoes for kilometers along the Rio Negro, the world's second-largest tributary, which stretches up to twenty-seven kilometers wide in places. A single water canister lashed to the back of the canoe is the only counterweight keeping it balanced against high waves. Other children walk for hours through rain forest, navigating one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet, to reach a classroom. Crocodiles, sudden weather changes, and long distances are simply part of the daily commute. The film stays close to the children's routines and their families, framing school not as an obligation but as the one clear route out of poverty. It is part of a series documenting perilous school journeys around the world, and this episode makes the case that in Amazonas, showing up to class is already an achievement.