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The Amazon River and Rain Forest
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Welcome to the Amazon River, Peru, South America !
Fly over night to Lima, Peru. Fly three hours over the Andes Mountains to Iquitos, Peru on El Rio Amazonas. Board a fast moving boat two and a half hours down river to El Rio Napo.
the BEST Amazon River guide & friend, Willy
typical riverieno homes along the river
my abode on the Napo River
the long trek to my jungle sleeping quarters
mosquito free sleeping
sink... a bowl and pitcher of river water
morning routines
friend at breakfast
a tapir, a middle of the night visitor
greeting fisherman early in the morning
purchasing fish for our lunch, price $1
going to school
river transportation
ACEER Canopy Walkway, longest in the world
Amazon Center for Environmental Education and
Research
visit ACEER
looking out over the Amazon rain forest
catching red piranha in black water
my catch, fried for my dinner
silver piranha
a short hike through sugarcane fields brings us to the entrance of the Yanamono Medical Clinic, established by Doctora Linnea Smith from Wisconsin in 1990
dental chair
La Doctora, by Linnea Smith
bananas ready to ship down river to
Iquitos by river taxi
Centro de Conocimiento Compartido
Center for Shared Knowledge
built by Dr. Nancy Dunn
Nancy Dunn with children
visit the Amazon Library (CCC)
village home of a well to do family
Donna, homeowner Juanita, Robin
kitchen and sleeping area
rum factory - producing rum for over 100 years
sugarcane press
still
families work together
keeping the jungle cut back is a daily chore, note small child also has a machete
laundry
Yagua Indians
most villages have a school building but not all villages have a teacher
teachers are paid once a month and must make
the 24 hour round trip to Iquitos to pick up their government pay
the Adopt-a-School program is supported through donations to the Detroit Zoo and CONAPAC and ensures village children will have school supplies -
I have seen the difference these supplies make
Adopt-a-School
Detroit Zoo
CONAPAC
Yes, unfortunately I
had the botfly
experience !
Come back, there's much more to come...
...more on Amazon River schools -->
Good Reading:
La Doctora
Linnea Smith
Running the Amazon
Joe Kane
Dance of the Four Winds
Alberto Villoldo
Erik Jendresen
Island of the Sun
Alberto Villoldo
Erik Jendresen
Paddle to the Amazon
Don Starkell
In Trouble Again
A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon
Redmond O'Hanlon
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All photos by Robin Lawrence Poses unless otherwise noted.
River photo by my amiga buena, Donna Beers
