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A travel blog entry by wkfoster

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So here�s a rundown of what we actually are doing in the Amazon. Each day we are on one of 5 activities - point counts, netting, mammals, plants or camp duty. What your day is like depends on the activity and may start at 4am, or you may be lucky and ...

Out of the Amazon

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The question that needs to be asked is where to I start with this. I have no idea so am just going to ramble for a while until I figure out how to write this. We�ve emerged from the jungle at the end of our ten weeks in the Amazon and have returned ...

Other Wildlife

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... the 10 weeks that made you itch such that you didn't realise you were scratching after a while were 2 of the minor discomforts Bahuaja had as a balance to the beauty of the jungle. Once you got looking past the mozzies, there were plenty of beautiful ...

All the pretty birdies

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During the phase we got to see some amazing birds as well as the plain brown jobs, although when you see them up close none of them are actually plain brown, just through binos they�re brown blobs. Some of the guys were keeping tally�s of how many ...

Out of the jungle

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... the only people you see while you are in the jungle, excepting the Sunday football match. Our camp is located at Bahuaja Lodge, about 6-8 hours (depending on the river flow), upstream of Puerto Maldonado, and about 40km from the nearest road which can be ...

Go climb a tree

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Imagine spending dawn hanging from a rope 35m up a tree, looking over the canopy of the forest and that will give you an indication as to how the day of the three peaks challenge starts. The three peaks challenge was an challenge that almost happened ...

Random bits around camp

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Living in the jungle brought it's own set of interesting aspects, contrasts to normal life and unique features that made it into all that we experienced. From candlelit dinners becoming the norm rather than being used for romantic effect (with the ...

Mammal sightings

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Mammals are one of those things that everyone wants to see when they come to the forest, but they aren�t as easy to see or as frequently seen as the advertising would lead you to believe. But saying that we got to see more than just monkeys like some of ...

River and Rainforest

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After the forest, the river was one of the most prominent features of life at Bahuaja, with it providing the water we needed for the kitchen etc, a place to wash and cool down, and it was the way we got anywhere else and how we got our supplies and mail. ...

People of Bahuaja

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... and watch the entertainment. For more action add a Saturday night and alcohol, and mix. Otherwise it's just welcome to life at Bahuaja. Now what do I write about the people? Not sure, but I think some of their own quotes may speak for themselves ...

Encounters with snakes.

A travel blog entry by charity_cycle

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... . Some weeks snakes put in an almost daily appearance, then weeks would drift by with no sightings. Several snake encounters at Bahuaja were particularly memorable. If anyone can help put the correct names to this snakes I'd love to know ...

Mist netting in the Amazon.

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... net on two neighbouring farms which included banana and papaya plantations. They greatly added to the diversity of birds captured. Bahuaja is located in the buffer-zone for the Tampobata National Park. Results are passed onto Inrena (Peruvian Dept of ...

The Characters.

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Before I go any further I think I should introduce some of the people who made my time in the rainforest so memorable. Everyone in their own way added to life in the forest and I think everyone learned a lot about the forest and ...

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We do actually do some work here

Out of the Amazon

Other Wildlife

All the pretty birdies

Out of the jungle

Go climb a tree

Random bits around camp

Mammal sightings

River and Rainforest

People of Bahuaja

Encounters with snakes.

Mist netting in the Amazon.

The Characters.