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In between the rivers of the Delta
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unsurprisingly the time has flown by here. i am half way through my stay here and don't want to think about leaving. we are staying in cabins on a little tiny strip of land in the delta region. think of it as a jungle version of venice. there are no roads the only form of transportation from place to place is boat. the delta is about an hour northeast of buenos aires by boat. the delta is a huge area where most of the rivers of south america drain. it is almost like a big swamp. but most of the rivers are huge and the one directly north of buenos aires looks like an ocean it is so big. so basically these rivers carrying sediment have created islands and land masses. the land grows 9 meters a year which is extremely fast geologically speaking. the whole area is twisted rivers with sediment in between where people have built homes on stilts.
so on this missions there are 6 adults down here from zeri. myself and stephanie have one cabin - she is 22 and graduated from standford and loves to play every sort of musical instrument nonstop. then patricia and geoff the couple from new mexico who own the land that we are creating the ecotourism destination on. they have two daughters named tilcara and amica (5 and 2.5). then there is david and david. one david schaller is from the epa and the one that got me into zeri. david cooper is 28 and lives in taos. he has built his own house at the age of 22 and is very interested in architecture. plus patricia´s mother and her friend are here to take care of the kids while we are working.
so that is the crew and basically we sit around and talk, go on boat rides, thrash through dense vegetation and eat a lot of food together. we have been to the land twice and it is basically swampy forest that is really pretty. yesterday we tried to measure the perimeter of the land but it was too hard to walk through. so then we decided to swim the front perimeter. basically we ended up running through mud that went up to my knees. but it was fun to actually move around because staying on this small strip of land (you can throw a stone from one side of the island to the other) is getting a little confining. i didn't realize that i needed space and area to run around.
today we took a colectiva (a boat bus) to tigre the closest town to look at the market. we are trying to determine what resources are already here. we would like to build and furnish the places with materials found locally to help support the local economy. luckily the weather is nice today - 75 and sunny. for 3 days straight it rained which was rather sad when we couldn't get to see their land. but that caused huge fluctuations in the river. it is funny the rivers are so large there are almost tides and with the fluctuations in the amount of rain fall it.
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