Boarding a motorized dugout on an oxbow lake in the Shipibo community of Canaan Chia Tipishca.
A waterway leading into the forest beyond Canaan Chia Tipishca.
We boated two hours and walked an hour to this fishing hole where three of us hooked these fish in about an hour. I caught three. Fishing is excellent in bodies of water cut off by low water during dry season.
Collecting Rae Rao, a plant used for resolving conflict between individuals or groups.
One of two coca bushes maintained on a Mestizo's farm cleared from an abandoned narcotraficante's coca plantation.
Floating island on legendary Lago Imiria. Some floating islands have mature renaco (a fig species) trees. Jaguars are said to swim out to these islands.
Piraña for dinner, yum. Shipibos have fresh fish with every meal.
Entrance to the market town Contamana on Rio Ucayali.
Medicine & magic shop in the Cuzco market, in the Andes.
Double and triple flower Brugmansia blossoms in Cuzco.
