Peruvian Amazon 2012, part 3

Volley, chopstick lessons, and Shipibo textiles.  Then downstream to Pacaya Samiria National reserve where we saw sloths.

Iquitos Art 2012

One of my students did a project on Iquitos pro-conservation street art which led to a tour with Sose, a graffiti artist, and his pal Ashuko, a bar and bordello artist.

Peruvian Amazon 2012, part 2

We motored to Malinowski Biological Station and to Calleria, a Shipibo village where we read with the kids.

Peruvian Amazon 2012, part 1

Liz, Bret, and 16 great students cruised Amazonian waters in January and February, 2012, tried to pick up huangana signals, came across a snake of unusual size, and learned about plants which cure most anything.

Los Portales at Night, Iquitos

The Cohen Building, aka Los Portales, was built during the rubber boom in the late 19th century with tiles from Portugal.

Art in Iquitos

Scouting Trip to Pacaya Samiria National Reserve

I got a speedboat dropoff from a riverboat on Rio Maranon to Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.

Returning to village of 20 de Enero in evening.
Up a tributary of Rio Yanayacu to visit a palm grove.
Balsa rafting a load of plantains down Rio Maranon to market in Iquitos.