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31.07.00: Day one on Rio Orosa
begins. During yet passed night the “night float” has been
an experience hard to forget: We sailed upstream on a dugout
canoe (powered by a small outboard engine) then our return
was, unti Madre Selva II, following the Rio Orosas slow, quiet
stream.
A beautiful
sunset in Madre Selva
Under a blanket of
glittering stars, I got my first wild catfish, then classified
as Hypoptopoma sp. Now
only a few clouds stain the sunrise and I begin, little by
little, to learn – at least the simplest – the secrets of
the River: a row of small air bubbles coming to the surface
from the bottom: possibly down there there’s a swimming
turtle; at night a lamp hits two shining green dots: a spider;
some spider are as big as my hand! Two red spots: a caiman
hunting in the ambush! We, last night, failed to catch a small
caiman to use for taking pictures purposes … All around: ink
black night, silence, stars, mysterious cries from the dark.
If I could only stop the time ...
A nice shot
of the riverbank while sailing in one of the minor water
bodies of Rio Orosa.
Great days of
“catches”, mainly at Yanashi Lagoon (by the way pH 7.0!);
this lagoon is part of the Rio Orosa body of water, then a
cute “jungle trek” to get pictures: regrettably only
insects were worthy of shooting! While resting on the boat, we
took pics to fishes, turtles, snakes (among the latter, there
was one fellow a bit upset, to say the least …). The natives
bring them to us for this purpose in buckets, bags … even
plastic envelopes …
A green
lizard with an unbelievably long tail
I found
this snake just next to the opening of the door, on the boat
Big spiders
like this one, although not everywhere, were still present.
A nice
specimen of an Amazon turtle. The specimen was released
immediately after taking the picture.
About the weather: not a nightmare – as
expected - but not even a joke! Hot (above 30° C), high
humidity, a lot of sweat. Immediately after the shower (always
too short as to handle the water “shortage” on the boat)
you have to pour on yourself a lot of insects repellent to
fight mosquitoes …
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