Demarcation Diaries
7 October 2001
I am now on the Greenpeace ship Comandante Savio to "charge my battery", wash my clothes, and wash ME. My insect bites are not very attractive on my leg. Marcio, the doctor, has taken a few photos of them. All the doctors, the crew from the ship and the Greenpeace crew, the helicopter pilot, the people from the three camps, are just terrific, and the Deni as well - there is no quarrelling, it's a really nice and relaxing pack.
Being here is really one of the most interesting things I've done in my life, but it's a very tough one too. It's not a holiday, but hard work, in a very humid climate, but in a marvelous, ancient rainforest.
And, I mean, I really love beasts and plants, but all the stings and bites are more than intere-STINGS. Well, I have not seen a jaguar, but parrots, macaws, and hummingbirds, the sounds of toucans and the sounds of a tapir, and, of course, millions of insects: hundreds of butterflies, piums, mosquitoes, mutucas (even worse than mosquitoes), bees, wasps, small and big ants, some that sting like hell; some very dangerous snakes like the Surucucu - and, of course, in the river, botos, the river dolphins. Well, I am a biologist.
Martin
(Team A)
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volunteers on the demarcation project.
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