Demarcation Diaries
31 August 2001
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Steve: After the creepy
creepers medical session, we concluded that the easiest
way to prevent being bitten is to be harshly prejudicial
and apply the sweeping generalisation "if it moves
don't touch it" at all times. With such a multitude
of stinging, biting and poisonous creatures around, it make
sense to be respectful. Don't pat the animals. more
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Kontau: With bulldozers, the
modern day loggers find it much easier to penetrate the forest
in search of commercially valuable timber. And this is what demarcation
is really about: closing off destructive attempts to penetrate
areas of the forest that are home to people who live with nature.
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Márcio: The Juruá
river has the same brown waters as the Solimões, but it
is not as wide, and maybe even more beautiful. There are some
beaches, which, by this hour, are partially illuminated by the
full moon, whose reflection on the waters is also very beautiful.
The smell is delicious. more
Bryan: Typically at the places
where the smaller rivers dump into the bigger ones, we see many
dolphins, and this morning was no exception. Many pink dolphins,
or boto, greeted us as we started our new route that is much more
southern now. more
Ian: Last night we sat in the dark
on the top deck watching a silent lightning storm. The lightning
strikes seemed to run skywards from this area, splitting as they
climbed to form the skeletons of leaves. Heavy rain fell to either
side but none on us. more
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