Demarcation Diaries
19 September 2001
 Team B left for the forest today and my role was to
help them with carrying supplies and
equipment to their camp site. The team spirit was
strong, even though we are not technically on the same team. After all, we are here
for the same goal, and the time we had spent together in Comte Savio has
consolidated our friendship.
It was great to see the first camp being set
up in the jungle. Everything went quite smoothly. A sturdy camp for 13
people was built in two hours. However, lunch was a disaster. The corn beef
we had looked and tasted like dog food, while the canned sardine looked
and tasted like cat food. The only significant difference was our pseudo
pet food had lots of bugs in it. After lunch, Jan dropped his head and
said to himself, "this is going to be very difficult." It just showed
how important food is, with bad food, morale drops easily. But in the
end, I believe no matter how badly we eat or how stinky we smell, they
are all minor things compared to the importance of our work and the great
experience of living and surviving in the heart of Amazon.
Leaving their camp and heading back was quite a
sad moment for me because I had to say goodbye to the pals whom I had
spent days and nights with for the past few weeks. Luckily there was good news waiting for us in Comte
Savio, our helicopter has passed all bureaucratic procedures and should be
here tomorrow! Finally our team will move on to the next stage and set up
our work base in the forest! I felt exhausted from today's hard work, but
I am excited about moving forward with our plan. I hope my body will be
fully recharged after a good night's sleep, because we will have longer
distance to travel tomorrow. Good night.
Kontau
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