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| Tony
on the boat from Iquitos, Peru downriver to Yanamono
Village. See
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The
Iquitos bus from the hotel to the river for our
boat. The radio was blaring Ace of Base
"The Sign" after it was a new hit in
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| Tony
testing to see if he can swim as fast as the Amazon,
after building a huge floating dock (seen at extreme
left). See
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The main dock
at Explorama Lodge on a tributary to the Amazon.
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Tony and Earl.
Earl didn't really lose his right leg on this
trip...but it looks like he is an amputee. Earl
taught me a lot of carpentry and electrical
on this trip.
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Some of the raw
lumber that is out drying before we got there.
See high res version
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Linda looking at
some beads that some local kids are trading.
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An elder Yanamono
with his blowgun.
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Dr.
Kwako admires the skill of an elder Yanamono with
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| Yanamono
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Michelle Lee talking
with local children.
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Group photo of
the completed Hammock Hut.
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Group photo 2
of the completed Hammock Hut.
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Tony in a span
on the ACEER facility, about 100 feet off the
deck. See high
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ACEER Top Level
Span. ACEER
stands for Amazon Center for Environmental Education
and Research
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A high treetop view
from the ACEER skywalk. Dr, Leek and I stayed
up here until the sun set. We went down in the
dark, which was pretty scary... See
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Tony relaxing into
a Spectra fence, waiting for sunset and better
photo ops, about 300 feet off the deck on the
ACEER platform.
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One of the top ACEER
destinations. See
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Our guide, glassing
the eastern horizon.
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The high view from
the ACEER. A flock of Toucans flew across our
view right at sunset.
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Shari
Jauss on the ACEER, about 250 feet off the deck. |
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| The
walls of Sacsaywoman, west of Cuzco. These walls
have withstood contant seismic activity for Millenia,
and are still totally intact. |
The
crew at Sacsaywoman, west of Cuzco. This was apparently
a place of baby llama cult worship for the ancient
Inca culture, about 4000 years ago. There were obvious
windows to the stars for star events, as well. See
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| The
tight-fitted stone blocks at Macchu Pichu. See
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The
tight-fitted altar stone blocks at Macchu Pichu.
See
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Perfectly fitted
stones at Macchu Pichu. See
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A llama wandering
about at Macchu Pichu. See
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A puggish Armored
Personnel Carrier guarding the streets in Cuzco
during a constitutional referendum that threatened
the government.
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The terraced steps
of the garden area of Macchu Pichu. See
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| Tony
on the west side of Macchu Pichu, on the famous
Inca Trail. This structure was built at least 500
years ago. Nice bridge, eh? It is a 500-foot drop
if it fails. |
KBJR
Cameraman Mark Hotz (sp?) takes me up on my dare
and walks out on the sketchy Inca Trail bridge 500
feet above the deck, with a $50,000 Beta camera.
Way to go Mark! |
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view of the Inca Trail from previous photos. In
hindsight, at least we would have hit tops of trees
about 100 feet down to start to break our fall if
those timbers failed...heh heh. |
The
back of the Inca Trail from the perspective of the
sketchy bridge. Shari Jauss is in the foreground,
and Mark Hotz is behind her. |
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| Tony
standing above the central courtyard of Macchu Pichu. |
The full view of
Macchu Picchu.
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Macchu Pichu seen
from across the mountain, with the high peak seen
behind. See
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Mark standing out
on the edge of space.
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Overlook of Macchu
Picchu
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Overlook of Macchu
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500+ year-old Terraform
gardening
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Local kids in the
base city below Macchu Picchu. Who the heck needs
snow if you have a sled and a steep sidewalk?!
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Michelle inspects
some beads that were made locally in Macchu Picchu.
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