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Misha and Peycho, heading off into the wild, to fish.
I count 11 people on that “casco” plus various food and bagage. I was always so scared that they would capsize and loose all their things.
Stories shared, trading done.
Goodbye! The indigenous people were always so welcome.
Wanna trade? A fish for some garlic?
Taking the highway home for dinner
Henrik, with the chicken that we acquired in a barter-trade, but afterwards became our pet. We fed it and soon, none of us wanted to kill and eat it, after it got tame and friendly with us. One morning, it had shitted all over Peychos sleeping bag and he was planning chicken soup for dinner; luckily, Misha and Henrik managed to trade it off with a large fish before the evening.
Our home on the river
Peycho and Misha, enjoying the sunset as we slowly drift with the current.
Symmetry in nature
Sweat on our ropes, a great source of salt for a butterfly.
Anchored for the night
Never got tired of photographing those sunsets
Peycho fishing
Santa Clotilde, the river community half-way down the Napo.
See the intense rain-drops on the river? As the stormy front rolls across us, it is replaced by torrential rains, perfect for harvesting and filling our water-tank.
A rainstorm is approaching as the black clouds are gathering and our flag are wiped into action
Both are worth eating.
Inspecting the catch
Santa Clotilde, the river community half-way down the Napo.
Sitting on the shaft of an engine, the next generation of Santa Clotilde are curiously monitoring us.
Our raft, parked at the shore in Santa Clotilde.
Exploring in his jungle-uniform: gum-boots, machete and long sleeves. I loved these jungle-walks in the middle of nowhere.
The things I see in the wild jungle
Wanna climb it?
Do not touch
Mushrooms, growing out of decaying dead vegetation.
The insects of the jungle
The things I see in the wild jungle
I see right through you
Giant cicadas, not aggressive or dangerous.
Something trapped him and ate out his intestines, leaving his hollow body hanging there.
The river communities along the shore
The river communities along the shore
Large 5cm wasp (2inch)
Caught in the act
Curiously monitoring the floating bamboo raft that passes by
Men at work
Visited this family that happily traded some bananas with us
Peycho, with our banana-bargain
A huge population of dolphins live in the river. It’s hard to catch them jumping, but I finally got this one.
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