A
few images from Peru
1.
looking down toward one of several residential areas in puerto maldonado.
2.
pm's main street: honda heroes and moto-rickshaws.
3.
street near hotel.
4.
main street along the river in laberinto - caught the colectivo boat here.
goldrush town.
5.
other than short rains, gold miners, and different angles on the forest, this
was the (sweet) eight-hour view.
6.
just before our drop-off point. long day on the river.
7.
forest on ridge over the m de d.
8.
cocha lobo – an oxbow lake.
9.
sunset over riverboats at the station.
10.
view from canopy tower; looking down to jim and marcos in the small clearing at
base.
11.
housing at the station – casitas over the river. we were in a
dormitory-like building, also raised and thatched.
12.
some hoser along the rio los amigos.
13.
sunset from station. pointy thing in front of sun? andes.
14.
marcos in pozo don pedro.
15.
eminent mycologist, enrique valverde, from lima.
16.
is it a paddle, or a weapon?
17.
twilight view over the madre de dios: view from station.
18.
view by day, from ca. 40 m above the river.
19.
sorting seeds.
20.
isolating fungi in mobile micro-lab.
21.
jim lurks for lobos in cocha lobo.
22.
cecropias in the mist
23. cecropia membranacea along the river
24.
on day 1, we went off the road on the red-clay highway that runs between PM and
laberinto.
all
fine, and weÕve just pushed the car back out of a minor ditch.
25.
on returning to PM, i had carbs for lunch: fried bananas, rice, french fries,
and a beer. sweet.
26.
jim sampled a local brew, too.
27.
we had an excellent ride in a moto-rickshaw en route to the PM market.
28.
watershed.
29.
consumption of yellow fizzy beers – pizza spot just off the plaza de
armas.
