Exploring the rainforest
May 20th 2016 This morning was the first time we were allowed a lie in - we didn't have to get up until 7:00.
We headed up river close to Puerto Maldonado to a site illustrating local subsistence farming techniques. The family own 25has and farm 18has on a rotation. I was reminded that most of the nutrient in the rainforest is in the vegetation so that after burning and clearing an area and then planting cro
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