San Pedro de Tipisca, living with an indigenous community


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September 19th 2013
Published: September 19th 2013
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I was lucky enough to spend 2 days living with the indigenous community of San Pedro de Tipisca, 3 hours boat ride from Puerto Narino. The community of San Pedro de Tipisca has about 30 houses, 1 school, 3 teachers for 90 students of all ages, 1 church, and zero clinic. The native language is Ticuna and is the last Colombian community before reaching the neighboring Peru along the Amazon River. I ... Read Full Entry



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Nicole washing the clothes I gave her. I basically gave her almost all of my clothes from my backpack. Good thing she's my size.
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Nixon's father and his brother's kid at their house. We stopped by for a visit and his mom gave me a hand woven basket as souvenir. She told me when I come back next time she would teach me how to make baskets.
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San Pedro de Tispisca

Fishing is so easy on the Amazon. All you need is a line and some yuca powder formed into a ball as your baits
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He is already an awesome fisherman at a young age.
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San Pedro de Tispisca

This place sells "farina" (dried bits of yuca roots) for 2000 Colombian pesos per bag.
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San Pedro de Tispisca

Cute girl helping her mom make farina.
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San Pedro de Tispisca

The children get free breakfast and lunch at school. Supposedly one of the teachers is always drunk and sometimes sent his student out to buy him cigarette according to some of the parents during the parents meeting.
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Children hanging out in the kitchen after school.



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