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South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa November 19th 2005

Apparament certaines personnes se demandent ce que je fais a part tuer des poulets. Je vais essayer d'etre un peu plus clair et precis. On est finalement en train de faire du volontariat dans une association nommee ADRA basee a Pucallpa et qui a pour but de lutter contre la pauvrete des communautes indigenes de la region de l'Ucayali. Ils construisent des puits, organisent leur agriculture et surtout les sensibilisent aux problemes lies a l'hygiene. Jusqu'a present, au jour le jour ce qu'on faisait concretement : on peut appeler ca du tourisme ecologique, sauf qu'en plus on donnaient des cours 2 heures par jour aux indigenes. Le reste du temps on essayait de s'adapter aux conditions, on allait pecher, on jouait au foot avec eux, en gros on essayait de s'integrer un minimum. Mais c'est illusoire, ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Nueva Betania November 19th 2005

After 10 days in the forest we're back again. We ve now joined an NGO (ADRA Peru) that sends engineers to indigenous communities. So during the next few weeks we´ll be travelling from village to village testing water, building wells and teaching English as well as basic hygene rules. Its gonna be tough because some of the communities live a day´s boat trip away from Pucallpa..... Last week we finally got to see the deep jungle with its gigantic ants, snakes and funny trees. We went as far as a lagune in the middle of nowhere, infested by 12ft crocodiles! Unfortuately they don´t come out in the day so we didnt get to see them. On sunday there was a football tournament between local tribes. We took part and were knocked out in the semi finals. ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa November 6th 2005

On est arrivee dans la foret amazonienne, Une communaute perdue a 5h de bateau sur le fleuve Ucayali, sans eau potable, avec un generateur d'electricite marchand a l'essence et par concequent quasiment jamais mis en route. La on est revenu a la ville la plus proche pour les vivres et l'eau. on enseigne l'anglais a tout le village tous les jours. Graeme les adultes moi les enfants. On se "lave" dans la riviere et on risque notre vie a chaque fois qu'on fait va chier dans les trous prevus a cet effet (migales, serpents et autres betes sympatiques extremement venimeuses). C'est roots. Petite annecdote : On a achete 2 poulets vivants pour les manger la bas, j'ai decide d'en tuer un il y a 2 jours. Le pere de famille m'explique comment faire a mains nues, ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Nueva Betania November 5th 2005

We´re back in Pucallpa for a few days after our first week in the jungle. The community we stayed in is set in the middle of nowhere about 100 km up the river Ucayali from Pucallpa. Around 400 people live in wooden huts/houses with virtually no contact with the external world. Most of them have only seen a few "white people" in their whole life so we’re getting plenty of attention, especially from the kids. The only source of water is the river, which is far from clean, so we´ll probably be coming back often for water supplies. There is a generator that can provide a small amount of electricity when needed (if there’s any fuel to burn) but that’s about the only luxury they’ve got. Most of the "houses" are simply wooden floors elevated off ... read more
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Boat trip 2
A warm welcome

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa October 27th 2005

After a very very long trip we've arrived in Pucallpa, one of the two main towns in the Peruvian part of the Amazonian rain forest. The trip was quite an experience. It started off with the sand desert around Lima. We then crossed the Cordillera Blanca, where we travelled up to almost 6000m (18000ft!!) and suffered from altitude sickness... Finally we headed deep into the jungle, where the "road" seemed to get constantly worse. Pucallpa is a lot different from Lima. Its very hot and dusty, but at the same time surrounded by loads of interesting flora. Poverty is also much more abundant here. Tomorrow (on Saturday), we'll take a boat up the river and meet with the community we'll be working with for the next 2 months. Although internet connections are surprisingly easy to find ... read more




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