Thursday, July 3, 2014
so what I know so far is a saturday morning I should be catching a boat I will take me from the Iquitos to Pevas. In Pevas I will need to change boats to go inland and up river called ( Amayacu) on the north side of the amazon until the river splits there 8 hours or so later I should come across the Bora people the leader' role is called a kuraka (phonetic spelling) he hold the title as he is the best hunter and has 3 or 4 wives he is also the curandero. Tomorrow I will meet with the journalist get more details then go shopping for gifts fro the tribe. He suggested fishing hooks and line. And looks like I'll need a machete. If I do this my original plan of making it the length of the amazon might not happen. But this sounds much more interesting. More soon.
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Dammmn, Bobby! ��
ReplyDeleteMachetes have their place. ;-) So cool.
ReplyDeleteYour fitness level will help you navigate the Amazon. Machete? Wow!
ReplyDelete"If a fool persists in his foolishness he would become wise." William Blake...not sure if I accept this and I woke this morning with some fear but may be putting this one to a test.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn,
ReplyDeleteIf I make it to a place in the jungle and they say hola gringo probably am not where I thought I'd be going.
Is the machete for hunting or defense, or both??
ReplyDelete"Always do the things you fear the most; courage is an acquired taste, like caviar."
ReplyDeleteErica Jong
Machete was just for cutting through the jungle and for building things like a lean-to. I was told that should I come across an anaconda don't try to hit it with the machete as you would only piss it off. I was told that small snakes could be killed with the machete, fortunately I did not have to do so.
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