Camping with a baby!!

Our adventure Apprehend Poachers In Paiche Samiria National Reserve Pacaya

Most of you know that the Amazon is by far the largest in the world, with more freshwater discharge that the next six largest rivers combined, but to assess the volume of water, you should join us back in Dawn on the Amazon.

Back tight to the ground in the current situation of weakness to three quarter throttle, shows us life on the river running as it has for centuries with the indigenous inhabitants living a lifestyle of living in harmony with their environment.

We see most people still live like their ancestors, in houses of thatched roof on stilts to stay above the flood, without doors or windows, and often without walls, with strips of bark for soft soils. A machete, a bucket, and a few pots and pans are made only their instruments.

Men and women work together seeking a piece of yucca, a small grove of banana trees, with some lemon, lime, orange, papaya, mango, cashew nuts, or cocoa, and other exotic jungle delicious fruit that most of you have probably never heard of let alone tasted, such as sapote, mamey, Ubilla, guaba, shimbillo, macambo, copoazu, Caimito and camu camu.

The typical mode of transportation is still the dugout canoe, and is almost always an angler to work his net, or a person or a family canoe. Women wash clothes in the river, carrying water in buckets to their homes, to cook over open fires, and the babies nurse. Children run up and down the bank waving and yelling at us.

My two favorite guides, Edson and Beto, hurry back to report to our customers that our most important geographical landmark at the confluence of rivers Maranon and Ucayali is right in the corner. With cameras in hand, everyone moves to the bow of the boat to save our way by the beginning of the mighty Amazon River. Our course is the fork Ucayali, left upstream. The north shore of the Ucayali River is the southern boundary of Pacaya Samiria National Reserve (PSNR).

It is difficult understand that the reserve is larger than some countries without a cruise in the extreme, remote entry, Pacaya River. After miles of pass jungle, interspersed with rice planted in floodplains, and peanuts planted in the sandy soil in upstream rice, and we spend a lot of boats and villages forward more than five million acres begins to make sense.

When Dawn on the Amazon raises the Pacaya River we enter one of the media large wetland on earth. In ten minutes is like being in another world. We see giant Paiche near the opening of a lake. Paiche are most large freshwater fish with scales. They are unusual for their size and because they have lungs. It is common to find two feet long and weighing 125 pounds when they surface to breathe.

Edson Beto and rush to 84 years, Eileen Abuelita, pointing to ensure that see the cloud of parakeets, I guess there are a hundred, followed moments later by eight to ten large parrots. Before leaving Iquitos Eileen said that she hoped to see parrots in the wild. She saw the value of life of parrots along the Pacaya River.

When we got through this stretch of the river a month ago we saw laziness fifty, this time one; the curious ebb and flow of wildlife. We know that birds and monkeys to move easily to a new tree full of ripe fruit, but it is difficult to imagine laziness moving slowly through the jungle to a new source of food.

Hawks are hunting. Horned Screamers honk their cries, call liquid, flocks of Snowy and great egrets, cormorants, ducks, herons, fly or fish near the boat as we glide upstream. But our unique adventure in PSNR is not to see the seven species of monkeys, or the hundreds of species birds or dozens of pink dolphins, or iguanas, crocodiles, capybara, or laziness. We expect to observe them when we enter the reserve. Our adventure with the primate most interesting and dangerous of all, Homo sapiens.

The ranger in charge of the checkpoint on the other hand, Jose, inform us immediately, there is an emergency. Six paiche poachers were spotted hiding in a lake upstream twenty minutes. With only four guards the region, he asked for our help. A few years ago the reputation of everyone in the village of Bretana were tarnished when poachers killed in this village paiche three guards who tried to confiscate their nets and canoes. Because of this crime, the village is considered dangerous and never stop our boats to Bretana.

Jose wants me to go with them, but with six people on board, I think my first responsibility is theirs. I ask Beto whether to go with the Rangers and take our portable VHF radio to maintain contact with Dawn on the Amazon. He reluctantly agrees, but it is not pleased with these unexpected events. He knows the history of the Rangers killed as I do.

Jose has a plan. Poachers have established their camp beside a small waterway connecting the largest lake in the river PSNR Yarina. This current is too small to Dawn on Amazon III we tow the prowler boats behind us and when we come to the flow of Rangers and paddle Beto flow to the camp. Poachers boat hear our past and believe they are safe.

We continue to block the only escape route possible, and if necessary to pass their boats and keep them from escaping but we can. Beto is a portable radio to maintain communication and one of our cameras to record evidence.

Beto tells the story:. "It was difficult to get through the stream, because it was choked with aquatic vegetation we had to push the pole in the grass water, and pushing out the canoes and boats Jon. It took over an hour to get to camp. I noticed a lot of pecking nozzle heads fish carcasses.

"I saw the Infractores, packing their gear to escape. Jose jumped ship to address. I overheard the conversation gets louder and louder. The chief said they were only trying to have a system to survive. Jose argued that it is easy survive without poaching. The other whispered Infractores while being wary of their machetes.

"The rest of the guards saw the threat and jumped off the boats as one of the poachers attacked with a machete Jose, aiming a fatal blow to the back of his neck. Someone shouted a warning shot and Jose around, just in time to capture the murderer tried to wrist.

"As they fought for the machete, the poacher shouted:" Here we will kill each other. "Jose wrestled the machete away and thrown into the water. The other guards formed a circle around Jose and the attempted murder on the ground fighting.

"Poachers others were closed by threatening their machetes I yelled into the radio," Officina, pharmacy, basic, basic, we have trouble. Send the other guards, send help, send help to you.

"Everything the world has heard the answer, "Help is on the road. Rangers on the road. Keep us informed, more. "That's all it took to bring battle on the poachers. They put down their machetes. That's when I radioed back, "There is more. We're OK. Negotiations began, no reinforcement required, please.

"I could not understand these negotiations. Infractores always spoke as if they had not bad, that we were wrong to disturb. The man who saw the Infractores Jose and informed of their location works for the Rangers, but lives in the village.

The leader of Infractores shook his finger at him as he threatened: "You're the one who let them know we're here! Our problem it is your fault! Make sure I do not see you tomorrow … "

"They were allowed to keep their nets, canoes, spears, and half of paiche. They had eight large and four turtles turtles sized purse. Jose ordered them to release turtles. They refused. They argued that since they were allowed to keep half the Paiche, they should be allowed to keep half of the turtles. After much discussion, all turtles were released.

"They were absolutely positive they should be allowed to stay and fish as honest fishermen. They argued with Jose for an hour, but Jose has insisted that they leave. They refused to go.

"Jose said that all documents are stored in the reserve was notified by radio of their activities and will be followed and monitored all fifty kilometers to the entrance. Yet they argued so forcefully that remain José became suspicious and a search was conducted around the perimeter of the camp.

"One of the guards discovered a freshly killed paiche pound fifty covered with leaves. They had the nerve to say that half of the fish should also be them, but even the patience of Jose was counted, and ordered them to leave immediately.

"As they began to paddle downstream, the leader turned and threatened:" This is not the end of it. It will not stay like that. "Jose responded with a threat from him," I can not believe you would be stupid enough to cause more problems now that everyone knows your guards name, where you and your family to live, and what you did. "

It is quite possible that Beto is quick thinking with our VHF radio has saved the lives of all guards, as well as his own. Rangers was rewarded by a chunk of fresh paiche. He was kind enough to share with all aboard Dawn on Amazon III. We have all agreed that paiche made some of the best ceviche we've ever eaten, and no one ever ate more fish than fresh fillets of paiche fried in palm oil.

I have thought of men ready to kill or be killed for a fish, and thinking about a system of sanctions allowing an assassin attempted delivery charge. I remember near Mayo, Florida, about thirty-five years ago, three gamekeepers were murdered on an old logging road in the swamp. Many mothers of deer hunters in the city fear that the killers could be their son.

I personally known poachers in Indiana. I know the poachers are never motivated by survival. Most often, it is wild, the belief that the law applies not theirs, and in some cases, laziness. What is the easiest, fastest to put meat on the table? If our poachers paiche be allowed to keep half of their catch? Should they continue their spears, nets, and canoes? These are hard questions to ask as we continue our journey.

We are escorted by an upstream module pink river dolphins. They are protected by the legend and custom. The people think the pink river dolphins have supernatural powers, and this is the worst kind of damage an opportunity. They swim at will without fear of poachers.

At the guardhouse third we learn that nobody noticed since we signed the log book two months ago. This desert between the ranger stations, second and third appears to be on the private reserve Dawn of the Amazon. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to enjoy this experience and nature is wonderful even if you know how to value.

Now if we can catch the poacher who shot the Big Leaf Mahogany …

About the Author

Bill Grimes provides custom cruises on the upper Amazon River and its tributaries from Iquitos, Peru. For details, visit Dawn on the Amazon Tours and Cruises at http://www.dawnontheamazon.com

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