Just got back from a trip to Pilon Lajas indigenous territory and biosphere reserve with another Swiss doctoral student (whose name I might post here later once I asked her permission) I met in Rurrenabaque. We both work in the same area and decided to take this trip together, and it worked out great! She introduced me to the community where she had been working last year, so people already knew here and were very friendly. The children loved having their picture taken and printed out directly on a “Canon Selphy printer” … (thanks Saemi for the tip!!). The men took us fishing and walking in the forest and fields, which was very interesting for both our research. We would have stayed longer but there was a big flood in the Quiquibey river on the second day we were there that flooded fields and the riverbanks erroded several meters inwards, people were leaving the community to go look after their produce in their fields up and downriver so we took the next opportunity to get back to town with a trader on his boat and raft.
