During the medical boat excursion, we got to check out Madre Selva, the place we will call home for the next month and a half. This field station is owned by Project Amazonas and is located 90 river miles east of Iquitos on the south bank of the Rio Orosa. It neighbors Yagua Indian community of Comandancia which is approximately 20 minute boat ride away. This village has our only access to the outside world: a satellite phone that was recently installed by the government. We will also be trading with these locals for their delicious crop of corn, yuca, and camu-camu (a new favorite fruit of mine!)
There are places to hang hammocks and also beds to sleep in. I imagine I will hang my hammock for chilling in the middle of the day, but retreat to a screened bedroom in the evening. We will have a large kitchen to ourselves which will be great to cook in! Brigitte and I will quickly become fast friends with Julio, the grounds keeper, since he's got all the know-how of the area that he can impart upon us.
We also got to check out the scene where we are going to install the digester. There is plenty of space around the kitchen to put a large tank which is good and there is already a fish pond established that can immediately benefit from the by products of the digester. One problem that we will need to figure out is that the land around the kitchen becomes flooded during the rainy season so we will need to make sure the system can tolerate these conditions.
We leave on Thursday, tomorrow will be tying up the loose ends before the next leg of our adventure!
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