This is Yarinacocha. Wonderful,but toooons of water.
I am staying at Nueva Luz de Fatima at Gilbert s and Sylvia, a good place full of love. I have a whole house to my disposition since I am the only gringa to have made it that far for now...
The only way of locomotion is a canoe, and forget your legs, you barely use them...So they start to itch. Having the knowledge that the water is polluted cuz it joins the Ucayali river now, and being scared of electric eels and piranhas, stingrays, and who knows what more, I decided to keep my feet dry and wear gumboots to cross over to the parking place of the canoes. Dolphins swim across the lake and sloths adorn the trees, what a funny animals those sloths.
Birds fly by, dogs and cows alike stand with their paws in the wate, it s the rainy season....
Winter here for them, still the heat is hot.
Discovering Bellavista in a peke peke, all the houses are in the water
A funny sight still the people seem content. They hang out in the water, have fun...
Oh oh it s gonna POOR again, I still have to make it to the village which is out in the lakeOH no and my towel, it s gonna be flying out and about ...
Yep it s raining, what an adventure...
zondag 3 februari 2008
To my friends in India
I would love to hang out there, and be one of the yogis...
How is Renee B? Surviving?
I m still in noisy jungle, but loving it for now
And counting the days to c my eternal beloved back, if he still is... If not, I ll probably catch the next airplane to find somerelief in yogic asanas,and delicious foods of India, and meet up with u guys¡¡¡¡
Insight is growing, if I want to be a curandero and learn from the plants, the only teachers will b the plants themselves. Although I have the feeling that even they don t provide the answer to my quest, I think Patanjali said it clearly to me in a dream Patanjali will heal me¡
And so will my inner doctor. But how I love the plants, and their irradescience and their fragrance and texture.They are definitely here to give us some relief. Be it in baths, coctions, or as ornament,be it as something to take care of or as somethingthat makesus look more pretty, smell with an irresistible fragrance, as a soothing tea, as a herb adding flavour as a tree to lean upon our restless souls,it is an inmense journey,PLANTS¡
I wish I make it this life time, to get to meet their souls. and communicae with them.
Because that s what I feel good with.
How is Renee B? Surviving?
I m still in noisy jungle, but loving it for now
And counting the days to c my eternal beloved back, if he still is... If not, I ll probably catch the next airplane to find somerelief in yogic asanas,and delicious foods of India, and meet up with u guys¡¡¡¡
Insight is growing, if I want to be a curandero and learn from the plants, the only teachers will b the plants themselves. Although I have the feeling that even they don t provide the answer to my quest, I think Patanjali said it clearly to me in a dream Patanjali will heal me¡
And so will my inner doctor. But how I love the plants, and their irradescience and their fragrance and texture.They are definitely here to give us some relief. Be it in baths, coctions, or as ornament,be it as something to take care of or as somethingthat makesus look more pretty, smell with an irresistible fragrance, as a soothing tea, as a herb adding flavour as a tree to lean upon our restless souls,it is an inmense journey,PLANTS¡
I wish I make it this life time, to get to meet their souls. and communicae with them.
Because that s what I feel good with.
woensdag 30 januari 2008
Henry or Men del Norte?
Two names of lanchas, ferrys, which go all the way to Iquitos.
The port of Pucallpa is something, when you ve never experienced a jungle port b4.
It s sooooooooooo romantic, people dragging bananas on their heads, loads of them...
mudd everywhere, remember we hit the rainy season, odd looking people,drunks, but with a stick I can KO them without a doubt, so they re harmless, I guess....
Peke pekes and geen pepekes, going and coming, and poor trees, masses of them, poor tress, cut into pieces to create paper, furniture, or whatever...What is wrong with us people, exploiting Nature as we do?Stand still, please, buy second hand, it looks much nicer anyhow, or don t buy at all, we don t need all the things we have...
But the port, aaaaaaaaaaaaah so romantic.
I have an even harder time understanding hte people from Iquitos, this ain t spanish no more...it is jungle talk, it goes very slowly very quietly and with a lot of slang.
The port of Pucallpa is something, when you ve never experienced a jungle port b4.
It s sooooooooooo romantic, people dragging bananas on their heads, loads of them...
mudd everywhere, remember we hit the rainy season, odd looking people,drunks, but with a stick I can KO them without a doubt, so they re harmless, I guess....
Peke pekes and geen pepekes, going and coming, and poor trees, masses of them, poor tress, cut into pieces to create paper, furniture, or whatever...What is wrong with us people, exploiting Nature as we do?Stand still, please, buy second hand, it looks much nicer anyhow, or don t buy at all, we don t need all the things we have...
But the port, aaaaaaaaaaaaah so romantic.
I have an even harder time understanding hte people from Iquitos, this ain t spanish no more...it is jungle talk, it goes very slowly very quietly and with a lot of slang.
On zoos
Visited twice a zoo here, and though I don t seem to get the point of keeping animals in captivity, though I read about the tiger in the Pacific, and though I try to believe me, I wish that people would better be off eaving animals in plain freedom and experience freedom themselves for once, if that is possible, everyone is captive in this life isn t it...
I must say the Parque Natural in Pucallpa surprised me pleasantly, after the dingy environment of Tingo Maria s UNAS, univerçt they claim too be...,it was a relief. The animals hadn t been rescued though, whereas in Tingo they are, I wonder what truth lies in that...
From illegal trade, put into pequeños jaulas, little as can be, saved, for the better??????
Anyway what s the solution? No more animal trade, change of government, and no more burocracía, as is the case in Peru, so that more funds go where they ought to go, to the people and poor animals. They never asked for anything did they?
Maybe schools should also start on working with more social and conservation programms, instead of filling heads with brainwashed images till they explode.
I got a lick from the tapir, sachavaca a it is locally known, it ate my hair and licked my fingers and I got him out of his restrained enclosure, making him wander about the ducks, and turtles and geese food ...He got a massage too, and I m in love...with the sachavaca.
I petted a strange looking peruvian dog, bold, almost japanese...but they assured me it was Peruvian.
Shaking hands with curious monkeys, and trying to get a glimpse of one shy one, less terrible than the monkey I pètted in Tingo, which had a definitely depressed look on its face...
Busy leafcutter ants, giant bumblebees nd aggressive mosquitoes followed me around.
All that in a lush tropical forest...with rainstorms, fried fish and fried green bananas, my staple food for now.
I must say the Parque Natural in Pucallpa surprised me pleasantly, after the dingy environment of Tingo Maria s UNAS, univerçt they claim too be...,it was a relief. The animals hadn t been rescued though, whereas in Tingo they are, I wonder what truth lies in that...
From illegal trade, put into pequeños jaulas, little as can be, saved, for the better??????
Anyway what s the solution? No more animal trade, change of government, and no more burocracía, as is the case in Peru, so that more funds go where they ought to go, to the people and poor animals. They never asked for anything did they?
Maybe schools should also start on working with more social and conservation programms, instead of filling heads with brainwashed images till they explode.
I got a lick from the tapir, sachavaca a it is locally known, it ate my hair and licked my fingers and I got him out of his restrained enclosure, making him wander about the ducks, and turtles and geese food ...He got a massage too, and I m in love...with the sachavaca.
I petted a strange looking peruvian dog, bold, almost japanese...but they assured me it was Peruvian.
Shaking hands with curious monkeys, and trying to get a glimpse of one shy one, less terrible than the monkey I pètted in Tingo, which had a definitely depressed look on its face...
Busy leafcutter ants, giant bumblebees nd aggressive mosquitoes followed me around.
All that in a lush tropical forest...with rainstorms, fried fish and fried green bananas, my staple food for now.
dinsdag 29 januari 2008
Pucallpa finally
It is pouring down, the rain...
Incredible it seems to follow me around.But as a woman told me
A ti no te gusta la lluvia, y quieres vivir- she s right, if we want to live we need rain!!!!
So I am starting my last month here in Peru, soon I ll be o n the plane towards Europe again
I hope to find Sagar there, in one piece.Gosh it is so hard to be without news at all, am I crazy or what
The road to Pucallpa was georgeous, as we left the mountains behind, the land became flatter and soon the mountains had dissapeared and made way for jungle, farmlands and more jungle
I chose a good day, since the heat was bearable, the rain kept us cool
I treated myself on a comfortable car journey, and quicker than the bus...at least that was the intention,...
But unfortunately, yes you guess it right, the car broke down, again the gear, and we were lucky to pass the last hills at minimum speed,1 km an hour, maybe i d have been quicker walking...
I kept on being surprised by the huge bees nests, I took for spider monkeys and let my imagination become my reality.
The hotels in Pucallpa are noisy and the rooms small, nothing very inspiring to make a painting...which I d hoped for
Ah Inch Allah
Again
Incredible it seems to follow me around.But as a woman told me
A ti no te gusta la lluvia, y quieres vivir- she s right, if we want to live we need rain!!!!
So I am starting my last month here in Peru, soon I ll be o n the plane towards Europe again
I hope to find Sagar there, in one piece.Gosh it is so hard to be without news at all, am I crazy or what
The road to Pucallpa was georgeous, as we left the mountains behind, the land became flatter and soon the mountains had dissapeared and made way for jungle, farmlands and more jungle
I chose a good day, since the heat was bearable, the rain kept us cool
I treated myself on a comfortable car journey, and quicker than the bus...at least that was the intention,...
But unfortunately, yes you guess it right, the car broke down, again the gear, and we were lucky to pass the last hills at minimum speed,1 km an hour, maybe i d have been quicker walking...
I kept on being surprised by the huge bees nests, I took for spider monkeys and let my imagination become my reality.
The hotels in Pucallpa are noisy and the rooms small, nothing very inspiring to make a painting...which I d hoped for
Ah Inch Allah
Again
zondag 27 januari 2008
Curiousity for the selva grows
Tingo Maria is only half as hot as Pucallpa
But I am acclimatizing allright after 4 months of high sierra.
The people look and speak differently there too, can t wait to get there....
Tomorrow or tuesday?I hope I ll have a safe trip, since attacks are common, and banditry often in the news. Aaaaaah when are people gonna get to THE MEANING OF THIS LIFE?
But I am acclimatizing allright after 4 months of high sierra.
The people look and speak differently there too, can t wait to get there....
Tomorrow or tuesday?I hope I ll have a safe trip, since attacks are common, and banditry often in the news. Aaaaaah when are people gonna get to THE MEANING OF THIS LIFE?
La bella durmiente
Tingo Maria Nacional Park, with the sleeping beauty made out of the hills surrounding it. The Peruvians see anything in rocks, mountains,rivers, vivid imagination....
aaaaaaaaaaaaah felicidad... The plants and trees are just impressive here, the blue morpho fladders around me to announce a new birth and the crickets just make my favourite sound
La cueva de las lechuzas y no de las lechugas (kind of loud owl, salad).
oscura y gritona como the birds from A Hitchkock, I d like to spend some time in a cave, but I don t think this one would be on my favourite list, although the sight is impressive and the sound even more....
el encanto de la naturaleza
la pobreza is around the corner, I wonder if these people would be happy with my North Face jacket that I try to get rid off, since I forgot to donate it in the high sierra, I was too cold to think clearly, now I am too hot...or too drunk could be....
pero la felicidad
el litro de caipirinha and the pollo canga, delicious cheap chicken on the bbq served with tacachu, a local speciality, of banana and oil, engordando?Every woman has got a belly here and it looks marvellous.Reminds me of the Pacific Islands, gosh if I were a man....
El intenet funciona malisimo, but fortunately they were so honest to charge me less, unlike the Krishna s whom got delicious food, but allways try to get away with a sol more.
People don t earn a lot here, 500 soles a month, can u imagine?
Not much left over after the paying of the rent the eatingand the drinking,a very Peruvian habit..
I feel homesick,for the first time during my trip and very much Sagarsick
I guess it will be an early night .....
BIEHIEHIEHIEHOEHOEJHHOEJHOEEOHEOUEEJHEO
aaaaaaaaaaaaah felicidad... The plants and trees are just impressive here, the blue morpho fladders around me to announce a new birth and the crickets just make my favourite sound
La cueva de las lechuzas y no de las lechugas (kind of loud owl, salad).
oscura y gritona como the birds from A Hitchkock, I d like to spend some time in a cave, but I don t think this one would be on my favourite list, although the sight is impressive and the sound even more....
el encanto de la naturaleza
la pobreza is around the corner, I wonder if these people would be happy with my North Face jacket that I try to get rid off, since I forgot to donate it in the high sierra, I was too cold to think clearly, now I am too hot...or too drunk could be....
pero la felicidad
el litro de caipirinha and the pollo canga, delicious cheap chicken on the bbq served with tacachu, a local speciality, of banana and oil, engordando?Every woman has got a belly here and it looks marvellous.Reminds me of the Pacific Islands, gosh if I were a man....
El intenet funciona malisimo, but fortunately they were so honest to charge me less, unlike the Krishna s whom got delicious food, but allways try to get away with a sol more.
People don t earn a lot here, 500 soles a month, can u imagine?
Not much left over after the paying of the rent the eatingand the drinking,a very Peruvian habit..
I feel homesick,for the first time during my trip and very much Sagarsick
I guess it will be an early night .....
BIEHIEHIEHIEHOEHOEJHHOEJHOEEOHEOUEEJHEO
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