tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57459244617631172752024-03-13T22:07:11.055-07:00FfitographyA Photo Blog by Ffion MatthewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821502315245252073noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745924461763117275.post-13312569377049352802014-05-22T23:00:00.000-07:002014-07-31T10:29:46.501-07:00Day 22 - Fear and loathing in las Piedras.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Suddenly, everything was strangely silent. The sounds of
the jungle that have been a comfort to me for the past couple of weeks now sent
a shiver down my spine. Sat alone, around 5 kilometres from camp, unable to
walk, I started to become aware of every minute little sound and movement that was
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Earlier that morning, I got on a motorbike with
Chiki and one of the other interns Zoe. Chiki had been amazing about my injury,
and felt sorry for me being stuck in the lodge all day everyday, unable to do
anything. So he offered to take me out for the day on his motorbike. Motorbikes
are used in the area for local workers who pick and trade Brazil nuts; they
transport their heavy products from deep in the jungle to the river on the
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Zoe had come with me for company, it was
amazing (even if a little uncomfortable) for the three of us to be on this
little bike going through the jungle, using the very narrow and muddy tracks.
It was surreal. Chiki was a brilliant driver, and took great care, trying to
not ruin our track traps, and avoiding muddy puddles and incoming branches. He
took us down the Brazil nut trail, which was the furthest trail that we had at
PIE, he carried on further down the trail that the workers take and stopped at
the end of the road, now we had to walk. Chiki was telling us all about the
different trees, and our surroundings. It was great to be out again, it made a
nice change from the lodge, and it was always great to learn a thing or two
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After a few minutes, my ankle was in so much
pain I couldn’t possibly go any further. So I sat and told Zoe and Chiki to
carry on and to meet me back here – I hated the though of stopping people do what they want to do just because of me and my lousy ankle, so I told them to keep going.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walked down the trail a little further once my ankle felt a little better from
rest. The trail turned into 5, and I had no idea which one they had gone down.
So I thought it would be a better idea if I just turned back and sat where they
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After around 30 minutes, I thought I could hear
a machete being used, and neither Zoe nor Chiki had one. Was I alone? Or was someone
else there. A slight panic started to rise in me. I tried to stay calm and
reassure myself that Chiki and Zo were on their way back. They’ll be here any
minute. That thought repeated through my head a thousand times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Every so often I would shout to them, to see if
they were anywhere near, I didn’t get a response. Another 15 minutes past, and
that fleeting panic came back even stronger this time. I would have to
rationalise the situation, and again, reassure myself that everything was fine.
But with every 10 minutes, I couldn’t help to revert back to panic mode. Every
possible situation had ran through my head; what if I went down the wrong trail
and they passed me without even knowing? What if they left without me? I could
never walk all the way back to camp with my foot! What if they’re lost? What if
something bad has happened? What if a Brazil nut worker finds me? What if a
jaguar finds me? (Although that last one, I definitely wouldn’t have minded). <i>What if, what if, what if.....</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It took a lot of self-control to not allow myself
to enter a complete state of panic and worry. I gave them a deadline. If they
weren’t here by 12:30pm, I would start walking back to camp. Did I know the way
back? No. But I’d have to put my Bear grills face on and get on with it.
Survive Ffion - I was very pleased at my sensibleness earlier that day that told me to take plenty of water and some crackers! I told myself I would make it, it will just take time and it’ll be painful.
But I assured myself I could do it. It felt like it took forever for the time
to pass - by now they had been gone for around an hour and a half - but eventually, it hit 12:30pm. There was no sign of them. I needed to
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I walked over to where the path split in all
different directions, I gave one last loud call from them. I waited. Nothing,
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As I was about to give up, and embark on the
almost impossible journey back to PIE, beast mode on, I hear something up in
the trees. I look up, and spot a squirrel monkey. I couldn’t believe that there
was one so close to me, I made sure to keep as still as possible to not disturb
him or scare him away. I watched in awe, and then another one appeared, and
another, and another! Before I knew it there was a handful of squirrel monkeys
above me, playing swinging on trees, jumping from one to another. It was
incredible! I kept observing, and more of them appeared, at one point I must
have counted around 9 or 10 of them, they do tend to travel and play in groups.
It was like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and they didn’t seem to mind me
being there, they were only a few metres away from me, and I made eye contact
with one, she looked at me, and with no concern whatsoever, she carried on
swinging on the branch. They had allowed me to become a part of their journey
through the jungle; I stood in complete peace, happiness. All the worry had
completely disappeared from my mind and body. I relaxed, for the first time in
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moving so slowly, and now I was having a moment with nature, time passed
quicker than ever. 15 minutes past in what felt like seconds. I heard some rustling, and so did the monkeys – they quickly
darted off into the distance away from the oncoming sound. It was Zoe and Chiki. Overwhelmed
with relief, and I’ve gotta be honest, I was angry too "you didn't think to come back sooner?!" </span>Zoe apologised, saying she had no idea how far Chiki was going to take her, and didn’t think to tell him to come back as I could be worried. Above all else though, I was glad to see them.
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the way back to camp, we saw some adorable
saddleback tamarin monkeys, who seemed curious and happy. I’ve been spoilt for
choice of monkeys today. As the gentle breeze cooled my hot face on the bike, I
closed my eyes and exhaled a breath of relief and happiness. Even though I had
just had possibly the most unnerving experience of my life, it in turn gave me
one of the best experiences I have had in the jungle – seeing all those
squirrel monkeys in their natural environment, playing, communicating, it was truly
incredible. It’s what it’s all about really. Why I’m here. To observe this
amazing life that these creatures deserve, and that every other species in the
jungle deserves – a happy, safe, environment, where they can thrive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And always take your camera, even when on a motorbike, a gopro won't do for monkeys. Rookie mistake. But it did allow me to fully enjoy the experience without worrying about shutter speed I needed... </span></i></div>
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Today all the guys here at Pie arranged to take the boat down to Lucerna,
which is a very small community just down the river (people here often go down
on a Sunday to play football/volleyball with them – Sunday Funday, as I’ve
mentioned before!). Luix, one of the coordinators is keen to engage with the
community there and especially the children. It was clearly very important to
him; working with local people could greatly improve not only the way that
people see the Amazon, but also the way that they treat the jungle too, so he
invited everyone from Fauna Forever to come and help with the kids. Last night
all the crew had a meeting explaining what was going to happen, and we were
asked to try and practice our Spanish so that we could interact as much as
possible with the kids – I sat from a distance watching the meeting go ahead,
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As predicted, I was still poorly with my foot this morning, and I knew
that I wouldn’t be able to go. I haven’t been able to do squat for days and I
still couldn’t walk well on my foot, so I just let things slip now and try not
to get upset about it. Just before leaving, Luix came up to me to ask if I was
going, which was a clear NO, unfortunately. But he insisted that Chiki would be
able to carry me to the boat and help me get around. Which again was a clear NO
from me – I really, really, didn’t want someone to have to suffer because of
me, the heat and humidity is enough let alone carrying a 57 kilo sack of
potatoes too! I started to feel a little overwhelmed because I really did want
to go, and I felt as if they thought I just wasn’t interested. For the first
time, my emotions got the better of me and I could no longer hold in my
frustration and sadness. Hayley and Katrin noticed, and assured me, along with
Luix, that it is perfectly acceptable to be helped, and that they wanted me to
come. I very soon caved in and allowed the guys to help me get there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It felt so good to be out of the camp, the wind on my skin and blowing
through my hair on the boat was just wonderful; I finally genuinely smiled to
myself for the first time in days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Unfortunately there was a bit of a mix up with the professor, and the
children weren’t actually in school this morning. Vladi, the chef at Pie,
managed to round up a few of the younger kids so that we could still do
something with them so it wasn’t a waste of a journey. The school at Puerto Lucerna
is a very simple wooden hut, it isn’t draped with maps and posters - it simply
accommodates a couple of benches, tables and a white board. The school is still
very young, a year old in fact, but the community itself is only young, they
settled there around five years ago. The coordinators are very interested in
helping develop the school and teach the children more about the animals and
plants that surround them, about sustainability, conservation and how they can
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Everyone from Fauna Forever introduced themselves to the children and
said a little about what they are doing; with my pretty bad broken Spanish I
said something along the lines of “My names Ffion, I’m a photographer and I
love animals”. By now I can understand some Spanish, read a fair bit, and speak
very little, but I’m trying. Juancarlos and Luix took charge of the class and
once we told them about what we did and the work that Fauna Forever aim to
achieve we played a game with the kids to fully engage with them. The game was
fun, perfect for the kids, you have to be deadly serious and keep a straight
face, while one player goes around pretending to be a cat, and the first one to
laugh at the ‘cat’ then has to take their turn to be the cat. It was so
wonderful to see the niños getting involved in the game and having fun – I
think that this is really what conservation needs; teaching young children how
important our forests, animals, and habitat is, they are the ones who hold the
future in their hands. With a lot of hard work, and maybe even some luck,
hopefully the next generation will have a better understanding of the
rainforest and have the knowledge to allow it to grow and thrive alongside them
without the need to destroy it for the rest of the worlds’ greed. <i>Now, who will teach the rest of the world to not be greedy?</i></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Once the game finished, we stopped off at the local shop for a few
essential supplies like beer, cigarettes and cookies. Yes, all those things are
essential, I can hear you tutting from here - you don't want to bump into an addict of cookies or cigarettes who hasn't had their daily dosage in the jungle, it's dangerous! Once our super important supplies
were bought, the guys went to play volleyball. Unfortunately I couldn’t take part
this time thanks to my shitty foot, but it was nice to have a cheeky cold beer
in the heat watching </span>them all getting sweaty.</div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the way back to Pie, we went down a small entrance off the river;
this is apparently where the guys here go fishing. Chiki is apparently an
excellent fisherman too, and it’s one of his favourite spots. There was a huge
tree fall in the middle of the stream/river, and we stopped here for a late
lunch that Vladi had prepared and packed earlier that morning. Everyone went off
exploring, and eventually ended up jumping into the river from the tree trunk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Even though I couldn’t really join in, and no matter how tempted I was,
jumping off trees and swimming probably wouldn’t have been the best idea for my
foot, so I was sensible and stayed on the boat. Pedro, the botanist, was kind
enough to bring back some leaflets and seeds to the boat to show me, I am
endlessly impressed with his knowledge, and the different smells and details
that seems so subtle to me, makes the world of difference to him. I was glad to
have his company while the others blissfully played.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The difference between the way I was feeling this morning, and now, are
like two polar-opposite worlds. Today would have been truly depressing being
totally alone in the lodge all day while the others were out. Luix, Chiki and everyone’s
kindness, yet again, has brought happiness and light through this cloud of
darkness that had overcome me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This is now my third day of sitting, in pain, and unable to do anything. The situation with my foot is now really starting to effect me. No longer can I keep saying "2 days max, and I'll be back out in the jungle", the seriousness of my injury is starting to sink in, </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">being stuck
for this long resting when I feel I should be out exploring and making the most
of my time here is starting to grind my gears. It’s funny how something seemingly so
small can have a chain reaction of effects not only physically but mentally
too. It's only one singly part of my body that is damaged, yet it has a detremental effect on almost everything I do; i</span>t’s frustrating that even just going to the bathroom or getting a cup of
tea is a hassle, and with everyone being down in the other camp does make being
at the lodge here pretty lonely. But the yoga guys leave tomorrow morning so
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I had a little moment of calmness today however, one of the guys brought a handmade spear onto camp, so Chiki and others were teaching me how to throw. There were a few of us who joined in, we took it in turns to throw, and people would go and fetch the spear for me to save me from hobbling around, it was fun to be able to join in, even if balancing on one foot while throwing has it's difficulties. It was actually surprising how good a few of us were, to begin with most of us were a mess, but by the end, we were throwing hard, hitting targets and almost looked as if we knew what we were doing! Getting praised by the experts is pretty cool (they most likely just felt sorry for me and wanted to cheer me up).</div>
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Unfortunately, boys will be boys, and they made the target harder and harder, they made a makeshift life size target out of large tree stumps - unfortunately it was unstable, and after a hard throw, it toppled over, landing on the spear and broke it. No more spear fun for us!</div>
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Paul, the guy leading the yoga group organised a boat to go to the local community today to get some supplies (mainly alcohol) for them to have a bit of a party on their last night. We ordered some in too and we're allowed to stay up at the lodge after dinner tonight. Maybe some rum will help ease my pain! </div>
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I'm told that certain leaflets and sap from a special tree has healing properties. Pedro, who
studies trees and plants, went out along with Hayley and Derio (an ex hunter, and jungle expert who is visiting Pie) to find
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Their efforts were a success and they brought back a few different plants
that apparently help to reduce swelling and have some healing properties for
the bone too. Chiki, one of the locals who work here also does a little
Doctroring on the side, apparently. He attended to my foot and reassured me it
wasn’t broken or dislocated, it was likely to be muscular; torn ligament, ripped tendon, or something of that sort. The tree sap that he had brought might not be as appropriate as it's meant to heal joints, but it will still help with the healing and swelling, he told me, so it's worth a shot. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He brought out a large leaf and a torn up old t
shirt with some powder on it, after massaging my foot for a while and trying to
locate where the pain/damage was he then started to mix in the sap of a tree in
with the powder before then evenly spreading it onto the rag. He then put it on my foot and
instructed me to not move for 20 minutes while it dries; this stuff was seriously sticky, we didn't want to spread it all around the room, so I remained as still as I could. I will keep this on my foot until it eventually falls off, I cannot get it wet (No showers!), and I just have to leave it alone and do its thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final steps of moulding the treatment onto the ankle</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was great to
experience a treatment that has been part of the amazons history and heritage for centuries. It's also great to have the experience and knowledge of the locals to attend to my
injury, they are very caring here - I cannot be more grateful to Chiki and the rest of the team here for being so wonderful. It’ll be interesting to see if it actually helps my ankle at all, the jungle
is so majestic and magical that I’d love to say that it helped heal me in my
time of need. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Even though I feel very useless and disconnected to the jungle right now, I do
hope that in some way this will not only help me with my recovery but also make
me feel part of my surroundings again... Here's to hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So, last night we
ended up having a campfire with the locals who work here at the biodiversity
station along with us ‘scientists’ (yoga people were out doing cool yoga things). We
had a couple of beers and Roy made a rum punch with some local fruit, which was
divine - it was Marcus’ last night in the jungle so we all wanted to give him a
little send off. The fire was a typical men’s fire, so much wood and gas that
it was blazing hot and hardly any of us could actually stand the heat coming
from it. The circle we had made around the fire was quickly dispersing, but we
had some nice conversation and time to just chill – even if it felt like we were in a volcano.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gonna miss your Marcus' big smile!</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Me and Hayley decided to go on a spy
mission to get some more beer from the kitchen, which was on yoga territory,
and they were back from their adventures by now. Our mission was successful - we upgraded to 'Super Spies' - we
got the beer, but in our haste to get out, and my lack of a headlight (so
that I didn’t draw attention to myself) meant that I missed one of the steps leaving the lodge and
completely twisted my foot in a catastrophic fall into the mud. And before you say anything, I had two cans of beer, two <i>little </i>cans of beer, oh, and a rum punch! </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I howled with
laughter over how ridiculous I must have looked, and at how much pain I was in. The Super spy badge was quickly removed from me, I must have woken everyone at the lodge. Hayley however, in complete super spy mode, came to my rescue, thinking I was ok from my hysteric laughing, but proceeded to helped me walk back to our
new camp. Things became apparent quite quickly that I had fucked my ankle up
pretty bad… I was sure I hadn’t broken it but it was not good. Thank
goodness I had some beer to numb the pain (used as an icepack, and medicinally, who knew beer could be so useful). We stayed up chatting for a couple
of hours and in that time my foot had completely swollen up and I could barely
make it to bed. It’s the closest I’ve come to praying in a while – not that it
would work – but my last thoughts before bed were “please don't let this ruin my
last month in the jungle… Please.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I woke up this morning, and I couldn’t even put my foot on the floor it was so painful. A
sudden rush of worry and sadness came over me. No way in hell am I not being
able to walk around and make the most of living out in the jungle. I held in my
need for the toilet for about 4 hours. A few of the gang were chatting outside the Platform when I finally had to raise my mosquito net from the intense heat it was creating in my little bed. Hayley was kind enough to ask if I wanted breakfast, "I don't want to say it out loud, but I genuinely can't walk, Hayley". As if someone muttering those words would make it an official problem. She insisted of bringing breakfast to me, her kindness was almost overwhelming, the pain certainly was. After eating, I couldn't hold it in any longer, I had to go to the toilet. Luix, one of the co
coordinators saw me struggling on the way so insisted on carrying me - this was potentially the most embarrassing 3 minutes ever, especially watching him now struggle. Am I really that heavy? <i>Shit! I need to lose some weight. Fast!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Luix was nice enough
to arrange for me to move back up to the lodge so that I am closer to the
facilities, and more importantly, so he was most likely to never have to carry me again. A few people helped carry my stuff back up to the lodge which was so lovely, Zoe
has also moved back into the lodge bedroom with me, so that I’m not a complete loner. The
kindness of people today has genuinely been overwhelming, it's nice to be reminded that there are such kind people in the world, it’s also nice to feel looked
after, even if I am stubborn and don’t like to ask. </span></div>
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So today, a new group with a different friend of Las Piedras, now known as the "yoga
people", will arrive at site. We’ve been told by one of the guys that’s helping
organise their stay that we basically have to disappear. They are coming for a tranquil zen stay, so having a bunch of unsocialised scientists isn't cool. We’ve been moved to a
small campsite (that the workers built just this week) not too far from the
lodge. We had to be packed and out of our rooms by mid morning so that there
was plenty of time to sort the place out before their arrival. We were told “You guys can’t
be here when they arrive”. So basically, fuck off and be invisible. I told him that my invisibility coat was still in the post, but I'll do my best. It hasn’t been so helpful that we’ve
been given wrong/differing information from different people - again, the difficulties with communications in the jungle showing it's face again. We were packed to
leave yesterday, then told we could have an extra night in the room as they
weren’t arriving til mid morning. We didn't complain, as this was great - we had one last sleep in
a room, but a little annoying as everything was now already packed, it was just
prolonging the situation. We all enjoyed the last of the freedom we had around
the lodge; making the most of tables, a roof, easy access to toilet/showers, the kitchen for tea, and a socialising
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hustle, bustle and stress from the whole thing, me, Zoe, Tom and Harry went with one of
the workers, Melo, to deliver a message for someone at Arcc. Arcc is another field site,
which is about a three and a half hour boat ride up river. A few tourists made
the journey a few days ago and were lucky enough to see a Jaguar on a beach on
the river bank, so we were keen to go check it out and see if luck was on our
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia butterfly that drinks salt from sweat, also decided to poo on me. Lovely. </td></tr>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We fell at the first hurdle; the boat we were travelling in had a motor
that sounded like a fucking chainsaw (a different boat to the one that the other tourists used the other day). It was SO loud, so unless there was a
deaf big cat out there that had no idea we were coming, we weren’t likely to
see one. And we didn’t. We did however see some tracks, which were most likely
a big cat. We couldn’t see the tracks well enough so couldn’t make out what
kind of mammal it was but it looked like it could have been a puma/jaguar track
– and they were so fresh, seems like this cat was unfortunately, not deaf. What
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where he was meant we hung around near the boat waiting for him, where there were
hungry sand flies and mosquitoes, so we all got bitten to shit. Sandflies are quickly becoming my #2 enemy after Mozzies. But, in return,
we were travelling back through dusk, and it was so beautiful. It felt like the
stress and frustration that’s been consuming us the last couple of days just
disappeared along with the sunset. I’ve never seen so many colours in one
sunset, purples, pinks, blues, yellows, oranges, and red. It was incredible. The sheer beauty of the rainforest never ceases to amaze me, it just reinforces the idea that we need to protect and preserve this incredible place. </div>
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was dark, and we still had to put sheets on our beds and hang up our mosquito
nets at the new campsite. This was harder than it felt it should be, but in the middle of the dark jungle, bugs everywhere, flying into your face thanks to the head light, ants and other bugs all over the bed, and trying to hang nets on sticks that were definitely not designed around mosquito nets - it was a challenge, I'll give ya that. It turns out that the yoga group didn't actually arrive in the morning, but they passed our campsite at around 8pm "glad we're not staying there", we giggled as we overheard one of them. "This'll be a fun few days" said a scientist! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Master of the machete, slave to the mosquito. </i></div>
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It feels a little
unsettling at camp at the moment. Something’s in the air and I can't put my finger on it. Some of the guys went
back to Puerto Maldonado today, but there was an issue with gas and they
weren’t sure how far the boat would actually get. We can only assume that they managed to sort everything and they got back to Puerto in good time. There’s a big lack of
communication here. Being in the jungle with no form of communication other than a radio that the staff operate - which sounds a lot more like aliens are trying to contacting us, the signal is obviously pretty dodgy - so communication between us and the real world is pretty challenging. It's like Chinese whisper, jungle style.</div>
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I was planning to go back
today to sort out some flight details and to speak to family but one of the
girls fell ill so she was supposed to go instead, so I mentally prepared to
stay here at Pie. Then this morning she felt better, so the space was there but
I had made arrangements here in the jungle and promised one of the guys that
I’d help him cut a new trail for his work, so I ended up staying. </div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Me, Brian, Tom and
Harry set off at around Noon to meet Henry at his new trail – I was told, in hindsight, that I should have read the signs that it wasn't going to be an easy day "you were going out with 4 guys, Ffion. Go figure!" It was lucky I did all that machete/zombie training the other day, I was prepared.</span></div>
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to get to the trail. We knew when we hit off trail, we had to pass through so
many swamps and huge tree trunks and rivers and just plain "bad" jungle, it was
an effort just to find Henry. "I think Henry is secretly super mario, how does he get over this shit" said Brian, "yeah, how the hell does he do this!" I thought, as I almost lost a boot in the river. </span></div>
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The two at the front cut the high branches and began the moulding of the trail (Brian and Henry),
third back (Tom) cut waist high and formed the width of the trail, and then the two
in the back (me and Harry) had to clear the whole bottom of trail and get any big
tree stumps out the ground and form a more finished clean trail that was safe-ish. We were doing
this for about 4 or 5 hours with just water breaks to keep us hydrated in the
blazing heat. I can honestly say I have never, ever been that drenched, and I’m
not talking about swamp wet here, I was sweating like tomorrow was
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I was even sweating off my insect repellent, which wasn’t great when we were
surrounded by swarms of hundreds if not thousands of mosquitoes. All of a sudden Harry smacked me in the face, "What the hell are you doing?!", "There was a mozzie on your nose, I got it though." Thanks Harry. (I still had a big red spot form her though, those things are sneaky!)</div>
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We were also
attacked by fire ants, I now understand fully where they got their name from,
my god do they burn. One fell down my top and bit my right under my boob and
another behind my ear, the little shits! Harry and Tom were also attacked by them, by now the heat and vicious wildlife were starting to take their toll on us. Harry also managed to hit himself in the shin with his machete, I played mum and addressed to his wound even though he protested. Going back into a swamp with a deep fresh wound isn't something I wanted him to do. So he had no choice. Iodine and a bandage sorted it out, but his once fresh white socks, had a telling horror story now covered in blood. </div>
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By the time we got back it was dark and almost time for dinner, a quick yoga session and a cold shower before food was very welcomed. I'll be sore tomorrow...</div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Rain, machetes and caimans. What more could a girl want?</span></h4>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Rain. Rain. Rain. </span>It’s
been raining here all morning, which means that it’s not a good idea to go out.
The jungle reacts so much to weather, that when it’s raining and windy it makes
going out potentially dangerous. Trees can fall, rivers get high and conditions
are unpredictable. Just the other day there was a fresh tree fall on one of the
trails, it was lucky that no one was out at that time, but it just shows how
much the conditions here effect the jungle – so staying away when it’s stormy
is a wise idea.</div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">By the afternoon the
weather cleared up, so Zoe and I helped out the herp team to cut a new trail
where they heard some frogs the night before. The herp team usually go out at
night, so listening as well as using their torches is key to finding frogs, snakes
etc. They heard some noises in a swamp nearby a trail, so we just cut a new
short trail that went through the swamp so they could get closer to that site
the next time they go out at night. It was the first time I’ve used a machete
properly. I’ll be honest, I did feel a slight connection to Michonne from the
walking dead; pretending that tree stumps were zombies and that I was in
imminent danger from the swarm of zombies, which were just twigs and vines that surrounded me (I was probably in more danger due to my over-enthusiastic swinging of the machete than anything else...</span>). That’s all I need now to complete the look is a serious tan
and some rippling muscles and badass hair. One day, one day... Sigh.</div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After dinner we went out caiman spotting with a few new volunteers on the boat with coordinator Luix. It was only a short boat run
but we saw a young caiman that wasn’t even a foot long. Luix ran into the
water to try and catch it but it was too quick and got away. I admired Louix' instant reaction, which was to jump into the water, this definitely isn't the first time he's done that, I thought. Myself and everyone on the boat just stared in amusement at the fully clothed and drenched Luix, who was empty handed. Internally I think we all thought "that's fucking brave", caimans can mean serious business if they want to fight you, it was almost a relief that it swam away. The new guys, who were only in the jungle for a couple of days, must have thought we were all insane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><i>Wait, maybe we are?</i></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This isn’t a place where
you can be selfish. You have to share everything with the selva. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You share a room with not
just a roommate, but spiders, mosquitoes, cockroaches, you share your food with
friends and flies, the kitchen with bats and rats, your showers with spiders
and frogs, and ditto with the loo too. You also have to share your body; I
currently have a fly on my foot and a friendly looking long legged spider on my
arm, about 20 mosquito bites on my left shoulder/arm alone and sand fly bites
on my hands and forearms. Wasps are a big fan of me too. I'm told I have sweet blood. I personally think they all just see me as an easy target.</span></div>
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My body is no longer mine, I’m sharing it with the jungle, it's about as intimate as it gets, but as long as I don’t inhabit any parasites then I’m happy!</div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Today has been spent relaxing around the camp, playing an awful (but secretly quite fun) game called Catan, with a few of the guys. I stayed in bed ‘til
8am this morning, what a lazy shit I am! But I guessed I deserved it after
realising I haven’t actually slept much since Grand Cayman, and tonight I will
be going out on a night trail with coordinator Brian and a few of the
volunteers. Last night they brought back the most tame snake and a friendly frog (pics below). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(Oh, just caught a fly in my eyelashes, what’s
next I wonder…)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some new people joined
the camp today, some that have been here before and others who have not, so
it’ll be great to get to know them too and to expand the team – it’s really interesting to
hear what people are up to and what projects they’re doing, it’s great content for
my internship too. I feel like I've already made some great friends from people all over the world, so the more the merrier, I say. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(Oh, and now a butterfly on my leg!)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Also, today the boat
came with some supplies as well as volunteers, and Bloody (Vladmir - the chef) ordered me in a big tub of
peanut butter after finding out I loved it (anyone who knows me will understand
how much of a big deal this is!). What a guy! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Day 5<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another 5am wake up.
This morning it was for the bird team though, I was told that there’s a lot of
sitting involved, I won’t lie that it was a bit of a relief. After a short walk
we got to the bird traps, a loose black net like trap that captures low flying
birds. Once all three are set up we wait for a short period of time and then go
to check them to see if any birds have been caught. It was a pretty successful
morning; we caught many different birds, identified them, studied them, tagged
them and then let them free. Louis, the bird coordinator showed me how to get
the bird safely from the net and back to our site location out in the jungle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Zoe and Louis would go
to one location, Pedro and I went to the other, and we meet back with our newly
captured birds. Both Zoe and I caught and secured our own birds for the first
time ever. Which is awesome. It was great to be so up close to the birds and to
see them more intimately.</span></div>
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It was a successful morning for us and it was a change from hiking around looking for mammals, this morning, in my opinion was a lot more hands on and I felt I learnt a lot (but then I didn’t know much to begin with!). We came back around 10am for a late breakfast and to have to little time to relax on the hammocks. We had some crazy weather today too, there was thunder like I’ve never heard before, the
whole camp was shaking and the sky was roaring. It was so beautiful in the
morning, the weather can change so rapidly here, one minute it’s sunny and
clear, and before you know it there’s a downpour. And it’s supposedly the dry
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We had another evening
of dinner by candlelight and played some cards. I was able to stay up a bit
longer as I knew I didn’t have a ridiculously early morning ahead of me, so a
few of us stayed up and discussed life, love, religion, and finally, buffy the vampire
slayer, and stayed up ‘til the wee hours of the, errr, night, which was 11:30pm,
which honest to goodness is late when the sun sets at 5:45pm and everyone
crashes at 9pm!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">5am alarm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was painful. The only reason I’ll
awake early (before noon) on a Sunday is at the potential chance to see some
wild mammals in the jungle. I went along the PC loop trail with Juancarlos and
Corrie again (not so sure what’s so politically correct about it, but I went
along with it). It was a pretty chilled walk as we wanted to be pretty slow and
quiet so that we could look out for animals. Juan pretty quickly spotted some
movement up in the canapés, it was a couple of squirrels. Further down
the trail we saw some monkeys howler monkeys, it was pretty awesome to see them out in
the wild, but of course they had to be in a tree that was rooted in a swamp,
and of course I had to have the wellies with a gaping hole in them - squelch, that's
my word of the day. It was really difficult to get a picture of the monkeys, they were
so high in the canapé and with the morning sunrise brightening the sky and
being in the darkness of the jungle it felt almost impossible to get a decent
picture. However, I did get a picture of the monkeys tail. SCORE! We then
spotted a deer and I got a kick ass picture of its butt - Second word of the
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trip has to be the fact that Corrie spotted a puma track. It was so fresh, it
was amazing to think that just a few hours ago there was a puma walking in the
exact spot that I was walking. We took som measurements and pictures of the paw
print and noted were it was sighted so that we could determine weather it was
worth putting a camera trap in that area. A little further down he trail I
spotted another puma track, this time, a very small one. The puma had a baby
puma with her! Excitement filled me at the thought of the two of them roaming
around the jungle. It would make my year if I was to spot a wild puma, but it
was great enough to know that they are here, within walking distance of me, and
there’s some cub pumas trotting about too. Fucking awesome! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for a couple of hours. Sundays here are usually a day where the
volunteers/workers can chill and have a bit of a rest. They also often go down
to the local community – which is a 30-45 min boat ride down the river – to
play football/volleyball with the locals. Me, Zoe a few of the other guys and
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guys who were crazy enough to play football in the immense heat, and cheered
them on. It was amazing though, between the first and last game the weather had
completely changed, blazing sun to cloudy and raining, to mild and sticky. The
weather here is so intense, but I still can’t get over how quick changing it
is. Once they finished football we decided that buying a beer from the local
‘shop’ was a good idea – it was indeed a great idea. Pedro, Tom Zoe and I were
roped into playing volleyball. We had a blast playing (and losing miserably)
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was a bit of a rush to get back to boat as the sun was starting to set. The trip back was epic. I usually hate that word, but I am using it in its most sincere meaning. The sunset was magical, it was so bright and powerful that we were all in awe. The clouds started to gather on the way and I could see mist in the far distance of the river. This mist was rain, and I mean, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>rain</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was getting darker and darker and the rain was hitting us hard. We were using life jackets to cover ourselves but I was far too excited, I pushed my camera to the limit and when I thought that was too much, I had my GOPRO. I love weather. No, I really fucking LOVE weather.</span></span><br />
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our port, it was dark, wet and the steep hill to get to the top was slippery
and unforgiving. I didn’t have my torch on my (well actually I did, but I put
it in a silly pocket and didn’t realise, so I fully believed I didn’t, Zoe did
the same thing - we’re such twats!) Pedro also didn’t have one, so we just went
for it and paced through the jungle with no light, and with the rain beating
down on us. It was so exhilarating. We got back to camp safely, we were all
hot, sweaty and soaking wet so we all went for our freezing cold shower to cool
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I love the evenings
here, as it’s so peaceful and tranquil. The sound of the jungle is constant and
comforting, while the candles at the table make a perfect evening ambience. Me
and Pedro did some stretching/yoga in the communal area after a long day to
unwind before we sat for dinner. We all have eat together, with the just the two
candles to light us up. We all get along together so well that conversation is
always flowing we’re always laughing. There is something really special about
being here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First day waking up in
the jungle, I slept quite well considering the almost deafening noise of the crickets,
monkeys, birds and all the other wildlife, but I found it quite relaxing to
hear the outside noise while I was safe under my mosquito net. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I woke up about 7am
ready for breakfast, which was a huge bowl of chocolate oats, boiled eggs and
more bread than you can shake a stick at, but I made myself eat as I knew I
would be hungry while trekking so I filled up. Me, Corrie and Juancarlos, the
Mammal coordinator, went for a mid morning trek along the river trail towards
the waterfall, it was too late in the day to see any mammals, but we saw some
spiders and insects, lots of butterflies, fungi, a couple of bats and birds, and some cat tracks - which was awesome. We think it was an Ocelot track, and it seemed pretty fresh. It's known that the cats do use the bridges and trails than man has made, it's so amazing to think that I'm walking in the same paw steps as these amazing cats. At the end of the trail we had the satisfaction of sitting on the top of the beautiful and serene
waterfall. I could have stayed there all day. Before I leave I have to go back and just sit there for the day, it's so peaceful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to camp along the waterfall trail and were yet again, greeted by lunch (I love
that this is becoming a thing!). The rain came in the afternoon, most people
were out on field so it was peaceful at camp and the smell of the rain was
wonderful, and the gentle breeze that came with it was even more welcomed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So I spent the afternoon rummaging through pictures, drinking tea, and slapping myself every once in a while to see if I'm actually just dreaming that I'm in the Amazon or not. It seems that I am most definitely awake and alive in the jungle. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tired eyes and sleepy
mind awoke early today for the early morning trip to the jungle where Pie camp
is. We all packed what we needed for the trip and got ourselves prepared with a
big breakfast and water on hand. Our ride came at half 9 to load our stuff, the
car journey took us around 3 hours, the roads were great and then the final
road to the port was slow, bumpy, wet, and then very bumpy, and then very wet. We had
to get out of the car in preparation to push the car out of the water, luckily
we didn’t have to, but we did get pretty muddy in the process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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port at Lucerna, we got on the boat for the final let of the
journey to the Pie. The boat trip lasted about 45 minutes, and we pulled up
just after a waterfall, Zoe told us, “Oh, that’s where we’re getting dropped
off!” My immediate reply was, “fuck off, really?!”. She was pointing towards a
steep, muddy cliff (at this time it was also raining), this was going to be fun
with all our heavy bags, I though. We managed to clumber up, we got super
soaked (and I’m not talking about the rain this time!) the humidity here is
pretty brutal, it seems that just breathing makes you sweat, but hey, I was
embracing the hot, red, wet look. Sexy. The site was another 500m ish away, up
hill. This wouldn’t be a problem but after 5 hours of travelling, no food since
8am and with the intense weather, it felt like I was climbing a mountain. When
we arrived at camp it was like something out of a fairy tale, the huts here are
super cool, and there is no electricity other than a small generator that goes on for a couple of hours a day for laptop
chargers etc, and there are hammocks to chill out on and a great open space for
all us interns/volunteers/coordinators to relax and socialise. I was even
happier to be greeted by food. I almost shed a tear with happiness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The sun sets here at
about 6pm, we got out a few candles to eat dinner with and then played some
cards, Ass Hole, to be more specific. I was pretty tired at 7pm, I’d like to
say that the 23 hours of travelling got to me but I’m not sure I can blame the
lack of sleep. I was ready for bed when I saw thunder across the canapés of the
jungle, holy shit I was excited! The storm was moving really fast and before I
knew it, it was behind me, I looked out and I suddenly saw the night sky – why
did it take me so long to look up – I was amazed to
see the amazing, cloudless, southern sky, and what a sight it was. For the
first time EVER in real life I saw the Milky Way galaxy, suddenly the
exhaustion left me and I was running to get my camera. I didn’t bring my
beastly tripod but Zoe luckily had one, so we, along with Corrie, stood out
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A few distant lightning sparks filled the night sky, along
with a couple of comets </span>and of course, that beautiful milky way. My heart felt
full. Happiness overwhelmed me. I like the jungle.</div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I arrived in Peru slightly
later than expected, thanks to a crazy lady in Lima who missed her plane to
Cusco who then proceeded to run out the gate without permission and then, once
that plan failed, she tried to hijack our plane – how was she not arrested?! There
I was thinking I had to be on my best behaviour in Peru… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arrived, Dave from Fauna Forever came to meet me at the airport; the house was
only 10 minutes away he told me. I arrived to be greeted by the 10 other
housemates. I was given some time to settle in and was then told that I will
only be there for one night as I would be heading out to the jungle tomorrow –
a bit of a shock to me I thought I would mainly be in the house as my position
is social media/marketing intern as it has internet there and not in the
jungle, but hell it was good news for me! So I had a shower just in time for
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for lunch, the restaurant was really sweet, and had some great looking food as
well as some awesome homemade lemonade and fresh juice. I got to know the
housemates/volunteers a little better. Afterwards we went to the local blue market by
scooter taxi to pick up some last minute bits to go into the jungle with. My
first sightings of Peru were pretty much what I expected, scooters everywhere
with a huge lack of health and safety, seeing a man riding on the back of the
scooted dragging a machete along the road confirmed this fact for me, busy
streets full of people and markets full of food and colour, stray cats and dogs
everywhere you turn – full of character, basically. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have been volunteering with <a href="http://wearecardiff.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Are Cardiff</a> (Wales' best blog of the year 2012 I'll have you know) for, well I don't remember; is it two or three years? Or is it four? Either way, that project and the people involved are like my family. I love to hate them. Joking. I hate to love them. Kidding again! I just love them! </div>
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The We Are Cardiff Film has been in the making for around 18 months now and is coming to an end, and what a way to end it than having a premier showing of the film at Chapter Arts on the 7th of July, 2013. The film will start at 12:30pm at a fantastic price of £6, you will also find tea and cake there (and a bar for you hardcore sunday-funday people). What's not to love?!</div>
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So, I'm having quite a hectic week. I only have another few weeks left of uni, and then the graduate exhibition in June, so the reality of actually finishing now is well and truly HERE.</div>
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On Monday I did one of my final shoots in the studio, doing something a little out of my comfort zone - working with video to make a short film to accompany my final images for my FMP. It was really fun, and can't wait to get editing the footage, even though I am a complete noob, you gotta learn these things at some point though, right?</div>
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I can't help but to drool over these images, they are just so luscious and, well lush! Infrared images give this image its striking pink colours which lets face it, even the XY's amongst us would love this to be real. Maybe it's the fantasy of these images which make them so exotic and beautiful, making something we know so well- something we might consider mundane - to become magical and fantastical. I stamp my approval all over it. </div>
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This month we had one good day of unexpected sunshine. Living so near to the Brecon Beacons is such a wonderful thing, takes such little planning and time to go and see some of the most beautiful scenery the earth has to offer. So at any opportunity I like to take advantage of my surroundings! </div>
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I've been neglecting this blog a bit recently. I know, I'm full of neglect and excuses. This time though, it isn't the dreaded dissertation that's been distracting me, but, a brand new spanking website that I'm working on.</div>
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I'm often asked "why are you a feminist when you live in Britain, surely there's no need?" or "feminism is dead, why do you bother?". It is because of these comments that I AM a feminist. We have driven forward massively in the UK in terms of female rights, we can thank the suffragettes for that. I'm lucky that I am in control of my body, I've had great opportunities to study and work, and my dreams are not shattered just because I am a girl. Hurrah! I have however, been subjected to sexual harassment, undermined by men, and witness men objectifying women on a daily basis. These are minor issues compared to the suffering of other women in the world, but it does show that the UK is not as progressed as some people might imagine. </div>
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The quote above by Lorde is the best explanation of how I feel. Because I am privileged and have been able to get an education, I am able to stand up for other women who haven't been able to have the same. Maybe just writing a little blog, or getting riled up on social media is not enough, but it's better than nothing. I hope one day that I, along with other awesome women, can make a real difference, like UN Women do throughout the year to support and help change the worlds perception on women.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821502315245252073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745924461763117275.post-52211670796555439722013-03-07T05:09:00.000-08:002013-03-07T05:10:54.376-08:002013.10<a href="http://www.sarahmaple.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Maple</a><br />
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This week I want to show you something from Sarah Maple. She's an amazing young artist working with painting and photography and even some guerilla style political stuffs. She's so cool.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Image © Sarah Maple</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821502315245252073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745924461763117275.post-31449906390357397002013-03-04T06:45:00.000-08:002013-03-04T06:45:00.622-08:0099% Nothing Taster<div style="text-align: center;">
Dip your tongue into this. Or don't actually, you don't want your screen all wet and smudgy. </div>
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Anyway, I thought it was about time you all got a little teaser of my latest project. I've been working on it for a couple of months now, and have an exhibition in London in the summer to show it all off - I'm sure I'll update you about that nearer the time. </div>
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So, here it is, <i>99% Nothing</i>.</div>
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That's all I'm giving you folks, I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821502315245252073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745924461763117275.post-34129033521510633412013-02-28T08:44:00.002-08:002013-02-28T08:55:38.372-08:00Dissertation Done! Dun, dun dun... I have been waiting for this day for a while. Indeed, today was the deadline for the Dissertation.<br />
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I think I'm one of very few people who actually almost enjoyed writing a dissertation. It's called '<i>A voice for the Voiceless: Art, controversy and the Muslim woman</i>'. It is on a subject that I feel really strongly about, and much to my surprise, I'm still not bored or fed up about the subject. I guess you can't tame a feminist ey? </div>
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Here's a sneak peak inside of my book. I bet you're all so desperate to get hold of it, aren't you?! I also have to give a huge thank you to Sarah Maple who was lovely enough to do an interview with me for my work, she will be appearing in my Ffoto of the Week very soon! She's ace. </div>
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Anyway, here's us celebrating the end of the dissertation era and making the most of the last very short time we have left in uni. BEER. </div>
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I also bought myself a cat mug as a treat. Oh yeaaaaah. </div>
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<i>While drinking some tea from my awesome mug, I just found myself mindlessly watching escape to the country. What's wrong with me?! My brain cells obviously need a rest after all that thunking I done. </i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821502315245252073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745924461763117275.post-14578714922929840402013-02-27T05:36:00.000-08:002013-02-27T05:36:57.213-08:00Pinterest NewbiePinterest. Something that I have avoided like the plague while doing my dissertation, as I knew for a fact that I would instantly become addicted and not get any work done, ever.<br />
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I have today however taken the plunge and made an account. I am a super newbie, but look forward to getting into it.<br />
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You can find me on there here - <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/ffitography">www.pinterest.com/ffitography</a></div>
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