Tag: wildlife
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Just Dropping In!
Sept 6, 1978 A mission organization from Switzerland, called Helimission, arrived in Bolivia a few months before. Its purpose was to use their helicopter to do mission and humanitarian work. It was a perfect fit in our quest to find the illusive jungle nomads called the Yuqui. No airstrips were needed. We could be let…
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Well, Slither Me Timbers
Near the mouth of the river, the waters of the Rio Hediondo backed up into the surrounding jungle. There was a big pool of swamp-looking water off to our left. In the middle of it was a fallen tree with branches stretched heavenward as if beseeching a greater power to pull it from its watery…
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Kitty, Kitty, Nice Kitty!
Dun was the first to spot a large jaguar, standing in the open, on the trunk of a big tree that was toppled and swallowed by the river months before. When the tree fell, the angry waters had stripped all the leaves and bark from the trunk and branches. The weathered grey color of the…
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A Hunting We Will Go
Tibaquite abandoned his long bow, but retained one arrow. Running along side an adult peccary, he thrust the pig through with his arrow, wielding it like a spear. He pulled it out, leaving the animal mortally wounded, caught up to a younger one and stabbed it through. With two down, he still did not stop,…
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And Solitaire’s The Only Game In Town. . .
I did not know where communication broke down, but our best laid plans went quickly up in smoke! All our smog making stuff was thrown on the fire prematurely. There was lots of black pollution spiraling upwards, but the plane was still too far away for the pilot to see it. We kept the fires…
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Snake In The Grass
Later in the morning, I was writing letters at our crude table when I heard the rustle of leaves. Something was making quite a stir in the weeds in front of me. All of a sudden a little frog broke clear from the grass and started making tracks towards me. Had it not been sprinkling…
Writings By Phil 