Tag: Yuqui Contact
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Wilderness Wanderings
Late in the day, we made camp on the bank of a little swamp. As we built a fire to cook rice for our supper, a tapir walked across the road on the other side of the water. Its meat added to our diet would have tasted good, but we had no way to preserve…
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If A Tree Falls In The Jungle, And . . .
Sometime in the night, I was still reading by flashlight when I was startled by the mighty rushing sound of a large tree falling close by, maybe on top of us! It was dark and I couldn’t see anything in the blackness outside. I felt trapped by my mosquito net and helpless to run. It…
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Sunday Mornin’ Rain Comin’ Down
The rain kept us under the thatched roof most of the day. There wasn’t much for us to do except feed mosquitos; Against our will, of course! My reading and writing were interrupted time and again by the blood suckers landing on my jeans, shirt sleeve, on my exposed skin, or buzzing around my head.…
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Death Like A Shadow
When trying to befriend savage Indians one can’t help but think about death. I did not fear death so much, but the pain of dying worried me. I did not like pain and the thought of dying stuck full of arrows or hacked up with machetes was unpleasant. However, I would rather cross Jordan shot full…
Writings By Phil 