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Explorers! We have confirmed an expedition to the Matses people. We would start on August 7th.<br />
If you are interested, please email us until July 2018: <a href="mailto:info@amazonexplorer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">info@amazonexplorer.com</a><br />
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Territory of the mysterious tribe of the Feline, "The Matses” is considered one of the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest. Little exploration has been done and is inaccessible for most tourists.<br />
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The Matses belong to the Pano linguistic family, like Matis ethnicities, and Korubos Marubos among others.<br />
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In the 1970's the Matses changed their mode of semi-nomadic life to live in permanent communities. The Matsés territory is located in the region bounded by the rivers of Yavari (Javari in Portuguese), and Galvez Chobayacu Peru's border with Brazil.<br />
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Currently their communities are located deep in the Amazon jungle of northeastern Peruvian border with Brazil. Still retain their primitive culture, are expert hunters and gatherers whose ability to survive depends on their physical skills and knowledge of the jungle. Your belief system is tied to nature, plants and animals have a very important relationship with their spiritual world.<br />
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Amazon Explorerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091796530857933159noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715698017477726512.post-78673992835150695432017-06-08T23:40:00.001-05:002017-06-08T23:43:44.160-05:00Upon Amazon’s Current: Disease, Drug Cartels and the Challenges of Exploration with Adventurer Marcin Gienieczko<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="color: #999999;">Marcin Gienieczko, a Polish explorer that made a Jungle Survival Training Course with <a href="http://www.amazonexplorer.com/" target="_blank">Amazon Explorer</a> in Iquitos, Peru, before the crossing along the Amazon River.</span></i></b></h3>
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<b><i>By: <u>Adam Zmarzlinski (Poland)</u></i></b><br />
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While on his 6,800-kilometer (4,225 mile) journey down the Amazon River, he maintained constant contact with family, focused on overcoming the struggles associated with the force of nature that is the largest river in the world, and above all else, kept—as well as he could—sane while encountering disease, fickle weather and gun barrels pointed at his face. I sat down with Marcin to understand what it takes to challenge a force of nature and win.<br />
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The idea for his 2015 adventure, which took him from San Antonio District, Peru to the Bay of Baia de Marajo off the Brazilian coast, came to him while on an expedition through the Yukon River in Alaska and Northwestern Canada. “No one’s taken on the Amazon via canoe before,” he explained. “It appealed to me. In my youth, I hoped to undertake the challenge of the Congo River in Africa. Unfortunately, war broke out in that inflamed part of the world between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes.” Traveling the depths of the Congo, and the borders of Rwanda and Burundi, was too dangerous. “So I settled on the Amazon,” he exclaimed with a smile.<br />
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Beside the Yukon, Marcin had a lifetime-worth of adventures under his belt: canoeing the rivers Mackenzie, Lena, Vistula and the Baltic Sea from Bornholm, Denmark to Darlowo, Poland. He rode the northern regions of Mongolia on horseback during an expedition to reach the Tsataan tribe, one of the last remaining native tribes of Mongolia. Traveling through Tibet on foot and ski along the Kolyma River, he felt the cold of negative 53 °C (-63 °F) nip at his face. Traveling with the Polish Press Corp through China, he aided with research on the Shaolin monastery. During his stay, he learned kung-fu and studied Zen philosophy. He acted as camp photographer for US-Canadian expedition that ventured along the north-east ridge of Mt. Everest. His life is a kaleidoscope of adventure, but as he says, “None were as challenging as the Amazon. None.”<br />
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<b><u><i>“The first person who beat the entire Amazon alone was a Swiss, Mike Horn</i></u></b>, a legend of exploration,” Marcin began. “He’s one of my heroes. I studied Mike’s trip along with that of Ed Stafford—an Englishman, who was the first person to walk the length of the Amazon. It was important for planning. I had to understand what I was getting into before I began. In 2011, two Polish kayakers were murdered on the Ucayali part of the river. Another Pole, Alexander Doba, was attacked twice. A South African was shot; thankfully he was found before he bleed out. I studied these tragedies, but as is often the case, you can’t plan true adventures.”<br />
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Marcin began his journey on May 17th 2015 in Peru. First, he cycled 670 km (416 miles) through the Andes at the height of 4,700 m (15,420 feet) reaching the village of San Francisco. From June 30th until September 1st, the Amazon River was his home. The last part of his journey began in the town of Belem, Brazil and, after an 80 km (50 miles) run, ended on the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. In sum, Marcin’s journey took 111 days. His whole route can be explored at the his Polish-language <a href="http://www.soloamazon.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solo Amazon site</a>.<br />
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“The stake is not only the fight against a powerful river, a tropical climate, violent storms, but also illness, interpersonal conflicts, dangerous snakes and insects,” Marcin explained. “Before the journey, I had to take the appropriate vaccinations at the Institute of Tropical Diseases, regularly did stamina training to adjust my body to the harsh conditions. I’m a triathlon participant, so I’ve got a higher physical stress level than most. And while the physical aspect of it is hard, the reality is that the mental aspect of the adventure is much more demanding. Mental strength is a struggle. In the town of Tabatinga, I burst and broke down but I had no other choice, and pulled myself together. The beginning was the worst, but with each meter of the river conquered, my perseverance increased.”<br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqeBjzJxsk8/WTokJxrGEDI/AAAAAAAAFCQ/FIn2OrJEhwAZPawFiR0uy0RIIcHPbD2TwCLcB/s1600/skan%2Bguinnesa%2BBrazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Guinness World Records certificate for Marcin, who trained with Amazon Explorer in Iquitos, Peru" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1132" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqeBjzJxsk8/WTokJxrGEDI/AAAAAAAAFCQ/FIn2OrJEhwAZPawFiR0uy0RIIcHPbD2TwCLcB/s400/skan%2Bguinnesa%2BBrazil.jpg" title="" width="282" /></a>Wildlife bloomed in the jungle. Often the animals were impartial to Marcin, but on a few occasions curiosity got the best of them. “Twice, a snake fell from the Brazilian trees and into the canoe. Several times snakes slithered into the tent and I was quick to show them the exit. I heard distant monkey howls and the roar of the jaguar, but nothing more. However, somewhere around the town of Orellana a boil appeared on my neck. After two days, it turned into a big lump the size of a fist. I couldn’t move my neck, couldn’t survey the river.<br />
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“I contacted Dr. Leszek Mayer—who kept me healthy, supplied me with the malaria tablets and vitamins, which I took every day—of the Institute of Tropical Diseases in Gdynia via my satellite phone. I explain what had happen and he diagnose that it was either an infected mosquito bite or my body reacting to a mosquito toxin that it never encountered. He prescribed some antibiotics, which I bought at the first town that I found with a pharmacist.”<br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4DCauOHapro/WTojzP3-FGI/AAAAAAAAFCI/S1DJmg2TS0o-r50IjXvNdntSCjjvGiKcwCLcB/s1600/pismo%2Batalaya%2Bstart%2Bwyprawy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1164" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4DCauOHapro/WTojzP3-FGI/AAAAAAAAFCI/S1DJmg2TS0o-r50IjXvNdntSCjjvGiKcwCLcB/s320/pismo%2Batalaya%2Bstart%2Bwyprawy.jpg" width="232" /></a>Each day began at 6 AM and, depending on the weather, at around 5 PM Marcin scanned for a safe place to camp, rest and eat.<br />
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“I was afraid that they might murder me in the night,” he said stoically. “Where I had to cross through is very dangerous. This area is in the middle of the VRAEM (Valle del Rio Apurimac, Ene y Mantaro) region—the Valley of the Three Rivers: Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro. It’s dangerous for many reasons: cocaine trafficking and the remnants of the communist terrorist group, the Shining Path, hide out there. They’re the most dangerous because they kidnap people for ransom or kill without any compunction. In addition to their political considerations, they cooperate with the drug cartels, using violent methods to spread fear throughout the region, which gives the cartels a greater freedom of action. The Shining Path act as hired guns, making their living that way.<br />
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“Gadiel Sanhez Rivera accompanied me through the drug traffickers lands,” Marcin recalled. “He’s a mestizo Peruvian, medium height, broad shoulders. Once a drug courier but he quit because he wanted to keep on living. He was a great asset, knowing the land, the customs and most important, the language of the Asheninka Indians. He walked on foot along the banks of the Amazon River with Ed Stafford and helped him logistically.<br />
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“We reached the Pongo, whose rock walls narrowed into the Ene river. The natives call this place ‘The Passage of the Seven Devils’ because of the seven giant craters. Without paddling, the canoe flowed at about 11 km/hour. The river began to undulate and surge. It was there that natives shot at us. In Europe, strangers approach each other with a sort of cautious optimism. In South America, they takes care of such things very differently—if you don’t stop, they shoot.<br />
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“The river flowed faster and faster,” Marcin continued. “Suddenly, I heard a shot and turned toward Gadiel. Another shot. ‘Gringo, gringo!’ someone shouted from the clay slopes, waving his hands. ‘Not good. Ashaninka,’ Gadiel said terrified. We tried to turn back but the rapids hijacked the kayak. Again, someone shot in our direction. I heard the swish of the bullets near the canoe. Men appeared out of the thicket and steered their motorized boat toward us. ‘Come out!’ they shouted in Spanish. Their faces were painted red, three lines on both cheeks: a jaguar’s mustache. ‘These are the aggressive ones, warriors,’ Gadiel said in a low voice.<br />
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“They steered their boat up to us, guns raised, and pointed for us to move toward the shore. We did and continued on, showing them our equipment. ‘You’ve got drugs?’ they asked. ‘No, we don’t,’ Gadiel answered. They thought we were cocaine trafficker, so the distance three shots—one warning and two at the canoe, weren’t senseless; the Ashaninka had their reasons to do so.<br />
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“Who are you? What are you doing here? This area is Ashaninka,’ they asked, their rifles aimed at us. ‘Here are our documents from the President of the region,’ my companion showed them but they looked at the papers with agitation and confusion. They didn’t know how to read Spanish. ‘Do you have any gifts?’ they asked. Gadiel gave them some of our freeze-dried food and I produced a Swiss Army knife and a small flashlight headlamp for their chief, who examined our faces. He looked me in the eyes, ‘You have five hours to leave our region.’ We rowed away and as we disappeared around the bend of the river, someone gave another shot upwards.<br />
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“Fortunately no one was hurt,” Marcin concluded. “When I recall the story, it may seem a great experience in the style of James Bond, but truly, it wasn’t. In fact, it was a very extreme situation. Too much tension, too much adrenalin.”<br />
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But not all encounters were as tension filled, Marcin recalls the friendliness of the people of Atalaya, a shore side town where he officially began his kayaking journey: “The people were very friendly. I had a meeting with the town’s mayor. Because of an earlier murder of two Poles in the region, they wanted to help me a lot. Canoeists Celina and Radoslaw Frackiewicz were murdered in connection with the local cult of Pelacary. The native tribes thought the white foreigners abduct their children. Their bodies were never found and two murderers are still hiding in the jungle. They mayor informed me that they’ve been drawn into the ranks of cocaine traffickers, where they’re safe from persecution. The cartels are the law in those parts.”<br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzQ6SUraW2I/WTojwlLb5JI/AAAAAAAAFCE/IkQ5l48Fo6ca5t4l_udVBoYPY7pvv0opACLcB/s1600/amazon_28.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Map of the Amazon River Source, Peru" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="954" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzQ6SUraW2I/WTojwlLb5JI/AAAAAAAAFCE/IkQ5l48Fo6ca5t4l_udVBoYPY7pvv0opACLcB/s400/amazon_28.JPG" title="Map of the Amazon River Source, Peru" width="237" /></a>“Numerous people came out for the start of my expedition,” Marcin recalls. “I was surprised because my experience in Peru was such that the locals were much more distant. However, in Brazil everyone was very friendly, inviting me to their homes for coffee or beer. I’d particularly like to thank the Brazilian Navy, who were very helpful when I capsized.”<br />
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Being alone in the vast jungle, loneliness lay heavy on his shoulders. “I thought about my children and wife, to whom I’m very indebted for patience and support” he began. “I also thought about what I’m going to do next: a trip to the South Pole, a solo 2,260 km (1,404 mile) ski trip. Perhaps a double traversal of the Canadian Mackenzie Mountains starting at Ross River and then a return at about 1,200 km (745 miles). I’d like to take the starting rout solo and a return with a partner. Maybe someone from your readers wants to join my expedition? I extend an invitation to all,” he laughed and his mind turned to a topic of a higher power.<br />
“Being alone in the jungle, I thought a lot about God. I realized even more that I am a believer,” Marcin reminisced. “From working on a freighter in the middle of the Ocean, I know that the sea is no place for atheists, now I know that neither is the jungle. Without God as council, I couldn’t accomplish anything. Every day, morning and evening, I prayed out there among the grand wilderness. It helped with morale and overcoming isolation.”<br />
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When asked about advice for young adventurers, Marcin remained silent for a moment before answering. “What counts is ambition and the desire to pursue a dream,” he began. “From the very beginning you have to want what it is that you set out to achieve. Experience matters. Every river gave me experience from the Yukon in Alaska to Lena in Siberia. If you think you can’t achieve something, think of this: I work on a ship as a sailor, I financed most of the trip out of my own pocket but also with support from such companies as Energa and Satfilm. I didn’t make the trip about myself, either. It’s important to help others. I collected money for and sent all proceeds to the Pomeranian Hospice for Children in Gdansk. During these expeditions I check what is humanly possible. I want to push the boundaries; I think that’s important. I also wanted to show my own children that you can do great things without being very rich, or knowing people in high places, all you need is a healthy ambition.”<br />
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After 111 days of more than 6,800 km of physical effort, thousands of mosquito and ant bites, 250 liters of electrolytes, two venomous snake attacks, one close encounter with a gun and one tip-over, Marcin made it to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. And while to most such an adventure is one of a lifetime, Marcin is planning a solo ski trip to the South Pole. His ambition is boundless. If anyone is interested in the Marcin’s Amazon journey, they are welcome to visit the official <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1TRb_qsPUUqWU0VKDuMCd8V-5Q9w&ll=-1.0198923981204802%2C-50.12994916544602&z=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GPS Tracking Site</a> to see the full interactive map of the trip. <b>Thank you for help <a href="http://www.amazonexplorer.com/" target="_blank">Amazon Explorer</a> in Iquitos</b>.<br />
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I’d like to thank Marcin for his time and am looking forward to his next big adventure.<br />
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Author’s note: The interview was conducted in Polish and all the above was translated into English.</div>
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<b><i>Outstanding story by Marcin Gienieczko a Polish adventurer along the Amazon River in Peru and Brazil. In Iquitos (Peru), Marcin was with estuvo con Amazon Explorer.</i></b><br />
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(Text by Marcin Gienieczko, translated by Piotr Chmielinski)<br />
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I made it to Belem and that way became the13th person in the world that had navigated the entire Amazon River system and the first person that paddled the Amazon from San Francisco to Belem in a canoe, which took me 94 days. It was a big challenge and a lot of sacrifices - starting from the family side. I had to leave two sons, 3-year-old Leon and 5-year-old Igor for four months, as well as the house that should have been worked on. Fortunately my wife is more resourceful at that matter than I am.<br />
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Exploring in South America is a logistical challenge. Maybe, as big as reaching the South Pole, because during this expedition from the very beginning logistics ruled. Starting from sending canoe and ending up at the source of the Amazon in Nevado Mismi. Please, find below the video of the expedition to the source of the Amazon<br />
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That’s how it started: There were logistics from the beginning, then riding a bike through the Andes to enter the elevation of 4700 meters and then exit. The next stage was Apurimac River and the city of San Francisco in Peru. I started my run on May 31st, 2015 and finished it on September 1st. Such fast navigating of Amazon would not be possible without the cooperation with Kacper Jurak, who prepared for me a special GPS maps and Adam Wasilewski, with whom I spent together many weeks to plan the entire project. It was also a big challenge in terms of the preparation.<br />
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A year earlier, I paddle the Rio Napo. You cannot just take a canoe and start paddling without any experience, and run the Amazon. I was following the example of Piotr Chmielinski, who was the first to kayaked the Amazon from the source to the Pacific Ocean. He explored the rivers of South America for almost 6 years before he started to kayak the Amazon River.<br />
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I was paddling rivers for 7 years, but only the rivers of the northern part of globe, and that is a huge difference; that is why I decided to run the Rio Napo, the tributary of Amazon. Chmielinski encouraged me to run Napo, and then to continue into Amazon and paddle to Belem. I replied immediately that I was not interested. Every professional traveler is the one who has a clear goal, and precisely knows what he wants from himself and from the adventure. My goal was one: to start my canoeing from the place where it is possible to put it in. I started from Apurimac below the first rapids, which could capsize my canoe.<br />
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I began on May 31st; there was no other expedition on Amazon at the same time. Why? Because others wanted to run the mountain river - one Mantaro, another Apurimac and as far as I know, both of the rivers are technically difficult, although Apurimac from what I know, is more demanding. Piotr Chmielinski ran that river in 1985. He was there in October, the safest month for kayaking as far as water levels (he paddle a raft in white water, and sea kayaks), just as other expeditions followed.<br />
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Since Triathlon through South America was my goal, I started at the end of May and it was really a very dangerous thing to do. According to the descriptions in the book Running the Amazon by Joe Kane, water pours and whirlpools of Ene River are10 meters across in October, but in May, when the most of the water flows from Andes, Ene and Tambo are not lowland rivers anymore. In May and June they resemble mountain rivers and have huge whirlpools - in October they are 10 meters big, but at the beginning of June they were 16 meters in diameter and you could safely hide inside two connected paddles.<br />
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Gadiel Sanchez Rivera who accompanied me in my canoe from San Francisco to Atalaya can confirm it; we paddled along the 60 km of Apurimac, then Ene and Tambo. At Tambo we had some problems - we had to enlist the help of a boat, that pulled us with a rope to the shore because the canoe was stuck in the funnel; the boat took so much water that I almost lost it. Similar situation happened on Ene River, but there we were lucky and we managed all without help. Whirlpools were powerful; I never had the experience with whirlpools before. I had the experience with rapids on Athabasca River, when I was paddling solo the Mckenzie River system in 2005.<br />
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Below you can find the video:<br />
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River Tambo tried to swallow us, later from Pojeni, the water became very fast but didn't have big whirlpools. We reached Atalaya. From Atalaya to Pucalpa I paddled on my own. Gadiel Sanchez Rivera became the head of the logistics of my expedition; he accompanied me at various points on Ucayali River. He was organizing accommodation, food, safe places. He fulfilled the same role during the expedition with Ed Strafford, when from Satipo, he went on foot along the banks of the Amazon.<br />
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Ucayali River is slow, but I was able to run it in 19 days. That was very fast for a slow river that meanders through the heart of the jungle of South America. There were a wall of the forest from the left and right, heat, 40 degrees Celsius and I in the canoe. Packing had always been the hardest; I drank electrolytes, swallowed pills, vitamins, and ate my space food like spaghetti or stew powder, etc.<br />
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A few times a snake crept into the tent and I had the most horrible experience ever. I had to crush its tail with the paddle and with a machete, cut off the head and the tail. It was a dangerous job, but Gadiel Sanchez Rivera gave me excellent lessons of survival. Thanks to him I managed to run Ucayali River, which was really dangerous, people were less friendly; you cannot just jump to a canoe or kayak and paddle as some kayakers from Gdansk, Poland did, and paid for it with their lives. You have to have special permissions to show them to local "Marshals", chiefs of villages, to run the Ene, Tambo, and Ucayali Rivers.<br />
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We had such an experience on Ene, when the locals gave two warning shots up, and one aimed straight at us. The bullet struck the rock near the canoe. Then, we knew that we had to stop and present our permits. How hazardous the region is, you can read in the book "The expedition along the Amazon," in which Englishman Ed Strafford described the region. Many think that this is the region you can travel. If so, why Explorer Website posted that only12 people ran the Amazon; eleven in a kayak and one, Ed Strafford along the river's banks on foot?<br />
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It speaks for itself how Amazon teaches determination and perseverance. That was the comment of Piotr Chmielinski. As he continues in his steady correspondence with me and my team: "Marcin, focus on the nearest ports and goals. Times have changed, but the river did not. The same with the Pacific Ocean; it has not changed - it is still very dangerous. You need to think and anticipate - then you can survive. Sometimes I say to others: Do you know, why I still exist? - Because I try to anticipate the situation in advance. A lot has to be done in such a big project".<br />
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Starting with the run from Iquitos, when the Ucayali River and Maranion meet and form the Amazon, the river gets big and fast. Sometimes I could paddle 100 km a day, because in June a large volume of water flowed from the Andes, and the river flooded; it was fast, sometimes 14 km per hour. Aleksander Doba, who tried to paddle the Amazon in 2011, wrote on the blog: "The river flows so fast as at Dunajec (mountain river in Poland) cascades”, and he is the only person who can say something about this, because he paddled the Amazon in a heavy ocean kayak in June. This is what I have to say since I was paddling in a canoe, which weighs 40 kg!<br />
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The river became even faster from Tabatinga to Manaus, but really fast it was at the end of June before the border with Columbia - the speed was reaching 18 km per hour. I had one goal from Pucallpa - to cover this part of the Amazon in sport style, as fast as possible.<br />
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From Iquitos I started to dream about paddling the Amazon in a canoe in less time than 100 days. And I did it – I ran the Amazon in 94 days in a canoe and this is an absolute world record in long-distance run in a canoe. You cannot of course, compare canoe to sea kayak, because it is the same as if someone would like to compare WRC canoe class to F1 class. This cannot be done.<br />
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I had different thoughts while working on this project. I remembered when during Rod Stewart's concert, my wife Ala began to cry, fearing that something will happen to me during the expedition. Going to the airport just before my departure to Lima she asked me why I was doing such a huge project now, when we have children. Only now I had adequate knowledge and experience that I could make it happen - I replied driving a car to Warsaw.<br />
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Earlier, I paddled the Lena River, many rivers in the Yukon as a guide and the Yukon River itself, and the Mackenzie River system etc. but Amazon is a huge river. Fighting with it does not make any sense, you need to love it and live with it - if you want to do it differently, and you will not succeed. You cannot think about the final, but about short-term goals, that is, what will happen in 10 days, not in 2 months. Otherwise, I would have gone crazy. I paddled 11 hours a day; I could paddled not more because it was getting dark early in the day, and I did not want to paddle in the darkness, although a couple of times I had to.<br />
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Near Ichihara I almost died. Entering the port I did not notice a large mooring, which was attached to a buoy. A strong line almost cut off my head. It was terrible. I was to meet with the local port Captain. They knew about that the large ships moors there, and decided to come and greet me. They came just in time because the fast current kept pushing me onto that rope, thick as a hand of MMA fighter. They saved my life; stopped my canoe 10 cm from the rope. It was my great, good fortune and no doubt, divine assistance. In general I received a lot of support from God, so I decided to donate the profit from selling my canoe to Children Charity or as a gift in Maritime Museum in Gdansk after I finish this expedition. "Energa" Company, my main sponsor decided to help me to bring a canoe back to Poland. I believe that if they keep their promise, I have to keep my, that I’ll paddle the Amazon.<br />
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Big problems started from Santarem, when the river became even more demanding. When I entered Para River, my daily distance was almost 30 km, sometimes 40 km a day. The high sides of a canoe on such a large basins act like sails and change the direction of the boat. At such high waters a canoe is not able to flow. But I fought. In 2012, I paddled from Bornholm to Darlowo for 28 hours - non-stop paddling across the Baltic Sea. Then I moved 5 km per hour, I was able to do it because I had the so-called weather window, with no wind and no ripples. It was 28-hour period of time, but you cannot count on such luck to last for 14 days.<br />
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Ocean wave from the Atlantic to the Gulf in front of Belem was 2 meters high. The shore tidal wave capsized me, everything got wet and again I had to dry everything. It was a struggle. Before Belem it was getting even harder and harder; large tides began, when the water rises and falls down every 6 hours and flows once up, once down the river. Within six hours I could do 45 km if the river flow was toward Atlantic. It took Piotr Chmielinski four days to paddle from Breves to Belem. I wondered how it was possible, but a sea kayak is like a F1, they quickly penetrate and move forward. Kayak ran the bay boldly, my canoe would not have a chance, so I had to paddle down the bay to the inter-island area, to traverse it, which was tough, demanding, and time consuming. At this stage of expedition I had an accompanying boat from the governor of Para State and the commander of the Para State Security, thanks to the efforts of the Polish Embassy.<br />
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Piotr Chmielinski in 1986 in a sea kayak paddled from Manaus to Belem in 31 days, I did it in a canoe in 36 days. From Breves to Belem he paddled in 4 days, I did it in 10 days, but all the time I had to underline that I did it in a canoe. I think that a canoe gives better opportunities on the expeditions, but it is slower and has more resistance, so these have an impact on wind and speed. On the fast rivers the canoe may be equal to the kayak, which confirms the legendary race of Yukon River Quest. Competitors in a canoe ended their voyage approximately 4 hours after the fastest kayaks, so it’s not bad, worthy competition.<br />
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My trip was purely sporting activity. As I have two sons, my motivation was to quickly return home. It was also a last chance to fit this kind of expedition in my life and use my skills as a good long-distance paddler. For this reason I decided to do it in the sporting style. I reached Belem on September 1st at 15:26. At this point, I decided to finish my long trips of canoe paddling. This step is behind me; someday, I will paddle with my boys on the Yukon to Alaska. Now, I am going to concentrate on the running. September 4th, I start my longest run of my entire life: 80 km from Belem toward the Atlantic Ocean to finish South America’s traverse. It was hard, with hot weather and high humidity, but the challenges have to be like that, otherwise the world would stop.<br />
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This Amazon traverse I dedicate to my younger son, 3-year old Leon. I want him to know that nothing is impossible; we just have to find a new solution. Amazon taught me that - look for solutions and push against; for the rest of my life.<br />
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A man must be stronger than the conditions he finds. I believe that everybody dies but not everyone knows how to live a life without being afraid of the sky, deep sea, big lizard; I bend only before God and move forward. In this world, only those survive who see in the dark in advance.<br />
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September 4th, 2015, 21:40, after14 hours and 40 minutes of slow running, and after 94 days of sitting in the canoe, comes the final success. Goal achieved. 111 days of pushing since May17th. This trip showed me that in order to survive you have to look for solutions in every situation.<br />
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Thank you for your participation in this project, and reading about the adventures of my challenges and my perseverance.<br />
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Once I asked my friend how to live? The answer was simple, be honest to yourself. I have two sons; I fight since my childhood, everything in order not to prove myself (this lifetime is behind me), but to show the children from different places in Poland that if you want to achieve anything in life you have to be persistent, you need to have a strong focus combined with a life’s mission. Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski said: "I went through a lot in my life to achieve something. And the same is with the exploration, competitive sports, business, or family life.<br />
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The Triathlon through South America showed me that if you want to achieve something you should have three qualities: perseverance, enthusiasm and motivation. The mission was successful.<br />
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Gienieczko crossed South America, 700 km by bike through the Andes topping 4750 m, 5980 km in a canoe and 80km of slow-run.<br />
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This story previously appeared on <a href="http://www.explorersweb.com/oceans/news.php?url=marcin-gienieczko-i-won-the-fight-agains_144309682" target="_blank">Explorersweb.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The green anaconda (<i>Eunectes murinus</i>). It is a constrictor snake
of the boas family, endemic from the tropical rivers of South America, of all
the snakes this is which has the highest weigh and perhaps the largest known
snake, disputando con la pitón reticulada (<i>Python reticulatus</i>) que habita en
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anaconda is endemic from South America; inhabits the
basins of the Orinoco and the Amazon rivers. Also they can be founded in countries
as: Brasil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela and Trinidad
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anaconda is the biggest snake of America and can exceed
the 8 meters long and weight more than 200 kg. The females are larger than the
males, this is the most marked sexual dimorphism case into the order of these
reptiles are grouped (<i>Squamata</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anaconda is dark
green in color with oval black spots and ocher on the flanks. The belly is more
clearly, and the end of the tail shows yellow and black designs that are unique
by each one. The body is broad and muscular, adapted to kill their prey by
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The head is narrow and does not have a distinctive neck. The
nostrils and eyes are in an elevated position, to make breathing and perception
easier during the long periods that the anaconda spend submerged. The eyes of
the anaconda are small and have the typical vertically elliptical pupil of the
poisonous species and the boids, the vision of the anaconda is not very acute.
The olfactory receptors are found on the tongue, like all the snakes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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side, which are the most distinctive trait that separates the genus Eunectes
species from the closely related Boa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There is a kind of anaconda which the only part of the entire
body is not covered by scales, these ones inhabit in the Caudal region, near
the cloaca zone. In that environs, this anaconda presents spurs which are
remnants of locomotives atrophied limbs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The powerful muscles of the anaconda makes it a skillful
swimmer, the green anaconda can travel short distances underwater or on the
surface very quickly, where it is capable of reaching a speed of 6 meters per
second, but on the ground their movements are slow and heavy. The anaconda
choose the camouflage found on the banks of streams as well as the trunks and
beaches to sunbathe or relax. The anaconda used to travel on the rivers , but
prefer the still waters such as ponds or aguajales where most of the time is immersed
to stalk their prey; the position of the nostrils allows it to submerge the most
of the body as a camouflage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Usually hunt animals that come to drink, it traps them with
jaws and simultaneously wraps itself around its body to suffocate them. With its
immense constrictive forcé, submitted its prey in just over 10 seconds, the
death of his victim is by asphyxia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anaconda, like all snakes can not chew food, and instead of,
swallow them integer. Teeth are like needles sharp and directed toward the interior
of the mouth, they serve to retain the prey and allow not escaping. It has four
rows of teeth, one regular and one on the palate used to move the food down her
throat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">When swallowing, the maxilla and mandible, which are fasten
to the skull by ligaments, they manage to separate to accommodate to the size
of the prey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qWUBJCbETAU/VfJfZ90dzQI/AAAAAAAAAXE/3lAGAfNSVLE/s1600/b3.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qWUBJCbETAU/VfJfZ90dzQI/AAAAAAAAAXE/3lAGAfNSVLE/s320/b3.png" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anaconda is able to consume large preys as; Capybara
(<i>Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris</i>) which is one of his favorite victims and juveniles
unique species as: Brazilian tapir (<i>Tapirus terrestris</i>), Red brocket deer
(<i>Mazama americana</i>) Gray or brown brocket deer (<i>Mazama gouazoubira</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lizard: Common caiman (<i>Caiman crocodilus</i>), Lizard: Black
Caiman (<i>Melanosuchus niger</i>), Smooth-fronted caiman (<i>Smooth-fronted caiman</i>),
plus other mammals, birds, turtles and other small reptiles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The snake must alternate to fulfill the process of digestion.
This is because the digestive process requires a lot of energy that the snake
should use to digest the food efficiently, which can last days or weeks, depending
on the size of the pray. The undigestible parts can be excreted or
regurgitated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">According is shown in some field studies conducted to date,
when a female anaconda is sexually available emits a pheromone smell,this is
detected by the male from the area since a distance of 5.5 km.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The pairing of the anaconda occurs between the months of
april and may; Females attract males by an olfactory sign, and they congregate
around them along of several weeks. In the last phase of the courtship, up to a
dozen males curls around the female, fighting for access to the sewer of her,
forming a characteristic ball; They may remain so curled up to 15 days, often
in shallow water, until the bigger and stronger female chooses the winner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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caudal region of the female; both sewers get contact and the tails curl while
insemination occurs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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region of the female; contact both sewers and tails curl while insemination
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inside the body of the female until hatching. The gestation lasts 6 months
inside the female. The anaconda can reach to have up to a hundred broods, but
overall the number of the litter oscillates between 20 and 40. Newborns
measures around 70-80 cm long. Because of their small size, often fall as a
prey of other animals, only a few manage to survive till the adulthood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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their habitat and the hunting by those who consider it a threat to domestic
livestock and children, without regard its role in controlling of the rodent
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northern jungle, to the east. It is the capital of the Loreto Region, with
nearly 30% of the country is the largest and most northern of Peru. It is set
in the Great Plains and surrounded by the Amazon, Nanay and Itaya rivers.
Overall, it constitutes in the Metropolitan Iquitos, a conurbation of 471.993
inhabitants consists of four districts: Iquitos, Punchana, Belen and San Juan
Bautista.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Amazon rivers. In this river world, the communications depend as much or
more than the navigation of land transport, virtually nonexistent outside the
city of Iquitos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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several Cultural Heritage of the Nation: Iquitos Cathedral, The Iron House, The
Old Hotel Palace, The Cohen House and more than 70 buildings. Other known
landmarks are The Main Square (Plaza de Armas), Jiron Prospero; a pathway
conglomerates several commercial and historical premises and the crowded
neighborhood of Belen, often dubbed as the "Amazon Venice." The city
is also home of the Amazon Library, one of the two most important in Latin
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Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos has a natural landscape of immense biodiversity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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growing as a tourist destination due to its location on the banks of the Amazon
River which is one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World. Over the years,
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Choice 2012 Award No. 22 of "Top 25 destinations in South America."
Iquitos was also included in the number 6 on the list of "10 leading
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The Ayahuasca or rope of dead, is a potion of medicinal and hallucinogenic plants used as a diagnostic to cure ills. Natural and ancient medicine that concentrates the power of the jungle.</div>
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It is known as ayahuasca of a various entheogenic beverages resulting from multiple plants decoctions. The basic component is a decoction of the vine (<i>Banisteriopsis caapi)</i>, which property is the content of (<i>Monoamine oxidase)</i> inhibitors, known as inhibitors (MAOIs). It is mixed with leaves shrub of the genus (<i>Psychotria)</i>, because of its content of (<i>Dimethyltryptamine)</i> (DMT).</div>
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Ayahuasca in Quechua means 'rope of dead' by its etymology “aya” (dead, deceased, spirit' and “waska” (rope, string' because in the worldview of the native peoples the ayahuasca is the rope that allows the spirit leaves the body without this die. </div>
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It is used in medical or religious rituals and in traditional medicine of native towns of the Amazon.</div>
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How the ayahuasca is used:</div>
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Ayahuasca is used as medicine, such as purifying and as a master. It is called a Doctor because cure; Master because it teaches, and Mother for it’s guidance. It gives power, knowledge and vision.</div>
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The medicinal properties of Ayahuasca are not only in the spiritual realm, but also in the physical. There prerequisites before ingestion, such as mental, physical, emotional and spiritual preparation. </div>
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The diet is essential: it must remain fasting at least 24 hours before the ceremony, it is important that the stomach is free from food as vomiting are common. You should not drink liquor, drugs, spicy, or sex with at least seven days prior to the ceremony.</div>
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Ayahuasca takes you to the magical world. It gives you what you need to give you, teaches you what have to teach you, heal you what it has to heal you. Ayahuasca is not a simple chemical relationship but a magical relationship.</div>
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Finally, each ayahuasca experience is distinct from the other.<br />
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(Usually pronounced/ ˌaɪjəˈwæskə/ or / ˌaɪjəˈwaːskə/), is an entheogenic brew
made out of (</span><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Banisteriopsis
caapi)</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> vine,
often in combination with various other plants. It can be mixed the leaves of
Chacruna or Chagropanga, dimethyltryptamine (DTM)-containing plant species. The
brew, first described academically in the early 1950s by Harvard ethnobotanist
Richard Evans Schultes, who found it employed for divinatory and healing
purposes by the native peoples of Amazonian Peru,so it is known by a number of
different names.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Urarinas inhabited originally in the Chambira river,
having originally been a large group. In 1651, Jesuit missionaries made contact
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illas, being seated in an annex
of Jeberos Mission Concepcion. A year later, Father Lucero took some Urarinas
to San Xavier de Chamicuros subsequently were transferred to Santiago de la
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In the late nineteenth century, Urarinas were persecuted by
rubber patterns. Given these attacks they escaped to the areas of the
headwaters of the river Chambira. Some were caught and turned into slaves on
the farms located in the Marañón River. By 1924, Paul Rivet in his account of
South American indigenous languages, are considered extinct, but by 1930
Tessman said 300 Urarinas still survived. Early in 1950, the number of Urarinas
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The social organization of Urarinas is characterized by
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fishing. The main crops grown in the orchards are cassava (<i>Manihot sculenta</i>),
banana (<i>Musa paradisiaca</i>), maize (<i>Zea mays</i>), rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i>), the Sachapapa
(<i>Dioscorea trifida</i>), sweet potato (<i>Ipomoea batatas</i>), Sugarcane (<i>Saccharum
officinarum</i>) and papaya (<i>Carica papaya</i>). Hunting is practiced individually and
fishing, both individually and collectively. The collection is aimed at
obtaining palm fruits such as palm (<i>Mauritia flexuosa</i>) and pijuayo (<i>Actris gasipaes</i>) and secondary forest trees as ungurahui (<i>Oenocarpus bataua Mart</i>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rivers and tributaries Chambira; Urituyacu, Corrientes and
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THE JAGUAR (<i>Panthera onca</i>)<br />
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The JAGUAR is the largest cat in the Americas and the world's third largest feline.<br />
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The jaguar can weigh up to 150 kilos, the skin is reddish yellow background, except inside the ears, at the bottom of the nose, jaw, throat and other lower parts of the body, where color is paler; at the bottom of the legs predominantly white. It also has features black spots, rosettes type, round, oblong or irregular stripes branching on the cross and come back together in the back, forming on the sides more or less parallel lines; smaller in the head, neck and legs than in the rest of the body. The tail has rings on his hindquarters. No two jaguars in the same pattern of spots.<br />
The females are between 10 and 20 percent smaller than males.<br />
Its length is 1.70 to 2.30 m and a height at withers of about 85. Its tail is between 45 and 75 cm.<br />
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The life expectancy of a jaguar in captivity is 22 years. In the wild environment is probably 10 years, except on rare occasions that can reach 20 years.<br />
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In contrast to the other big cats, the jaguar growls but rarely roars.<br />
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Females reach sexual maturity between two and two and a half years, while males between three and four years old. The last reproduction usually at age 8.</div>
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The number of names for the jaguar is impressive and differs widely from country to country, but in most countries it is known popularly as Tigre, due to the similarity found the first conquerors of America with the big asian feline.<br />
Using its scientific name (Panthera onca) when speaking of the jaguar in the middle of wide diffusion is important; here is a list of the nicknames:<br />
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PERU: Otorongo / Tigre.<br />
BOLIVIA: Jaguar / Tigre Americano<br />
COLOMBIA: Jaguar / Mancueva<br />
ECUADOR: Jaguar / Tigre<br />
PANAMA: Jaguar / Tigre<br />
VENEZUELA: Daaba (Bari) / Ira (Yanomami)<br />
BRAZIL: Onça pintada / Onça canguçu<br />
FRENCH GUIANA: Tig Marqué<br />
PARAGUAY: Yaguareté<br />
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In northeastern Argentina (Misiones, Formosa, Chaco and current) is told Tigre and Jaguar, while in the northwest (Salta and Jujuy) is told Tigre Manincho.</div>
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Considered vulnerable or endangered because they are hunted for trophy poached for their fur, and habitat loss threaten their survival.<br />
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<b>Scientific Classification:</b><br />
Superkingdom: Eukaryota<br />
Kingdom: Animalia<br />
Filo: Chordate<br />
Class: Mammal<br />
Order: Carnivore<br />
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Species: Onca<br />
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<b>The Sloth </b>(<i>Bradypus variegatus</i>), is itself a kinf of lazy in Central and South America. The sloth has grayish brown to beige skin, and it's very thick. The head of the sluggard is round, flat nose and ears not visible.<br />
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The sloth has a height ranging between 41 and 74 inches (104.14 and 187.96 centimeters) , a small head, flat and round; big eyes, flat nose and no ears.<br />
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The limbs are long and lazy are well developed, his fingers are attached and end in long claws and curves.<br />
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The front legs are longer, are more developed and have more mobility than later, especially in the lazy belonging to the group of three fingers. It has about 18 teeth and body temperature varies considerably according to the environment, which are physiologically restricted to an equatorial habitat.<br />
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The sloths are herbivores that are adapted so the arboreal locomotion that have lost the ability to move around the floor. </div>
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These animals are solitary and very long-lived animals, moving in a slow hugging a branch and hanging upside down. There are two families which differs in being lazy tridactyle species (three fingers) or didáctyle (two fingers).<br />
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They eat the entire leaf and mix different types of leaves so they need to visit many trees and vines to get your food. Slow digestion is similar to ruminants which have a long digestive tract.<br />
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This natural area located in Loreto is part of the tropical rainforest, one of the most biologically rich places on the planet.<br />
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This Reserve takes its name from the <b>Pacaya</b> and <b>Samiria</b> rivers, wetlands and lakes forming calm waters reflecting images of the sky and the forest ... why he is known as "<b>The land of rivers mirrors</b>."<br />
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<b>The Pacaya-Samiria</b> is the largest nature reserve in <b>Peru</b> ... its waters are home to 250 species of fish.<br />
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The main objective is to conserve wildlife resources and scenic beauty characteristic of the tropical rainforest. <b>The Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve</b> has a high biodiversity and an important human population takes advantage of its natural resources.<br />
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<b>The Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve</b> is<b> </b>habited by numerous communities, both native and traditional and relatively recent settlers. Its territory offers benefits to thousands of people in the area and in neighboring towns as well as the possibility of a first-class tourism for the Peruvian Amazon.<br />
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The<b> pink dolphins </b>are not equal to the dolphins that are in the sea, but have special adaptations to their habitat. In fact, river dolphins are distantly related to <b>sea dolphins</b> because they belong to different families. The oceanic dolphins belong to the family (<i>Delphinidae</i>), while river dolphins belong to the family (<i>Platanistoidea</i>).<br />
Among the species of river dolphins, pink dolphins of the Amazon are considered the most intelligent, with a brain capacity 40% greater than that of humans.<br />
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The <b>Amazonian dolphins</b> have small eyes, a long snout and dorsal fin very underdeveloped. These dolphins are very well adapted to living in the varzeas (flooded forests). Its distribution covers the river systems of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.<br />
The <b>Amazonian dolphin</b> is categorized as vulnerable. Their greatest enemies are deforestation and human activities that contribute to disrupt their livelihood.<br />
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Territory of the mysterious tribe of the Feline, "The Matses” is considered one of the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest. Little exploration has been done and is inaccessible for most tourists.<br />
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The Matses belong to the Pano linguistic family, like Matis ethnicities, and Korubos Marubos among others.<br />
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In the 1970's the Matses changed their mode of semi-nomadic life to live in permanent communities. The Matsés territory is located in the region bounded by the rivers of Yavari (Javari in Portuguese), and Galvez Chobayacu Peru's border with Brazil.<br />
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Currently their communities are located deep in the Amazon jungle of northeastern Peruvian border with Brazil. Still retain their primitive culture, are expert hunters and gatherers whose ability to survive depends on their physical skills and knowledge of the jungle. Your belief system is tied to nature, plants and animals have a very important relationship with their spiritual world.<br />
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<b>Place: Peruvian Amazon.</b><br />
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Expedition to one of the most remote and inhospitable regions of the Amazon jungle, and home to the dreaded giant “Queen of the jungle” the Anaconda. This program is ideal combining adventure activities with the experience of nature in unexplored areas, rich in bio-diversity.<br />
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The Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) can reach more than 8m long and more than 200kg. It is the heaviest of the known snake species, and possibly the longest snake in the world, along with the reticulated python (Python reticulatus) of South East Asia.<br />
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The Anaconda, and the Black Alligator (Melanosuchus niger), join at the peak of the food pyramid in the water ecosystems of the Amazon. The Jaguar (Panthera onca) land, and the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) air, share their groupings respectively.<br />
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The Shuar, known as a fierce tribe and headhunters, noted for their custom to reduce human heads into an orange size.<br />
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Their lands extend along the Amazon, northern Peru and southern Ecuador.<br />
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Amazon Explorerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091796530857933159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715698017477726512.post-78038233013592922372013-01-29T23:08:00.000-05:002015-03-27T20:31:05.945-05:00JUNGLE SURVIVAL TRAINING COURSE - LEVEL: ADVANCED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On August 2013, Amazon Explorer will start a 5-day Advanced Jungle Survival Training Course. From August 21 to 25th, 2013 take advantage of your time, travel to the Amazon in South America, and learn how to survive in the wild.<br />
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The jungle training course is divided into two phases, both taught by military instructors: Theory is given in a conference room in Iquitos (river Amazon, Peru) and the practical part is taught 60 km (37 mi) from the city.<br />
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<b>JUNGLE SURVIVAL TRAINING COURSE</b><br />
Level: Advanced<br />
From August 21 to 25th, 2013<br />
Length: 5 days.<br />
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If you are interested, write to <a href="mailto:info@amazonexplorer.com">info@amazonexplorer.com</a><br />
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Amazon Explorerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091796530857933159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715698017477726512.post-34788505091646241752012-10-22T12:01:00.001-05:002015-03-27T20:34:30.072-05:00Diciembre 2012: Curso Básico y Avanzado de Supervivencia en Selva<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yDtO1E9m_mw/UIV6-2CGu9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/pyGMBJk6xH8/s1600/Amazon+Explorer+Iquitos+Peru-Jungle+survival+training+course.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Participants finishing a jungle survival training course" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yDtO1E9m_mw/UIV6-2CGu9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/pyGMBJk6xH8/s320/Amazon+Explorer+Iquitos+Peru-Jungle+survival+training+course.jpg" height="177" title="Jungle survival training course" width="320" /></a>Del 18 al 22 de diciembre de 2012, <b>Amazon Explorer</b> estará organizando el curso de supervivencia en selva para todas aquellas personas o viajeros que quieran adquirir conocimientos básicos o avanzados de la supervivencia en la selva o busquen retos físicos.<br />
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El <b>Curso Básico</b> de Supervivencia en Selva será dictado del 18 al 20 de diciembre y los que cuenten con el tiempo necesario, podrán continuar con el entrenamiento con el <b>Curso Avanzado</b> que se extenderá hasta el día 22.<br />
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Los cursos son dictados por <b>instructores militares</b> calificados y contienen aspectos relativos a la supervivencia en la selva, indicando la manera más práctica de adaptarse al medio ambiente y al uso de los recursos naturales.<br />
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Se dividen en 2 fases: <b>Teórica</b>, dictada en un salón de la ciudad de Iquitos y <b>Práctica</b>, dictada a 60 km (37 mi) de la ciudad de Iquitos.<br />
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Durante los cursos se impartirán temas como fundamentos de supervivencia en la selva y características de la región amazónica, especímenes nocivos, seguridad, señas, orientación, herramientas, fuego, refugio, alimentación, entre otros.<br />
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Al término de cada curso cada participante recibirá un <b>Certificado </b>firmado por la Gerencia y el Instructor principal de Amazon Explorer.<br />
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<b>Iquitos</b>, ciudad 420,000 habitantes emplazada a orillas del río Amazonas, en el extremo nororiental del Perú (América del Sur), es la principal ciudad amazónica del país. Iquitos posee los servicios de toda gran ciudad como cajeros automáticos, bancos, supermercados, restaurantes de comida vegetariana, peruana o internacional; un hotel de 5 estrellas, varios hoteles de 3 y 2 estrellas, así como alojamientos económicos y dormitorios compartidos para todo tipo de viajero.<br />
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Existen tres aerolíneas que cubren diariamente la ruta <b>Lima-Iquitos</b>:<br />
• Peruvian Airlines (<a href="http://www.peruvianairlines.pe/" target="_blank">www.peruvianairlines.pe</a>)<br />
• Star Perú (<a href="http://www.starperu.com/" target="_blank">www.starperu.com</a>)<br />
• Lan Perú (<a href="http://www.lan.com/" target="_blank">www.lan.com</a>)<br />
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Asimismo, dos veces por semana se disponen de vuelos <b>Panamá-Iquitos</b>:<br />
• Copa Airlines (<a href="http://www.copaair.com/" target="_blank">www.copaair.com</a>)<br />
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Para los que viven fuera del Perú y quieren un vuelo directo a la Amazonía peruana, <b>Copa Airlines</b> se presenta como una opción ideal pues gracias a su alianza con <b>United Airlines</b> y su membresía en <b>Star Alliance</b>, la principal alianza de aerolíneas del mundo, posee conexiones desde EE.UU. (New York, Miami, Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Newark y Washington), Canadá, México, Costa Rica, Colombia, América Central y el Caribe.<br />
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<b>Curso Básico (3 días):</b><br />
Inicio: 18 de diciembre.<br />
Final: 20 de diciembre.<br />
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<b>Curso Avanzado (5 días):</b><br />
Inicio: 18 de diciembre.<br />
Final: 22 de diciembre.<br />
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Contáctese con nuestros asesores a: <a href="mailto:info@amazonexplorer.com" target="_blank">info@amazonexplorer.com</a><br />
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Amazon Explorerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091796530857933159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715698017477726512.post-83402968338456804792012-09-29T10:17:00.003-05:002021-07-05T14:49:32.388-05:00Expeditions Available For October 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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From October 16 to 30 we head our tracks to the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats%C3%A9s_people" target="_blank">Matses</a> tribe</b> territories, near the border between Peru and Brazil. If you are a cultural-oriented traveler and have available 15 days this is your opportunity for visit this interesting people far from the cities and the beaten tourist paths. Because Matses live far away, we visit them two to four times per year. Take advantage of your time and this opportunity once in life…!</div>
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<b>Iquitos</b>, located on the north of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_rainforest" target="_blank">Peruvian Amazon rainforest</a>, South America is a 420,000 inhabitant city, bordering with Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil. Iquitos has a 5-star hotel, many comfortable 3 and 2-star hotels, and budget accommodations and dormitories, as well as luxury river cruises (have to be booked in advance), restaurants offering Amazonian, Peruvian, vegetarian or international food.</div>
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At iPeru you can obtain free and official information about Iquitos, Peru, a list of registered tour companies and interesting places. This organization only gives information about registered companies and their record of complaints (reputation), in order to have a good and safe tour.<br />
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