Nuggets from Dad: December 2012

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Uncle Ricky to work on Amazon river boat

Hey girls - Check this out: Amazon River Boat Exploration. Uncle Ricky leaves January 25. Be sure to send him your email addresses, so you can receive his trip logs which are always fun and educational. (Emily, be sure to show this to Sam and his family.)

Help conserve the Amazon Basin's pink dolphins, giant river otters, monkeys, turtles, fishes, macaws and more.

Based on the Ayapua, a restored and remodeled vessel from the Rubber Boom era, you'll work with a team of skilled Peruvian biologists to collect information about the wildlife populations in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, along the Samiria River, a major Amazon tributary.

From a motorized canoe, you'll rotate tasks like conducting surveys of dolphins, fish, and river turtles. You'll also count macaws and conduct land surveys of peccaries, tapirs, deer, monkeys, and game birds. At night, you'll search for caimans with a spotlight. With expedition staff to guide you, you'll meet and talk to local people about their fishing, hunting, and conservation efforts.

In your recreational time, you can enjoy the air-conditioned library's many classic books on the Amazon, peruse the world news headlines as they are downloaded daily, check and send email, or simply relax on deck as you glide through one of the Earth's greatest wild places.