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I’m halfway through my 10 weeks in Amazonian Peru and I’m yet to see a jaguar or Paddington bear. But we did catch something rather unusual on the camera traps recently. Volunteering with Camera Traps and Making the Most of it! We’d set up the camera traps for 24 hours on a trail close to […]
December 26th 2023
During my fourth week of living next door to a bullet ant nest, the inevitable happened. “Ouch!” Maria, the other intern, yelped with tears in her eyes. “I think I’ve just been stung by a wasp! Ouch! It really hurts!” She showed me her finger, which looked a little swollen and had clearly been stung […]
December 17th 2023
It’s the end of my third week here in deepest darkest Peru. I think I’ve sweated more in the last 3 weeks than I have in the rest of my life combined. I have more insect bites than I can count. I’ve drank so much water that I think I must be close to transforming […]
December 10th 2023
Every morning I wake up to the absolute racket that the insects outside make. The cicadas are among the loudest of this out-of-tune orchestra, emitting an electronic sound not unlike a car alarm. But I’ve already given insects a lot of attention in my last post, so today I’ll focus on the other animals I’ve […]
December 5th 2023
My journey to the rainforest could have been right out of a nature documentary. As we crossed the river Las Piedras, a tributary of the Amazon River (I think), we were surrounded by exotic-looking trees and colourful birds and butterflies. As the research centre is so remote, the food supplies must be collected in the […]
November 26th 2023
My adventure began at 3.30 am. Far too early a start if you ask me. The many people happily drinking pints at Glasgow airport at this early hour seemed to disagree. Someone said to me that it seems like more of an adventure if you have to leave for a flight in the middle of […]
November 19th 2023
Hola! In my last post, I shared the research that I’ll be taking part in at the Amazon Ecology and Wildlife Rehabilitation Programme, in Peru. As my exciting journey has not yet begun, today I’ll give you a glimpse into my preparations for the upcoming adventure… Saving up: I’ve dedicated my summer to working in […]
November 11th 2023
After deliberating between re-downloading Instagram and embracing BeReal, I’ve chosen instead to write an informal blog to document my adventures in South America. Over the upcoming ten weeks, I’ll be living in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest at the remote Amazon Ecology and Wildlife Rehabilitation Programme research station. During this time, I will be involved in […]
November 5th 2023
“I dwell in possibility” – Emily Dickinson I came across one of my old travel diaries the other day and found passages I had written in 2018 when I spent my university summer travelling up the north coast of South America from Peru to Ecuador. The entries begin with this, “Here I am in the […]
September 27th 2023
