· Rio Plátano V · Camp 6 looking upriver ·
12" x 16"   2" x 3"   Copyright © 2002 Tony Foster

18 Feb 2001 · a hard day of bad portages · at dusk we despondently carve campsites out of the sloping riverbank · see brocket deer · iguanas · bats · white hawk · vultures · turtles · ring-necked kingfisher · sun grebes · light hawk · tiger heron · blue macaws · parrots · tapir tracks · boa constrictor – 9' long · 19 Feb · work all day · dejected · bitten ·mildewed · sweaty · mouldy · feet swollen · fish cooked in Heliconia leaves for lunch: guapote · blanco · crahua · tuba ·