{"id":3205,"date":"2017-07-02T03:12:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T03:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:25:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:25:32","slug":"river-lodge-to-lethem-and-then-on-to-boa-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/2017\/07\/02\/river-lodge-to-lethem-and-then-on-to-boa-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"River lodge to Lethem and then on to Boa Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"

River lodge to Lethem and then on to Boa Vista<\/h3>\n

This will be very brief since today consisted of 10 hours driving with intermittent stops for earthworm sampling \u2013 a pretty standard day if it wasn’t for the magnificent scenery. The jungle is as magnificent as you can imagine and when it gives way to a flooded savannah, it is just breathtakingly beautiful.<\/p>\n

The drive was quite intense for George since we were scheduled to put Reshama (the local Guyana Master student) and the Guyana samples on the plane to Georgetown leaving 4.30 pm with\u00a0check-in at 3 pm. This meant each sampling stop had to be timed to the minute \u2013 limiting earthworm sampling is something that is never popular with George. The other challenge was the weather \u2013 most of the night before it had rained \u2013 proper Amazonian rain that make it sound like someone’s playing drums on the roof. The road was not good and in places just \u2013 well just a river. One of these areas I had to walk in front of the car and check depth \u2013 really fun until someone reminded me of the prevalence of Cayman \u2013 I think I qualify as an edible professorial depth\u00a0gauge.<\/p>\n

But Rashama dropped off, we head for Brazil. I managed to leave Guyana and enter Brazil immigration in a fraction of the time that I know I will face in Heathrow when I return\u2026..but then the tarmac started \u2013 glorious smooth tarmac \u2013 it felt so good. Suddenly our speed doubled and a hour later took us to Boa Vista to meet up with our next helper, a Venezuela student working in Brazil \u2013 another Luis, but more about him tomorrow.<\/p>\n

I have included a picture of a \u201cbushmaster\u201d snake – it’s a more interesting level of road kill in this part of the world. Did see a giant ant eater – but that like the snake had met a messy end on the road and it’s a picture that wouldn\u2019t have made good viewing.<\/p>\n

\"Early
Early morning shower buddy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Birds<\/figure>\n
\"Snake
Snake road kill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Luis<\/figure>\n
\"Pete<\/figure>\n
\"More<\/figure>\n
\"Country<\/figure>\n
\"Road
Road across water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"More
More rain sir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"River<\/figure>\n
\"Tarmac<\/figure>\n
\"Boa<\/figure>\n
\"Truck
Truck and Guyana mud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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