Mt Roraima 2017

Field Work Blog 2017.
Guyana, Brazil (nr Boa Vista), Venezuela)

Dealing with disappointment but embracing successes

Posted on 11 July 2017 by Peter Kille

Dealing with disappointment but embracing successes After the meeting with the Secretary of Indigenous affairs, we had our tails up and thought that we would get into the foothills of Mt Roraima and meet the people there. So we sat around ready go Saturday – mid morning message came through, no flights Saturday – but
Read more





Boa Vista to Tepuy – Tepequem

Posted on 4 July 2017 by Peter Kille

Boa Vista to Tepuy – tepequem Well Luis M’s bite turn out to have a good old nasty bacterial infection and he was not playing host to some parasite. This meant up early to leave hotel and to drive north to hike up the Tepequem Tepy…..only 1100 meters but should contain some of the habitat
Read more


Boa vista – Sampling in the wet season

Posted on 3 July 2017 by Peter Kille

Boa vista – Sampling in the wet season Waking up to the sound of tropical rain placed me into a contemplative mood. I found myself strangely comparing a sense of self-confidence and security at being in Brazil where my bank cards would work even though everyone now spoke Portuguese making it next to impossible for
Read more


River lodge to Lethem and then on to Boa Vista

Posted on 2 July 2017 by Peter Kille

River lodge to Lethem and then on to Boa Vista This will be very brief since today consisted of 10 hours driving with intermittent stops for earthworm sampling – 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
Read more



Iwokrama river lodge

Posted on 29 June 2017 by Peter Kille

Iwokrama river lodge and the worms of Turtle mountain Well by popular request, this post has many more pictures – and not all of worms! But the resizing and uploading take so much time I have little time left for typing, that will make some people really happy!! Lodge pics Today, the Mt Roraima leg of
Read more


About Guyana

Posted on 29 June 2017 by Peter Kille

Here a tourist map of Guyana lifted from the ‘Explore Guyana’ magazine. Don’t let the icons fool you – Guyana is a country of <1 Million people, with 200-300K living in Georgetown where all the major infrastructure is focused. It may not have the golden beaches of the rest of the Caribbean but it does
Read more