Project Amazonas – Page 2 – Project Blogs

Week Three

Now that we are all adjusted to Santa Cruz and we’ve found our routine, the week is starting to fly by. I myself am getting over a sickness. Last weekend […]
2016, Indiana University, Peru, Project Amazonas, Uncategorized
Week Two

We just finished our full first week of work. Calling it strenuous would be the understatement of this trip. We had to demolish the house that was in place of […]
2016, Indiana University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week One

After what seemed like an eternity we have finally arrived at the Iquitos Airport. Once we got off the airplane and walked along the tarmac we got a taste of […]
2016, Indiana University, Peru, Project Amazonas, Uncategorized
Final Touches Before Take Off

Greetings from the McGill Project Amazonas team!! For the past several months we have been rigorously preparing for our project in Peru – from learning key Spanish phrases (i.e. […]
2016, McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Final thoughts after weeks away from the precious jungle —

As a final post, we thought we would share a short message from each of us, as we all took away something a little different. Thanks for watching, and until […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Our final week in the Jungle!

Our last week in the jungle snuck up on us like the ever-elusive jaguar we never saw! We spent these days wrapping up the final activities of our project. On […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week 5 Update from Peru

Trip to Pevas On Monday we took a day trip over to Pevas, a small city located roughly an hour and a half away from the field station. Traveling with […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Jungle Update – week 4

This week, we started our tree nursery program in the school of Santo Tomas. It was the first day of a 4-session program with the school. We went once this […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Wrapping Up

The Rice University Summer 2015 project has come to a happy close this past week, as the final touches were placed upon both the electrical and water pumping systems. All […]
Peru, Project Amazonas, Rice University
Agua y Curriente

This past week has been momentous in terms of our project, and the Rice Project team’s impact on the city of Santa Cruz. After picking up all of the supplies […]
Peru, Project Amazonas, Rice University