Ware Guyana Trip 2011
Santa Mission
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Today we got up early and checked our pitfall traps, cone traps and did laundry. We walked down the road and met Waja for a car ride to the dock where we were to start our day trip to Santa Mission. All 6 of us were able to sort of fit in his car, and we went down to the river. Byebye’s son, Rocky, met us there and we got into his motorboat. We collected a lot of dragonflies and damselflies along the river on the way to Santa Mission, including some new taxa that we had not yet collected. Rocky was an amazing collector too, and he used one of our nets along the way to Santa Mission. We also stopped at somebody’s property along the way home where there were dogs, and what we estimated to be over 100 Pantala flying over a recently burned field.
Ian:
The trip down the tributary was absolutely inspiring. After a few hours of frantic collecting near the river banks, we sat back and relaxed and Rocky accelerated us through the refreshing rain and toward the Amerindian Reservation. On the way back to Ceiba, Waja showed us how awesome he is. He packed the six of us into his cab then cleverly maneuvered and shuttled us passed the cops’ road-block. He said it wasn’t the first time he has skirted the fuzz. It was an unforgettable day.
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