Wow, wow, wow.. so you were stopped by the Natives or you intentionally went to them? I've heard of people being killed by bow and arrow for accidentally making natives mad. Did you have anything on board for self defense just in case?
Venezuela 2012
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Hi Ike,
If you come with peaceful intentions you takes nothing to fear.
From friends I know only one critical incident. That was on Casiquare few years ago. The night before their visit another tribe had killed a boy and kidnapped two women. There were the Indians on warpath. My friends but nothing happened.
If you have arms, you create problems.
Greetings
Elko
If you come with peaceful intentions you takes nothing to fear.
From friends I know only one critical incident. That was on Casiquare few years ago. The night before their visit another tribe had killed a boy and kidnapped two women. There were the Indians on warpath. My friends but nothing happened.
The Venezuelan Constitution guarantees special rights to the Indians in their tribal area. The central agency (in Puerto Ayacucho) allowed to travel to the Indian Territory. If you want to catch fish, you have to ask the Indians in the relevant village. You must then go to the Indians. Why not if it is peaceful? Arguing does not help there.
We were not in the Wild West.
If you have arms, you create problems.
Greetings
Elko
Hi,
... more on the way - better said, back the way.
From Tencua it should now go back by boat to Puerto Ayacucho. On the way back we wanted to look purely at various tributaries of the Rio Orinoco and Rio Ventuari.
First, we went back to the mouth of the Rio Asita in the Rio Ventuari (yellow pin: Map)
View to Tencua
Tencua
Waterfront of Tencua with monument of Simon Bolivar.
(A statue of Simon Bolivar in Venezuela you can found in every larger village/town.)
The mouth of the Rio Asita in Rio Ventuari. (View in Rio Asita.)
To be continued.
... more on the way - better said, back the way.
From Tencua it should now go back by boat to Puerto Ayacucho. On the way back we wanted to look purely at various tributaries of the Rio Orinoco and Rio Ventuari.
First, we went back to the mouth of the Rio Asita in the Rio Ventuari (yellow pin: Map)
View to Tencua
Tencua
Waterfront of Tencua with monument of Simon Bolivar.
(A statue of Simon Bolivar in Venezuela you can found in every larger village/town.)
The mouth of the Rio Asita in Rio Ventuari. (View in Rio Asita.)
To be continued.
wow as i stated before this is fantastic.
May I ask you, what was you aim on this trip ? Fish to bring home, just looking at the nature or going to very isolated places or collecting data ?
cheers jk :thumbup:
May I ask you, what was you aim on this trip ? Fish to bring home, just looking at the nature or going to very isolated places or collecting data ?
cheers jk :thumbup:
Hi Jan,
Mainly I'm interested in plecos and anything related to it.
I would also like to know more about the countries, people and nature. It's a different world.
Greetings
Elko
Mainly I'm interested in plecos and anything related to it.
I would also like to know more about the countries, people and nature. It's a different world.
Greetings
Elko
Hi,
more animal images from there:
Near our camp there was a huge amount of toads - Aga (Bufo marinus).
... soon there will be a few more:
For pleco-friends: Hypostomus rhantos (L 242)
Its home is among the stones under the trees right behind.
To be continued.
more animal images from there:
Near our camp there was a huge amount of toads - Aga (Bufo marinus).
... soon there will be a few more:
For pleco-friends: Hypostomus rhantos (L 242)
Its home is among the stones under the trees right behind.
To be continued.
Hi,
... it goes on. In the morning we wanted to see something more from the Rio Asita and decided to tour further upstream. First we wanted to take the dinghy, but since the engine was still on the bongo, we decided to drive like this.
(red line from yellow marker without dot to red marker with dot: Map)
Unfortunately, barring very soon a rapid way.
(With the dinghy we had come through - but there still wanted to rebuild the engine, we do not.)
Also the fishing at the rapids was not so overwhelming.
Back to the place of last camp.
To be continued.
... it goes on. In the morning we wanted to see something more from the Rio Asita and decided to tour further upstream. First we wanted to take the dinghy, but since the engine was still on the bongo, we decided to drive like this.
(red line from yellow marker without dot to red marker with dot: Map)
Unfortunately, barring very soon a rapid way.
(With the dinghy we had come through - but there still wanted to rebuild the engine, we do not.)
Also the fishing at the rapids was not so overwhelming.
Back to the place of last camp.
To be continued.
Hi,
some pictures from way back to Rio Ventuari (yellow marker without dot to yellow pin)
On this way we traded with the Indians.
The mouth of the Rio Asita in the Ventuari - from Rio Asita coming, Rio Ventuari running crosswise.
To be continued
some pictures from way back to Rio Ventuari (yellow marker without dot to yellow pin)
On this way we traded with the Indians.
The mouth of the Rio Asita in the Ventuari - from Rio Asita coming, Rio Ventuari running crosswise.
To be continued
Hi,
pics from break (red pin):
It would, of course, whenever you can sometimes make fairly useful pictures of wild river dolphins.
Of course, no one has caught dolphins. We were very surprised how close the animals have gotten to us. (The river dolphins of Novo Airão, Rio Negro, Brasil must not take as a benchmark)
Obviously, fishes were attracted by the fishing and the dolphins were then attracted by this fishes.
Where dolphins swim you can pack up your rod.
To be continued
pics from break (red pin):
It would, of course, whenever you can sometimes make fairly useful pictures of wild river dolphins.
Of course, no one has caught dolphins. We were very surprised how close the animals have gotten to us. (The river dolphins of Novo Airão, Rio Negro, Brasil must not take as a benchmark)
Obviously, fishes were attracted by the fishing and the dolphins were then attracted by this fishes.
Where dolphins swim you can pack up your rod.
To be continued
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Elko thank you for this wonderful insight, Thank you.
Maybe only 1% of the worlds fishkeepers have witnessed what the mighty Amazon is truely like. I love the pictures where there is a large amount of rocky landscape above the waterline. It gives a real insight into the features below the water. For me this is what we should be offering to our fish 9especially if they are known wild fish). Its difficult to reproduce the scale of the rocks, crevices & caves. Same goes for the fallen trees that rest in the water for the fish to then move into for there protection.
I look forward to the next instalments.
Maybe only 1% of the worlds fishkeepers have witnessed what the mighty Amazon is truely like. I love the pictures where there is a large amount of rocky landscape above the waterline. It gives a real insight into the features below the water. For me this is what we should be offering to our fish 9especially if they are known wild fish). Its difficult to reproduce the scale of the rocks, crevices & caves. Same goes for the fallen trees that rest in the water for the fish to then move into for there protection.
I look forward to the next instalments.
Hi,
along the Rio Ventuari (red pin to red marker without dot: Map)
Again and again impressive when you came around a bend in the river and you could see behind the shallow river / land there are high, isolated mountains.
Drying time - many small rivers are barely or not connected with the main rivers.
On late evening on the next day I was snorkeling in this group of stones.
I saw Squaliforma emarginata (L 153), one Peckoltia/Ancistomus and one small Hypostomus.
Catfish caught?
I needed my hands and feets to hold me in the flow, plus the flashlight ... I let me grow a few more hands until the next time.
To be continued
along the Rio Ventuari (red pin to red marker without dot: Map)
Again and again impressive when you came around a bend in the river and you could see behind the shallow river / land there are high, isolated mountains.
Drying time - many small rivers are barely or not connected with the main rivers.
On late evening on the next day I was snorkeling in this group of stones.
I saw Squaliforma emarginata (L 153), one Peckoltia/Ancistomus and one small Hypostomus.
Catfish caught?
I needed my hands and feets to hold me in the flow, plus the flashlight ... I let me grow a few more hands until the next time.
To be continued
Hi,
... the other animals of the afternoon / evening:
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Nepomorpha
To be continued
... the other animals of the afternoon / evening:
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Nepomorpha
To be continued