Collecting in the Huaylla Belen Valley area:


The view as we started up the road to the Amazonas region.

We stayed in the town of Lumad. A statue of Jesus Christ looking over the town.


The view of the town at the top of the hill where the statue is.


The first couple of days we collected in the cloud forest. It rained...a lot...and was very cold.




The valley of Huaylla Belen
The collectors: Carolina, Carlos and Claudia

Life could not be complete without some photos of the plants in the area.

Need to identify (above)
Pasiflora (above)
Nasa (above)
Orchid
Aroids

Back in Chachapoyas. Collections from our last day in the field waiting to be pressed.

Adventures in Peru:

We were suppose to leave today to collect in the Maranon area. But, a drunk driver crashed into Carlos and Carolina's parked car at 4:00AM this morning. Needless to say...we are still in Chachapoyas. :)




The driver on the left, his friend in the middle, and Carlos (all the way to the right) talking about the accident.