We drove until we reached the Sixaola river near the Panamanian boarder and then took a boat upstream as far as we could and then started walking to reach Coroma, a small indigenous community. The people can speak Spanish but speak Bribri among themselves. From Coroma we started walking again, following a river upstream until we didn´t see any human influences anymore whatsoever. Here we conducted visual monitoring (snorkeling) and sampled macro invertebrates and did habitat assessments.
We brought a tarp to sleep under but we couldn´t resist squatting an empty house that we saw on our way to the sites and kept coming back there to sleep.
The Sixaola river
Going upstream by boat.
Too shallow to continue by boat, started walking towards the mountains.
Coroma
Lunch in Coroma
Hiking trough the forest, folowing the river upstream.
The ultimate forest hiking/river crossing/snorkling/dealing with insects outfit.
Steve during a short break
Amazing experiece to snorkel in these rivers full of life, very cold though!
Marcio examining a pool
Ana Maria snorkeling
Lunchtime!
Our temporary research station.
I rushed to get my hammock in a place with a view over the river.
Maribel and Bill planning the route for the next day.
In the category Animales etc., this time:
¨Let´s take care of the rivers¨ (sign in Coroma)
Going downstream again, lot´s of fun going over the rapids in the longboat!
Pura Vida!
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