I recently wrote this reflection on my adventures in the Peruvian Amazon, and my reconnection with special friends from those days. Here are some vintage photos from the jungle archives, taken by Jose Choy-Sanchez, Rio Ucayali, 1999-2000! And Jose sends this, too, a little jungle background music to set the tone.
The research team enjoying breakfast Amazon-style (bet you can spot the gringa):
Luxurious accommodations, or life in tents, with Karla and Carolina:
Bathing where we can — Jose says this river is no longer clean enough to swim in:
The local supermarket in the indigenous village of Santa Rosa:
Admiring the local catch from the river:
Administering a survey in a local household:
Admiring the local intestinal fauna (parasites) up close:
River transport, taking plátanos to market:
Children grinding corn:
Local housing, ready for rainy season flooding:
Forest after burning:
Local hunter with a tigrillo (ocelot) pelt in the village of Naranjal:
Fiesta in the Shipibo-Conibo village of Puerto Belen: 
After cutting an old grandmother tree:
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