It’s my last morning here on the Amazon, and I’m excited to be in a skiff headed to the small community of Nauta for their weekly market day.  There’s a slight mist in the air, but it feels refreshing to me after the past few days of intense heat and humidity.  I’ve been warned that […]

“About how many people do you think will be here this morning?”  I ask my guide, Sieng, because I think I misheard what he just told me.  “About 1,000,” he replies nonchalantly.  Though I believe him, I’m having a hard time imagining that many people would get up around 4 a.m. and drive here to […]