Peru
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Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [4277]
Oh my god! What a fiasco to export a dog out of Peru. Just ask Justin the vet student. I doubt he’ll ever want to hear to words ‘Peru’ and ‘dog’ mentioned in the same sentence again. That poor bugger Justin has been stuck in customs ... Read more >
Thursday, 6 Jul 2006 | Views [6854]
Wow, I got to treat an oncilla!! The oncilla or little tiger cat is one of the smallest cat species in South America. And this little guy is rare and classified cites 1. The species continued existence is considered threatened. I encountered ... Read more >
Monday, 3 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 3 Jul 2006 | Views [2326]
Filthy conditions, no food or water, an endangered oncilla near death...thats what I encountered on my visit to Inrena, the government animal holding centre in Iquitos. Inrena is the official destination for animals that have been confiscated from ... Read more >
Tuesday, 20 Jun 2006 | Photo Gallery
Toby
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Tuesday, 20 Jun 2006 | Views [7515]
Free!!! If you can guess his breed that is. Not always easy when the dog is hairless & his skin is crusty and falling off. After catching the most emaciated hairless street dog ever I was curious what breed would this distinctly alien looking creature ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 Jun 2006 | Photo Gallery
Butterfly farm
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Thursday, 8 Jun 2006 | Views [2137]
What a great day! Fantastic to get out of Iquitos for the afternoon away from the noisy motorcarros, clinic dogs & general mayhem. Just a 20 minute boat journey down the tranquil Nanay River & I’m in paradise…..Pilpintuwasi. This means ‘butterfly’s ... Read more >
Monday, 22 May 2006 | Photo Gallery
Life in the river
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Monday, 22 May 2006 | Views [3094]
The best thing about living in a floating house in Belen on the Amazon River is that if your neighbors are noisy, smelly or just plain irritating, you can float somewhere else. If only I had the same option! I live above the vet clinic next door to ... Read more >
Monday, 15 May 2006 | Views [4442]
Ask any foreigner in Iquitos about Belen market & they will answer “muy peligroso” (very dangerous). “Don’t wear your watch, or take a camera, & definitely don’t spend more time there than you have to”. Good advice it may be but when Belen ... Read more >
Monday, 15 May 2006 | Photo Gallery
Belen market - Iquitos
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Monday, 15 May 2006 | Views [3083]
It’s wonderful to be back in Iquitos to volunteer with charity Amazon Cares & to help the abandoned cats & dogs. Iquitos is the kind of city I love to live in. It’s bursting at the seams with people – 400,000 more or less – many of whom spend ... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 May 2006 | Views [1419]
My hostel in Lima “The Flying Dog” has a very chilled out resident ginger tom cat called ‘Slappers’. What a unique & novel name & surely the 1 st I’ve met. Slappers is a rather relaxed individual who ambles about the hostel & sleeps ... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 May 2006 | Photo Gallery
Scenes about town
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Tuesday, 9 May 2006 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 2 May 2006 | Views [1552]
As always, it's great to be back on the road. Six weeks in Australia was relaxing...chilling out with family/friends. Heartwarming... petting my long suffering cats who finally acknowledged my presence after I was home for 2 days. Educational.... ... Read more >
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