As a passionate photographer and movie maker I use to shoot a lot while travelling. During short trips to save regions where the risk of equipment loss or damage due to crime and/or environmental conditions (like prolonged high humidity, difficult terrain etc.) it is enough to leave the files (photos, films, sound files) on their …
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DIY – Trolley for Rucksacks
Do you travel with more than one rucksack full of heavy gear? I describe a DIY-trolley for heavy rucksacks. It is very light, dismountable and inexpensive.
Hammocks
Do you want to sleep and rest well during your wild trip? Here I compare four different hammocks and give info about useful tarps.
Drones & Solar
Charging drone batteries in remote areas using solar panels is possible with DIY devices.
Water
WATER Lesson learnt (in a nut shell):1. Water level may rise unexpectedly2. Choose campsite wisely, pay attention to details like sediments on supposedly save dry land3. Have a plan B and observe how the situation changes Lesson in more detail:Amazonia. Rainforest. Rain. Rivers. Oxbow lakes. Swamps. Water is omnipresent in the rainforest. Besides the already …
Fire
Wood, tinder and kindling tend to be very damp in the rainforest and hence difficult to ignite. The easiest way to obtain some wood dry enough for fire is to collect it somewhere with much direct sunlight like banks of larger rivers and in forest gaps, ideally not from the ground but hanging somewhere. And …
Canopy biology
Rainforests are awesome. We humans are bound to walk on the forest flor, hence much of its life escapes our experience. We look up, wonder what lives high up in the canopy. This challenging frontier is being surveyed by biologists. Here we present some general books about this realm. They describe the adventures of this …
Adventure, bushcraft & camping techniques
Travelling through the Amazonas basin is a great adventure, no matter how short your trip may be. Adventure stories are THE inspiration for most of us to travel to remote locations and together with fascinating encouters with nature and peoples they are intellectually, emotionally and physically challenging and rewarding. So be inspired by true stories …
Ecology, general natural history & geography of Amazonia
Here you can find references that deal with more general aspects of the Amazonas basin like overall ecology, natural history, and geography, but also peoples living in the region. For most of the books we provide an affiliate link for Amazon.de. The title is marked with an asterisk * placed before the author’s name. If …
Identification Fauna & Flora
Here we present some guides, scientific books and articles that are useful to identify the organisms found in the Amazonas basin. Given the extreme biodiversity of tropical habitats and our own specific interest this list is by no means complete. However, we will add interesting literature in future. Titles marked with * are Amazon affiliate …
the Amazonas-XPrience 