someday in early february cracker escribe:

It might sound crazy but we're running out of water in the rainforest. I haven't felt any rain for about two weeks by now which means „Greenforce“ has had a pretty dry Jatun Sacha experience so far. It rained twice in Tena last week which wasn't even enough to fill up the watertanks in for the laundry service.
People who live near the river have brought out their rinse equipment looking for gold, which is supposingly easier because there is more gold in the deeper layers of the rocky ground in the Napo.
Let me give you a flashback of my last week activities:
It started off with the monday in Tena. I went with Clara from Sydney. She spent her last night there in a hostal before going travelling to Brasil. We ate delicious Filet Miñgon at Chuquitos, used the Internet, did some shopping and had loads of ice cream.
Tuesday I went up the birdtower with Maria from Canada to see a beautifull sunrise at 6:10 a.m. The bright yellowish fireball turned into red-orange while more and more birds swung out their wings for breakfast. We didn't see any Tulcans though, during the hour we spent up there. After breakfast I went to CCPA and did some Machette work and raking after David, one of the employees, told me about his studies and resent projects with the comunities.
Before lunch I sneaked off with Olli (Greenforce- Jersey, England), who was helping me at the compost area. I showed him the trail down to the river where we met Ana from Spain who was having a swim on her own.
After lunch I went to a family living across the bar and asked for a bike. One of the guys we've played soccer with a couple of times was so kind and repaired the only bike of the husbands´ family I went to. After a good hour of screwing and pumping I was ready to roll.
I told Freddy and Pablo who I met on my way to CCPA that morning, that I'd accompany them back to Tena. They were volunteers for a month, live in Archidona(8 km passed Tena) and just turned up to get another signiture from Alejo for their certificates.
At around 2 o'clock in the stinging sun we jumped our settles. Equiped with a gallon of water, sunglases and cap. Although I had the feeling my front wheel would have liked to be independent, slightly wobbeling in the fork downhill – the guy did an awesome job repairing. I couldn't have expected the gears to be working. Anyhow- I'm used to paddeling!
First thing we did – Ice cream, of course! Watching another parade on the main street. Seems like this town has resons to celebrate every month. Maybe it's just for attraction. The kids, selected queens and vehicles are fun to watch though!
Aferwards we just jumped in the river around the corner. The two boys had quite a hard time pulling me out since there were no steps where we jumped in and my calf muscles would just cramp up in every movement I made. Eventuelly we made it and searched for and found more volunteers I took the bus back with.
Wednesday Derek and I choped down Alejos lawn at his house. With Machette of course!
Afterwards we cooled off in the rio and took the 1.15 p.m. bus to Tena. Ice cream, best hamburguesas at café Tortuga and another swim in the river where I talked to a big Ecuadorian who was fishing with his googles on, using just his hands and a fishernet in the current.
Thursday and friday we finished up Alejos yard and raked all the weeds which had turned to hay already beacuse of the dryness. We watched "lucky number sleven" in the office and went to the bar.
Saturday we were 18 volunteers on bosque. We split up in two groups and had lunch at a nice place at a river where we jumped in from rocks and trees. After seven hours we took the bus back to the staton.
Sunday was no activity, so I went for a run and some people at the rio showed me how they search for gold unlike the governmental mineries who work with chemical insertion destroying the natural riverbeds. Those make a kg a day which is just as bad in the matter of contermination as most of the petroleum problems.