Chaucheros

The guys at the port in Iquitos who help you carry your bags or cargo (e.g. refrigerators, motocycles, etc.) on or off the boat are known locally as "chaucheros".  I originally took this picture to show the boxes of camu-camu fruit (see Camu-camu) coming up the hill.  Looking at it now, I am more impressed by the chauchero going down the hill carrying the two 55 gallon drums.

Checkpoint on the Road to Namyun

The general ambiance at the checkpoint before the bridge on the road to Namyun in Sagaing Division, Myanmar (see Myanmar Journal 2005 for an explanation of what I was doing here). The look on the commander's face when he sees that I am filming pretty much says it all. Beautiful forest loaded with rattan everywhere you look.