Text & Photos by Kateri Drexler
Pictured here: Kateri (upper left) & her traveling companion, together with the family she has become friends with that live near the station.
(NOTE: The temperature of
the jungle ranges from very hot to surprisingly cool. June through August
are generally the wettest months and September through December the dryest,
although there really is no typical pattern. Humidity usually stays at
about 90 percent and it can rain torrentially. Raingear should include
rubber boots and a heavy-duty poncho with a hood. A dry bag is recommended
to carry binoculars and cameras. Travelers to this part of the jungle must
be able to prove they've had a yellow-fever vaccination). To make arrangements
to visit the Tiputini Bio-diversity Station, Please contact: Kateri
Drexler email: kateri@mail.usfq.edu.ec
at the Universidad
San Franscisco de Quito, in Quito Ecuador S.A., call or write her at the
University address below:
P.O. Box 17-12-341 Quito Ecuador , Office (593-2)-895-723 fax; 593-2-890-070
