Friday 31st October, dismantling the base camp. In the morning we start packing at the base camp. The tents and tarpaulins have to be folded up, but above all, the equipment and all the precious samples must be put away. The cooks are busy preparing lunch before the kitchen is packed up as well. After lunch, the material is transferred … Continue reading →

Thursday 30th October, from Lobo ground base camp. On this last day of work in Lobo, everybody is dealing with their own samples and feeding data into computers. The explorers, who just came back the day before, were up early. Laurent, Marc and Jean left at dawn to go fishing. They caught two large barracudas, enough to feed all of … Continue reading →

Wednesday 29th October, from the ground base camp. Laurent and Marc (ichthyologists), accompanied by Jean-Marc (a photographer) and Olivier (a filmmaker), came back tonight at nightfall. Despite their tiredness, they told us all about their adventures. They travelled about 60 kilometres on foot across very rugged terrain to reach three lakes that are not easily accessible and rarely visited by … Continue reading →

Tuesday 28th October, from the ground base camp. This evening the camp has filled up again. The mammalogists, who were camping at kilometer 8 on the track to Lobo, are back. Those who climbed up to 1000m too. They are tired but delighted. The forest is really beautiful in the higher parts. The trees are smaller but the moss and … Continue reading →

Monday 27th October, from the ground base camp. This morning, Sophie has gone to sea with Jean and Jean-Pierre who have volunteered to be the skippers, accompanied by Aurélien and Simon from the film crew. The programme includes finding and identifying the dolphins that were spotted the day before in Triton’s bay. After an hour of wandering on a very … Continue reading →