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| Us in the river |
Welcome to our rainforest web site!
We are four students and a teacher who learn together in the middle of the
rainforest in South America. We want to share some of our experiences with you. We try to study the environment around
us.
We are now in our third year at Raleighvallen (and our second year of this website). Right now--November, 2005--there
is a very large building project. Timberframers ffrom the UK, the USA and Canada are raising a 3 part building that
will include a restaurant, reception center and raised viewing platform.
The frame was raised in three weeks by 16 timber framers from North America and the UK with assistance of our Kwinti
workers. The frame had been cut over the previous 6 months by 3 TFG framers working in Paramaribo.
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| Beginning to put together frame 9 Nov 2005 |
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| Raising bent 5 (of 14) on Sat,12 Nov |
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Imagine going to school far away from any roads, or school bus or even a town! We live in a park (Central
Suriname Nature Reserve) the size of New Jersey. There are no roads or homes in the park!
Our camp is called Raleighvallen and it is on Foengoe Island in the Coppename River. We get to Raleighvallen
by canoe. It is also possible to fly in a small plane. There are only10 to 20 other people in the entire park!
Some people help with guiding tourists and cooking, others study the monkeys. We are the only school children. Two troops
of monkeys live on our island. The squirrel monkeys are very friendly; they visit camp every day. The howlers
are shy but we hear them every night!
We want to share our stories, pictures and projects. Thank you for visiting our website!
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We study surrounded by river, forest and animals:
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| Pascal and Bryan working hard |
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Pascal, Bryan, Omar and Esi
In the middle of the Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Amazonia, South America
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