Today students visited an indigenous Embera Drua village where the people live in harmony with nature.
“The Embera Drua community is located on the Upper Chagres River. A dam built on the river in 1924 produced Lake Alajuela, the main water supply to the Panama Canal. The village is four miles upriver from the lake and encircled by a 129.000 hectare National Park of primary tropical rainforest.”
On the way to the village students had the opportunity to swim in a waterfall before reaching their final destination to learn about the lifestyle and traditions of the Embera Drua. During the boat ride to and from the village students were able to spot Little Blue and Green Herons, Great Egrets, Amazon, Ringed and Green Kingfishers.
Students were sad to leave because the wanted to spend more time in this very peaceful village.
For more information about the Embera Drua please go to this link:
Please remember that we leave for Cocobolo on Tuesday and we will not be able to communicate with you for the next seven days.
These pictures are so beautiful. How wonderful to see the love and care and smiles, and those gorgeous babies, I just want to squeeze and hug and kiss. Keep up the good work, good people.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels and love to all.