An early morning view of the Lower Urubamba River from the grounds of the Sabeti Lodge in Timpia. Photo: Maura Hart / Oxfam America.
My guest blogger today is Maura Hart, an Oxfam press officer who traveled to Peru last month to visit indigenous communities whose lands and livelihoods are affected by the Camisea natural gas pipeline project. Here’s Maura on one of the most memorable places along the way.
Traveling in a small motorboat along the Lower Urubamba River in central Peru, I felt like guest in a mythical land, though my sneakers soaked in river water reminded me that I was in fact on Earth. Surrounded by the dense forest, exotic birds flying overhead, I could glimpse small huts, and children running through the trees in the eerie quiet. There was something about this river and the land floating by that made me feel like I should have been asking some higher power for permission to visit.
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