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Blog #5: Atuncaño – Learning to live simply with piranhas, shamans and blowguns in Amazonia.

Dwellings in more remote parts of Amazonia, such as those here in Atuncaño, Peru, are simple but functional. The one in the background was my home for a short while. Getting off the map (not just the grid), enables us to learn not only about our neighbors here on Earth, but also gives us insight into the life of our ancestors who stood at the cusp between a hunter-gatherer culture and a farming culture.

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