VENEZUELA: Adventures in Amazonia (continued, part 3) By the way, as soon as we arrived, the guards arrested a group of workers and seized their boat, which had food supplies, including four cows. Workers built the line, facing the wall, and on all sides surrounded by guards with weapons. All stared at one another: they were intrigued by the presence of tourists, but we - a tense situation. But it was nice to see that such arrests is still being conducted. And another thing: how many of you know, in this region produce a lot of cocaine. After the incident with the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia Vooruzhennymi in January 2008, the Colombian army seems to have left the land in the San Fernando, and the rebels are back here, bringing with them their main source of income - the cocaine trade. There were a lot of the military, and there are rumors that they cover the drug dealers. Should emphasize that this is unproven facts. And even though we did not come here to look at the miners and rebels, but for something much more enjoyable, however, it seemed that we would never get rid of their intrusive presence. This is particularly evident when we visited the house of one family living in fear that their children will be taken in the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia Vooruzhennye. This is a very common phenomenon here, but the head of the family said that he was ready to fight with anyone who may harm his family. Sitting in a small hut and listening to it, we were very upset by things happening to families and tribes, who would lead a quiet simple life, without the troubles that brought them to these people. Finally, we arrived at the village, which was the main purpose of our trip - Jan. Here lives the ancient tribe, one of the last, kept their traditions, despite the temptations of civilization. Yanomami is located in the southern Venezuelan Amazon and, respectively, in the northern part of the Brazilian Amazon. Since the beginning of last century, a tribe that lives here, was completely cut off from the outside world but from the moment he found here were conducted many scientific studies, and sometimes even completely unethical. Such a huge interest in this race is the fact that their blood is incredibly clean, and this makes them a desirable rarity for pharmaceutical companies. Anthropologists also are interested in their social life. I did make-up according to the ancient rite Start material: Read more:
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