I grew up in this place
as you can see here, you know.
The river over here was
my swimming pool.
We came here, my house was
actually back there where the
kitchen is
So we were like the
only family living here.
Before I used to walk bare feet
Used to walk bare feet
palmleaf clothes
animal skin
you know my father kills Jaguar
Alligator skin from big ones
very tough. That was like my
bulletproof.
Long hair. Things like that.
I think plants were showing me
my future job to do for me.
Because I didn't study
to work as a guide.
I just grew up here
I'm just now learning english,
like from you guys.
You know, sometimes I meet
a group of people teaching
me some english
That's the way I'm doing it here
for my job you know.
For me nature is
I would say one of my biggest,
my biggest friends
I would say like a friend,
like a father for me
I would say in this case.
Because, as I told you, when I
was learning, I understood
how strong every plant is
and things like that, you know.
That makes me feel like
very happy.
I don't know.
In one way tourists changed
my way of life.
I don't know if it's
I think not that bad.
Because
everything is changing
in the Amazon.
Yeah, it's really crazy.
Especially in the last
maybe 5 or 6 years,
we are starting to have
like a big, big change
Especially with the water
maybe a little bit with the sun.
Because normaly it was
like 42 degree.
And now a few days
we actually have 44.
Especially from 12
to 2 in the afternoon
So now in the last 5, 6 years
water is coming too much as well.
So the water is really affecting
to most communities that live
in the low land.
Because everybody has
their plantations over there.
So every year now
water is coming up
and is killing all the bananas
yuka, tomatoes, cucumber
plantations and things like that
So it's not the best for 
jungle people.
Changed alot.
Because I remember
when I was 9, 10 11 years old
we had alot
Not only my family
That was the way of life before.
Everybody needed to plant things
and have alot of things to eat.
You know, it was like that.
In the last five years
all the mangoes, orange coconut
avocado and other tree fruits,
they all died because
they were not that strong
to be that much time
in the water.
So the trees easily died.
That's why we don't have
that much fruit
in the community.
And that was actually the
main reason why
most people from my village
moved to the other side
of the Amazon
which is a little higher
so they all went there.
Only few people stay here now,
in my village like
27 people about
from nearly like 500
people before
So most people
like from 19, 20, 23, 24 years
they are all moving to Lima
looking for other jobs.
To work in mine companies.
Because they get a little 
bitt more over there.
More than 100 Soles, you know.
Yeah for sure, for example
the first time the water came up
that's why many animals died.
I found armadillos,
like all the terrestrial animals,
armadillos, agoutis, pacas
they died.
Because they couldn't find water.
I mean sorry,
they couldn't find a dry area
That's why many of them died
so now not only human
in the last five years
are the biggest enemy.
Now I would say it's the water
as well.
Because when I used to go
deep in the jungle with tourists.
Because we didn't have a dry place
we did the activities by boat
I could find the animals,
like dead.
They drowned
Because they can't really climb.
or sometimes they were on
top of some fallen trees.
But I found many dead animals
because they drowned.
Yeah it's really affecting
also the animals.
The water.
Like the way of life before
we weren't crazy.
Like killing animals.
But in the last 10 years,
I would say,
people started to
kill animals, more like crazy.
not for the meal for the family.
It was more for selling.
That was really crazy.
Because before when
we killed animals,
imagine, 
like my parents, my community
when we were going
into the jungle to kill animals.
We were doing a prayer
We used to pray
to the mother nature
why we were going to kill them.
"Please Pachamamma help us
to find something, to kill it
because it's going to be for
our food.
It was like that.
I think everybody here
helps in many ways
For example to protect
the animals.
So that's why at least
we have some iguanas,
we have the sloths,
we have the monkeys,
the animals I showed you.
It's because we are starting
to protect this place
otherwise I think we weouldn't
have animals here.
But you have to think abouthe
future as well.
Because you are all gonna
have kids.
And your kids are gonna
have  other kids.
And it's gonna be really sad
if you start killing
all the animals now.
What are your kids going 
to see when they grow up.
It's gonna be only in books.
It's going to be like that.
I think it's better to just
protect the animals
And then everybody could see
what the life here is like.
But for me
I feel very comfortable what
I have here.
Sometimes when I'm laying in my bed
in my bed
I'm like, okay,
What do I need?
Everything I need to be okay
is here.
I think I'm better here.
Everything I want is here.
