C. Koford 8 Journal 23 Feb. 1973 Nr. S. Juan de Urana, Meta, Colombia to SW of Rio meta (come via Turbo, funy, rio atrois), moto./Don Nunes said much rice, cotton, sorghum, corn now planted in area along river. - Vieta known road, some by log companies. Probably will expand. / We drove toward Villavicencio. Had on 3 flat tires. Arrived after dark. Melan said he did not know of steel traps in Villavicencio markets. / We met 2 guys, cape days, & Gonzalo (boss of Tupango project), and others who will take us to Tupango in Jeep + Churipa tomorrow morning. 24 Feb. 1973. No rain. Overcast in smoke. Dry. Melan said it was first real dry season in 4 years. Waited for Bogotá go. Various delays. Walked around town. Saw large steel traps of European origin in one hardware store. Some pineapples & oranges for sale, but little fruit in Sat. general. Finally got jeep to leave in evening, about 9 p.m. We rode 6 in Jeep - Longley, 2 P.C. men, Chile, Eversley, me. Rough road but dry & passable. About 2 hrs. to Puente Lopez, small town. Then on all night through flat country w. few trees visible in night. 25 February 1973. Stopped at sheltered house for big breakfast. Grass greenish, old grass dry & hard. We saw many fires at night, one in day. No galleries after over 1 km long, about 20 m. tall, some more. Below cattle some zones. Occasional sylvilagus on the road tracks. One tamandua concession on road. We stopped at one “restaurant” where there were about 10 peccary skulls, 1 howler, 1 tapir. Another had several sets whitetailed deer antlers, all small. One had skin of large tapirs. / We walked in one gallery. Trees to about 100', mostly in green foliage. Four large red-headed woodpeckers at least six military macaws in tall open trees & flying. In open fields and fences, black & white flycatchers v. White, also one