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Solange

Solange Welch, Researcher

Name: Solange Welch

Job: Researcher

Luxury item: Brand new toothbrush.

Phobia: Finding a big fat spider in my wellies after I've put them on.

Will miss: Kristian.

Looking forward to: The whole shebang - the heat, jungle sounds, feeling at home, finding gold, getting covered in mud, meeting new people, getting back in one piece. It's different, innit?

Dreading: To be honest, not much... famous last words!

latest blog entry

A White Knuckle Jungle Climb

Posted on: Sat 3 May 08

Posted from: LBA Research centre, 2 hrs north of Manaus

It's 7:30am and I've already had one of the most exhilarating and terrifying experiences of my life. If I do nothing else today I will still go to bed with a feeling of accomplishment. I could probably be a bum for a whole month and feel no guilt. I have enough adrenalin in my veins that if I was so much as to sneeze right now my constitution might go into overdrive and start fitting with anaphylactic shock. I know that's medically inaccurate but it sounds good.

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