During the courses we went on field trips to get to know different features of the Amazonian ecology of Peru. This how we got to count dolphins, search alligators at night, and work with native communities along the Amazon river. After the course, we supervised student groups in their first field work research. My group did research in a regional nature area, which had been instated without seriously consulting the original population. In response, a native community carried out a self-demarcatation map of their ancestral territory. We made a video of what drove them to defend their territory. I will never forget those experiences and encounters.