Well, first there were versions 1 and 2, and I think Oregon Trail really came before all of them. But I'm not going anywhere in a covered wagon, so none of that matters. What does matter are the hours I spent playing this game, marveling at the pixelated wildlife, and setting the foundations for my most enduring childhood dream.
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| the illusive Loggus Floatica |
There have been other influences driving me to visit the jungle since then, nature shows and classes discussing rare animals, but it was while playing this game 14 years ago that I resolved to go there.
Well, I'm not going there. As far as I remember, the game is set in the Brazilian Amazon basin, and I don't speak Portuguese. I AM going to Peru in a few short weeks after graduation! After months of searching wildlife boards and ecology sites, I was accepted as a (volunteer) research assistant for an established project. I'll be living at the field site, remote but accessible by boat from Puerto Maldonado, luckily with the comforts of power (3hrs a day), running water, and cell phone service!
The study I'll be working on is a combined anthropology/biology study of small primates
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