Day 2 with no shower...
We played mosquito bate during our jungle walk this morning, an adventure that started at 5:30 am with one of our guides (almost) singing "bird wa-tching, bird wa-tching" outside of our tents and ended with a wild boar encounter and a creek that was too deep to cross for fear of anacondas (not kidding).
We spent an hour or so watching the fresh water dolphin frolic and play, and searching for the three toed sloth in the trees along the shoreline. Just before lunch we stopped on a white sandy beach. Everyone jumped in the water to "bathe." The guys turned on the macho-man routine as they tried to turn trees that had fallen into the water upright, and the girls turned on their sweet-sides as they played in the mud and did handstands on the beach.
Lunch was back on the boat (in hammocks for some and on the roof for others). By 2:00 pm we were on to our next adventure.
This time we were heading back into the rainforest with a couple of medicine men. Our translators told us we would be trekking into parts of the jungle where no tourists had ever gone before. Judging by the lack of trails and DENSE vegetation, I truly believe they were right. (Did I mention that jungles are not my thing?)
Along the way, the experts pointed out how to live off the land. From brazil nuts to yucca, milk trees to ayahuasca we followed in amazement. We tasted things, felt things, and ran from things. At one point, several of us were standing next to a large tree. One of the guides grabbed a stick and began poking at a hole near the tree’s roots. Qlyl asked the translator what he was doing, “Searching for the boa constrictor snake,” was the response. Talk about jumping out of our shoes!!!
The rain has been on and off all day. I am beginning to question if we will ever be dry again. :)
Mud baths in the Amazon
Jungle hikes
Freebird in his dug-out canoe (before almost becoming croc bate that night)
More jungle hiking - super stylish as you can tell
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