An even more ‘middle of nowhere’ experience – bus, canoe and trek to the camp. Our home is a thatched roof lodge, no outside walls or windows – just a mud wall between us and our neighbours. There is no electricity so we have candles, kerosene lamps and torches (thanks to Lucy for her wind up torch)- and of course eco-loos. Unsurprisingly it is very wet, hot and humid (we’re in the wet season of a tropical rain forest). It’s been a routine of breakfast at 04.30, then off in a canoe, or hike to see the wildlife and bed by 21.30. Two of the rare sightings have been the Harpy Eagle and the Giant Otters (at a distance), but for Suzanne the highlight was catching a Piranha with a stick, a bent pin and a
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