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September 22nd 2009 by David on tour, Brazil
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What a night!!
We had to get into our hammocks as soon as it got dark. Above the sounds of the ever present insect noise, the first things to hear was the frogs. This carried on for a couple of hours and then partway through the night there was strange sound like a hoarse lion. Rubens said that this was a jaguar - this made my night as they are very rare.
Then around midnight the howler monkeys started up, they were amazing and were very close at times. In the early hours something came into our camp and started rummaging in the food, we couldn't see what it was because of the mosquito nets. The guide got out and chased it away there was no way I was volunteering to do it, he said it was some kind of large rodent, can't remember what type.
It was a nightmare trying to sleep in the hammock and not something I will be in a rush to do again, probably got 1 hour of sleep.
The great thing about eating in the jungle is that you never have to wash up, the spoons and plate (palm leaf) that we left out the previous night had been picked clean by the ants.
After breakfast we fought our way back through the forest and headed off to a native house, where we rested and then I had my first wash of the jungle trip - a swim in the Pirahna infested river. The water was as dark as peat so you couldn't see the fish but they could see you. I also managed to wash my clothes in the river as the smell that was emanating from them was starting to make me drowsy:-)
After the dip went for another canoe trip and saw some capuchin monkeys and then it was back to the lodge.
I had been taking the anti-malrial drug Malarone whilst I was in the jungle but it gave me constant headaches after taking it, this combined with the insect bites, sun burn and heat was taking its toll so I stopped taking them after 4 days as they were more trouble than they were worth.
The next day went for a jungle hike and the in the afternoon headed back to Manaus for my early morning flights to Sao Paulo and then on to Foz de Iguacu.
If you want to book with the guide direct and I would definitely recommend him, Rubens details are:
Rubens Billy
Rubensbilly@yahoo.com.br
055-092-91837789
Headwear
A group of Belgians joined the camp and went with me and Reubens, this is the headwear he made out of palm fronds.
Part of trip: Brazil
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September 29th 2009 - David T:
Kate will freek when she see the Spider skin your holding. Your having an amazing adventure p tell me will I get the same sort of culture shock when I visit Blackpool ?.
It is 7am in Tassie - Wed 30th Sept - I am having a lazy day at home before I head for the aiiport at 3pm for the first leg of my flight to Cairo. Take care.
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