Friday June 6th
Today we went on a jungle trek. This involved a 1 hour boat ride, a 3 hour walk (all fine so far) and then a 1 hour wade down a stream at waist height. This last part was not as enjoyable as it sounds.
From a zoology point of view, we didn't see any mammals, and birds were in short supply, but we did see loads of insects and one of the worlds most poisonous frogs. The ants were particularly interesting, and surprising tasty (lemon ants, they did taste a bit sherbety). We also saw a load of plants, and Fausto, our guide, did take time out to do a number of Blue Peter type show and tells where he made all sorts of useful things from the materials lying around in the jungle, including the poison that the locals use in their blowpipes.
After a surprisingly good packed lunch provided to us by the lodge, we headed downstream to visit a museum with loads of indigenous stuff, animal traps, cooking and blowpipes. We had fun trying to hit targets with the blowpipes, they were surprisingly easy to use.
After the museum we headed back and met up with our now recovered sick crew. And in the evening, as well as our usual drink and cards, we also had a visit from the local Shaman, who tried to cure our sick and wounded.
Today we went on a jungle trek. This involved a 1 hour boat ride, a 3 hour walk (all fine so far) and then a 1 hour wade down a stream at waist height. This last part was not as enjoyable as it sounds.
From a zoology point of view, we didn't see any mammals, and birds were in short supply, but we did see loads of insects and one of the worlds most poisonous frogs. The ants were particularly interesting, and surprising tasty (lemon ants, they did taste a bit sherbety). We also saw a load of plants, and Fausto, our guide, did take time out to do a number of Blue Peter type show and tells where he made all sorts of useful things from the materials lying around in the jungle, including the poison that the locals use in their blowpipes.
After a surprisingly good packed lunch provided to us by the lodge, we headed downstream to visit a museum with loads of indigenous stuff, animal traps, cooking and blowpipes. We had fun trying to hit targets with the blowpipes, they were surprisingly easy to use.
After the museum we headed back and met up with our now recovered sick crew. And in the evening, as well as our usual drink and cards, we also had a visit from the local Shaman, who tried to cure our sick and wounded.
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