Camping in the Jungle

Jungle Camp - The After Shot
Originally uploaded by Phil Chan.

We woke at sunrise and after breakfast went for a canoe ride in the jungle near Jose’s house. The canoe was pretty leaky, so I spent most of the time emptying water out of the canoe with half a 7UP bottle.

After the canoe trip we went for a walk in the jungle around the house where we plucked some bizarre fruit that looked like an overgrown string bean off a tree and ate it... delicious!

Around 4pm we headed from the lodge back into the jungle to spend the night camping. We arrived at the campsite in the rain and had to fix up the skeleton of a shelter by adding some tarps, cutting down some palm branches to make up more of the roof and collecting firewood. Charles then cooked up some dinner for us and I stupidly walked into a creek. My shoes, socks and jeans were soaked, so I spent an hour or so toasting them on the fire to dry them out. At night, the sounds of the Amazon were phenomenal, with birds, bugs and monkeys chatting all night - we avoided the rain, making it a perfect night.