...did not live up to its expectations. We arrived in Campo Grande, Brazil and booked a 3 day tour with Ecological Expeditions.
The trip started off on a good foot, we missed our bus by 5 minutes and had to ´catch´it. As the small van from the hostel weaved through traffic and caught our bus, we knew we were in for an adventure.
We never would have survived with out 100% DEET insect repellant that Mike brought along. Regular OFF or bug spray will not do in the slightest. I have never experinced misquotos so badly before in my life.
We slept in hammocks and had no fans. It was impossibly hot the entire time. Our áctivities´consisted of: a safari, piranha fishing, horseback riding, & a boat tour. When we went on the ´safari´and ´hiked´through the woods, it was really a misquto feeding. The buzz buzzzzz of the misqutos never left my ears. I was constantally in motion attempting to swat them away. We saw some minimal animals but it was most unpleasant. Piranha fishing is exactly the same as regular fishing, just that you catch fish with nasty teeth. They were cooked for dinner that evening and tasted surprisingly fishy. The horseback ride was the most enjoyable activity, but my horse was getting into it with the other ones and kept attempting to bite every other horse.
I am happy to be back at a hostel... in Bonito (which means beautiful in Portugese). :-)
Um,yeah. Thanks for doing that horrible trip for me--now I know what to avoid. Not that I would ever be tempted to go wandering around a jungle--as I told you before--indoor plumbing and I get along like peanut butter and jelly. But I'm sorry it was so rough. Hey, makes you appreciate all the comforts of home, right? Besides, it also makes you appreciate how people settled these lands--think what they went through. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point!! I am happy for the comforts of home and find it very auspicious to be alive now and not 100 or 300 years ago. :-)
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