Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2011
111005: Down the River and Back
neill, 23:44h
Took a motor boat three hours down river to a village in the rain forest. 230 people live there. Spoke to the captain, the headmaster and a few others. Also went out in a dug out canoe to watch the Lilies bloom at sunset and get a real close up of the Caiman.
Climbed a hill that rises 200m sheer above the rain forest canopy and gives amazing views. Maybe also a great relay station point for the next village.
Then back up river, quick "jog" up another mountain that towers over the Savannah and three days of a parasitical infection. Have fever and dehydration but the doctor says I will be OK if I take all five medications and the "gunk" I have to drink.
Now back in Georgetown. With the heat, the saturated air and the fever, it is like sitting in your own private sweat bath.
Still having fun.
Climbed a hill that rises 200m sheer above the rain forest canopy and gives amazing views. Maybe also a great relay station point for the next village.
Then back up river, quick "jog" up another mountain that towers over the Savannah and three days of a parasitical infection. Have fever and dehydration but the doctor says I will be OK if I take all five medications and the "gunk" I have to drink.
Now back in Georgetown. With the heat, the saturated air and the fever, it is like sitting in your own private sweat bath.
Still having fun.
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