Sleeping in the jungle is hard. With all the strange noises and the tarantula stories running through my head...I couldn't switch off. The morning came and we had a traditional
breakfast...fried bananas, egg and tomato.

Then another hike through the terrain, to get to a jungle healer's hut. He performed an odd cleansing ceremony on each of us which consisted of blowing cigar-like smoke on us, whistling and muttering to himself.....so pretty much any old day with my Dad!
He also waved leaves all around us to expel the 'bad spirits'. After it I felt dirty and smoke-ridden, cleansing my arse!

Then we were taught how to use a blow gun and a spear. Second time round I hit the target with the
Blowgun, but the spear was a lot harder to use. Although a 60 year old lady smashed the spear into the target from afar, putting all the blokes to shame.

After some lunch and a siesta we headed to the local tribal school which teaches Eco-tourism, and visited the Yanchana community. The kids there introduced us to their crop farm, classrooms and the animal farm.

They had some recreational time whilst we were there so we witnessed a game of theirs. In a circle, They have to keep a ball up in the air with their hands. If anyone messes up then they surround the culprit and carry him/her to a reservoir and promptly chuck them in. I was tempted to join in but we didn't have time (phew!)

The community is small and everywhere there are kids welcoming you and waving. Some came running up to us to show us the fish they caught in the river.

The humidity here is bordering on unbearable, 80-90%, whatever that means.

Everyone here works hard and live such simple lives. And yet you occasionally see a mobile phone or a tv which shows that they do indulge in westernisation every now and then. It's very odd to see this juxt-opposition.

Lastly we went on a nocturnal hike, torches in hand. Not a huge amount to see, mainly because of the lack of light. But we came across huge spiders as big as my face, some oddly shaped bugs and a few fleeting frogs. We did get a good view of the local croc though, with his whole head out of the water! Being only 1m in lengh, he looks more cute than nasty.