I was in a tiny airport lounge waiting to grab a flight to the amazon. It was posh and had free food and drink which we could take as we pleased. I have never experienced such good service, and felt like taking everything as it was FREE! I refrained from doing so, but I still felt my inner-jew nagging me to do so.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle! I arrived by a small by-plane to the amazon and travelled by canoe for 2 and a half hours to the lodge I'm staying in. The river is huge, the trees are immense and never ending..... Turns out the jungle IS massive!

Before our canoe departed, the river-port had a few pets. I met a toucan, some peacocks, a parrot, some tiny little squirell-like monkeys and played with a larger monkey who was way more friendly, letting me pet him.

When we got to the lodge we hiked a
bit to see see some amazing views and a butterfly house. I was the only volunteer to try a plant root which was meant to make your mouth go numb. I don't know if it was too weak or because of my ability to speak so fast...it didn't work.

A night in the jungle is out if this world. The constant sounds of bugs, birds and distant monkeys gives you the feeling of full immersion into nature. So much
variety of noise, and the insects which chase you and your light are crazy! The lodge has a rescued parrot called 'Yulanda' too, who is fiesty and mental and mutters to herself. We soon became the best of friends. There is also a small cayman crocodile In the pond. He's nocturnal and hard to spot but we saw his glowing eyes after lights out.

The first night 25 American college girls were here visiting (giggidy!) They had so many tarantula stories from the few nights they were here, but a lot of girly drama and b****iness too.

We get electricity for 4 hours, 6-10pm and then the place is drenched in total darkness, it's blacker than black as no moonlight gets through the canopy. Its cool to see the lightening bugs though.

The evening ended with some real native kids treating us to a dance
Show and then they ask for dancing partners from around the lodge. No doubt the amazonian girls dragged me up (not once, but twice) to witness my horrendous rhythm.

I then chatted to the American girls about college and the differences between that and english university. Things finish early here so we parted ways at 10pm, into the complete darkness.