-shrug-
Later departed to go to the super market to buy snacks for the boat ride and the stay at the site, but unfortunately it was closed.
We then decided to go and wander the market, which was filled with mangy dogs, rotting fruit and plenty of flies.......also chickens
Nothing truly exciting or noteworthy happened today. Just wandering through the market, and city for the better part of the day. There was some sort of "parade" at night that we witness/ran away from in order to not get trapped unable to cross any streets.
We ended up going to the restaurant right across from the hostel covered in jungle flora. We were all quite shocked to find so many white people in there.....is that a horrible thing to say? It was a sit down dinner place, but very simple. They brought your food out on your own personal mini grill :) No wildlife spotted as off yet, that will be tomorrow. Updates and such may be alot slower due to lack of good internet connection there, but we will see
Now for the fun part......Lessons Learned:
#1: Construction will start at the crack of dawn.......that means rocks dropped on your sheet metal roof......prepare for adrenaline rush......that pain will go away after about a minute
#2: On a similar note, don't mind the weird sounds at night from the roof......those are the stray cats walking around
As I said very uneventful which means not many lessons. The following were learned during dinner conversation regarding preparation for CICRA station.
#1: TUCK YOUR DAMN MOSQUITO NET UNDER YOUR SHEETS...................wandering spiders..........look 'em up.....*Viewer discretion is advised*
#2: Similar note, just make the extra effort to throw shoes back in suitcase when they aren't being worn.....which means at night....Otherwise, plastic wrap them, duck tape the, insert one end of the boot into the other, put books on them whatever it takes..................wandering spiders..........I'm not frikkin' kidding just do it.
For those that don't know, wandering spiders are well huge..........and I don't mean Yassi's over-exaggeration of huge......again google it......bites from these are not only painful, but potentially lethal depending. It's mainly a wait and watch type of scenario
#3: Certain trees have special symbiotic relationships with ants (symbiotic = mutualistic. Both benefit each other) The tree protects the ants.........you touch the frikkin' tree the ants explode from the bark to protect that spot.........dont.......touch.....the frikkin' tree..... Or do what I'll do and throw a rock at it from a far safe distance.
#4: Be wary of Army Ants. Usually traveling in highways they can be avoided....however if they decide to take over an area......don't care how big you are compared to them.....get the @%#$ out of there.
#5: If you see a sloth......do not pet it.....do not touch it.....do not go within arms reach......It will bite you with its incredibly bizarre carnivorous teeth......who frikkin' knew. Known about two-toed sloth, but use as a generalization for the three-toed sloths as well.
#6: Although you probably won't notice them......Jaguars may follow you. If you happen to notice them do not run.....for you will be acting like prey...............that's not a good thing......Jaguars are used to people at this point and are essentially curious cats. Again, unless you see a jaguar cub....don't scream and run away or do anything spastic for that matter.
#7: Butcher ants.......one inch long gross ass#^$% that travel alone but will bite you causing tremendous pain.
#8: Trees have spines....those spines will cause intense nausea attacks............just don't touch them.
In fact don't touch anything. 99% of the biodiversity in the amazon wants to kill you so like.........don't let it
The boat leaves tomorrow around 9-ish and it will be another 5 or so hours until we arrive at the station. There have been little to no instances of bites from wild animals (most wild animals aren't rabid FYI) or anything incredibly dangerous happening.
But let's face it, this is me we're talking about, I like to touch things :)
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