Water? check. Mosquito repellent? check. Wellies? check. Woman wielding a machete? check.
So we´re ready to go on our jungle trek.

We set off in the morning with the sun shining into the jungle, as the guides, who were a local family, including one of the boys (Julio) from the school, set off about a hundred times faster than us and running down tiny paths we struggled with stepping on unstable rocks and the problem of feet getting stuck in lots and lots and lots of mud (note, trees and people to help pull you out are good to have around) while also on the look out for evil caterpillars to avoid getting stung by them!

We were walking for a while when we came to a river and sat and had a break, which was welcomed by all due to the lack of clouds in the sky. We then set off walking up the river and very soon all ended up in the river. The water was cold and so nice to be in! Further up we found a vine so we had a chance to act very Tarzan like swinging through the
jungle. OK that may be a slight exaggeration, but it was fun. It took us a while to reach the waterfall due to lots of jumping into pools of water, and the family stopping to fish, or put fish in peoples bags for fun. We made it there finally and had more time going under the waterfall, taking photos, emptying our wellies of water.

We then set off on our route home. Our path out being created as we went by clearing branches with machetes. We made it out to the oil pipeline with a few falls but nothing too bad. And then we saw all the steps. Up. Lots of up. But we made it, as the boys ran up the pipeline with ease. We made it back to the house, very hot and soaked from a mixture of sweat and river water.

All in all a lot of fun.