since almost two month i´m now in the central american jungle and today is my first internet since arriving-- not sure if it´s of interest to anyone but this is my only way to keep in touch with my favourite forum... .
unfortunately i´m too stupid to attach pics- i hope to learn one day how and post some as well!
my base is as small farm in the jungle, close to a dirt road and maybe 3km from the nearest village, but neither internet nor phone on the farm.
it´s a completely new experience for me after 3years in asia and 11 in total in OZ,NZ and korea and japan but so far i like it!
(strangely my luggage weighted 3kg less on the stopover in madrid than on my start in seoul and without anything missing). i got greeted by canetoads on the doorstep when i arrived but here is their natural habitat! the only other amphibians i saw so far are two species of poison dart frogs but plenty of geckos and lizards. several daytime sightings of raccoons, one possible sighting of a coati, plenty of howling monkeys to hear but so far they keep out of sight. a turtle which has hinges on it´s belly shell and ´´closing the door´´ after retreating head and tail, tasty big landcrabs but as a result of banana spraying and pollution some years ago only little fish in the river in front of the farm...
tiny ants ate the rubber switch cover on two of my head torches (=10y.o. petzl + el cheapo)-- gladly my new fenix hl 23 is o.k. but i´m nervous!
machetes are sold in the village shop and NOT carrying one gives you strange looks from the locals (not even the cops bother)-- so i carry one, too! (and use it in the jungle on my afternoon walks)
footwear is an issue== my desert bots are (of course) not up to the task and the hybrid sandals (=with rubber toe cap) i bought locally would be brilliant if "teva" would not use cheap syntethic fabric for the upper which falls apart after one week! i got them refundet today, though... if anyone can recommend another, better product?!
so far only afternoon walks for me but i hope to do overnighters soon, too! (need to find a proper hammock for that! my research suggest an ENO grand trunk double)
unfortunately i´m too stupid to attach pics- i hope to learn one day how and post some as well!
my base is as small farm in the jungle, close to a dirt road and maybe 3km from the nearest village, but neither internet nor phone on the farm.
it´s a completely new experience for me after 3years in asia and 11 in total in OZ,NZ and korea and japan but so far i like it!
(strangely my luggage weighted 3kg less on the stopover in madrid than on my start in seoul and without anything missing). i got greeted by canetoads on the doorstep when i arrived but here is their natural habitat! the only other amphibians i saw so far are two species of poison dart frogs but plenty of geckos and lizards. several daytime sightings of raccoons, one possible sighting of a coati, plenty of howling monkeys to hear but so far they keep out of sight. a turtle which has hinges on it´s belly shell and ´´closing the door´´ after retreating head and tail, tasty big landcrabs but as a result of banana spraying and pollution some years ago only little fish in the river in front of the farm...
tiny ants ate the rubber switch cover on two of my head torches (=10y.o. petzl + el cheapo)-- gladly my new fenix hl 23 is o.k. but i´m nervous!
machetes are sold in the village shop and NOT carrying one gives you strange looks from the locals (not even the cops bother)-- so i carry one, too! (and use it in the jungle on my afternoon walks)
footwear is an issue== my desert bots are (of course) not up to the task and the hybrid sandals (=with rubber toe cap) i bought locally would be brilliant if "teva" would not use cheap syntethic fabric for the upper which falls apart after one week! i got them refundet today, though... if anyone can recommend another, better product?!
so far only afternoon walks for me but i hope to do overnighters soon, too! (need to find a proper hammock for that! my research suggest an ENO grand trunk double)
