INTO THE JUNGLE - MAGICAL!

Magical is the only word to describe the Amazon Jungle - it is so pristine, lush, tall canopies reach above you to the sky line, and the hot moist air hits your face. Over 2/3 of all the bio diversity of the planet resides here in the Amazon which is an amazing fact. We headed up the river over night on the Bom Jesus ( appropriatley named) 12 hours in a tiny cabin you could swing a cat in, the local ferry that tooks us to Breves. Over 400 peole crowded on this boat and they spent the night swinging in their hamocks- quite a sight to see, some had boom boxes resting in their hamocks, and every corner of the ferry had a TV set blarring the entire night, yet between the boom boxes and TV sets, they all seemed to sleep! Morning came and we transfered to our next boat to go deeper up the river and into the real untouched jungle. Prof Lola greeted us ( great name) and we set off again at 9am, the river started to get narrower and little huts started to appear from time to tie along the way. Canoes started to pass us, the day passed by, we swang in our hamocks between filming, and sunset was spectacular. 11pm we finally arrived at the Caxiuana Research Centre in the far North east of the Amazon after traveling for 36 hours, it was exciting to finally arrive. I diligently put up my blue mosquito net in the room which had no fly screens, and no doors, and looked around to see that everyone else had moved their matresses out onto the landing, but I persisted and clamoured under my net and wafted off to the sounds of the jungle wondering if I would find a monkey in my room in the morning - alas I did not but morning came at 6am ( yep no blimds either) and the noise of the camp kitchen motivated us all to head down. It was an amazing sight to step out the doorway and look across the courtyard to see the edge of the forest at out feet - more amazing was the adventure we had when we kitted-up and headed into the jungle for our first day of filming. Magical is what The Amazon is - LC x