Welcome to the jungle

The Amazon Jungle is everything its cracked up to be and more (its green and full of creepy crawleys). I took a tour that started in a boat ride three hours up a river (the name I forgot) to the base camp on the edge of the deep jungle. We headed straight into the undergrowth with a guide, an Aymari Indian armed with a huge machette. He pointed out trees and plants and various wildlife. He could a highly poisenous snake, bright creamy yellow and if bitten you have an hour to find the antidote. I had a feel and it wound its body around my hand and pooped on me the smell was disgusting! After setting the snake free we then coaxed a taranchula out of its hole, calmed it by blowing cigarrette smoke on it and then the guide put it on my face! It makes for a good photo, however much like the snake if bitten you have only hours! We tracked a heard of stinky pigs, ate huge worms found in coconuts and made jewelrey from the nut. Its an incredible place with cures for rhumatism, cancer, kidney and heart problems to mention just a few, all found in trees and plants. If you knew how you could eat and drink like a king in the Amazon.