Dear All, I dont have time to write too much today as I am still with GVI and travelling back to their camp but I will update the blog in more detail later. For the meantime here is a blog I wrote for the GVI website last week:
'Nights Out In Club Amazonia'
During the week most of us are in bed by 9pm to rise early for survey work in the morning. However my favourite times are when a few of us get to go 'off camp' and into the forest for 'nights out'.
Frog asnd insect DJ's spin their tunes whilst DJ Thunder controls the beats and the duo 'Moon' and 'Lightening' take care of the lighting and strobes illuminating the otherwise dark and damp understorey / basement of the jungle. We catch the occasional eye shine of the shy, secretive mammals watching from the sidelines and a glimpse of a bird perched on it's podium as we stroll across the dancefloor. As we clumsily happen upon a group of bamboo rats dancing around the DJ booth, they scatter in all directions sqauwking and squeeling their abuse at us.
Occasionally we stop our own dance to take a look around, wipe the sweat from our brow and take a sip of our beverage 'agua cloro'. We observe the clubbers in bright flourescent attire whilst keeping an eye out for the occasional slippery snake character giving us the eye.
The terrain is misleading at times, extremely undulating and slippery, dependant on the influence of Mr Vegatation, the lighting duo and how many drinks have been shed from their vessels. It can be particularly bad in the Primary Forest where few have been before, although we favor these spots as they are less chavvy and we get to roll with the specialists, the old time clubbers who really know how to rock. We still have to dodge the mirriad of moth charcaters flying towards the light of our third eyes though.
As we party the ants of course are busily working the doors and the bar, keeping things in order with the occasional 'telling off' should you be in a restricted area / doing something you shouldn't be doing........only their rules apply!!!!
So as you can see, 'Club Amazonia' has a lot of things to offer even the urbanites amongst us in this dance of life x x
'Nights Out In Club Amazonia'
During the week most of us are in bed by 9pm to rise early for survey work in the morning. However my favourite times are when a few of us get to go 'off camp' and into the forest for 'nights out'.
Frog asnd insect DJ's spin their tunes whilst DJ Thunder controls the beats and the duo 'Moon' and 'Lightening' take care of the lighting and strobes illuminating the otherwise dark and damp understorey / basement of the jungle. We catch the occasional eye shine of the shy, secretive mammals watching from the sidelines and a glimpse of a bird perched on it's podium as we stroll across the dancefloor. As we clumsily happen upon a group of bamboo rats dancing around the DJ booth, they scatter in all directions sqauwking and squeeling their abuse at us.
Occasionally we stop our own dance to take a look around, wipe the sweat from our brow and take a sip of our beverage 'agua cloro'. We observe the clubbers in bright flourescent attire whilst keeping an eye out for the occasional slippery snake character giving us the eye.
The terrain is misleading at times, extremely undulating and slippery, dependant on the influence of Mr Vegatation, the lighting duo and how many drinks have been shed from their vessels. It can be particularly bad in the Primary Forest where few have been before, although we favor these spots as they are less chavvy and we get to roll with the specialists, the old time clubbers who really know how to rock. We still have to dodge the mirriad of moth charcaters flying towards the light of our third eyes though.
As we party the ants of course are busily working the doors and the bar, keeping things in order with the occasional 'telling off' should you be in a restricted area / doing something you shouldn't be doing........only their rules apply!!!!
So as you can see, 'Club Amazonia' has a lot of things to offer even the urbanites amongst us in this dance of life x x
Did you record any sounds of the rain forest ??? if so please hang on to them wether they be video recordings on your camera or anything else.
ReplyDeleteglad to see you are having a great time, winter is kicking in here so enjoy your endless summer.
Pez:-)