Mud and mayo

Tuesday, June 29th
I had the best night of sleep on my trip so far. I slept all night without a second of interruption. I woke up this morning to breakfast being ready. Today we have a few things on our agenda. One - to search for an anaconda in the swamps. Two - to go searching and fishing for pirranahas. Three - to spot a river dolphin, a.k.a boto.
We ate our delishous breakfast and was off like a prom dress. We were all given rubber rain boots to wear for trudging around in the swamps. I, however, was not given a pair since they didn't have children's sizes. The smallest size they had was a 39 which is a 9 in American sizes...so...no bueno for me! Instead I just wore my hiking boots and some sweats and set out for my adventure. We hiked for about an hour through tall grass (it was grown to heights above my head) to get to the swamp. When we started trekking through the swamp I had no idea what I had signed up for. When the adventure tour company said we'd be looking for anacondas, I convienently forgot that they live in knee deep murky swamps. So, within 5 minutes of sloshing my way through the mud I got stuck and fell in. Mind you...all the other members of my group are wearing knee high rain boots and aren't muddy at all. All I could do at this point was laugh at the situation and say "fuck it...it is what it is!" We waded through the mud for another hour or so in search of the mighty anaconda. We found one such snake but it was a juvenile...nonetheless it was an anaconda. Also, I must add that the festering muddy water we were trudging through also housed alligators and caymans. Real smart... right? We searched for the anacondas for about 4 hours and only saw that one juvenile. We took a break for lunch and then we got ready to fish for pirannahas. We set out on the boat again in search of the nasty tempered lil fishy fish. We fished for a few hours and caught a few types of pirannahas. They were beautiful fish with dentition that could do some serious damage. We immediately released the fish after we caught them. No pirannahas for din din. After the fishing we went to a recreational field where hoards of tourists and locals alik were playing soccer and volleyball. My group and I enjoyed a tasty beverage while watching the sun go down. As the night was approaching all the tourists started to head back to their designated jungle lodges. We left the fields when it was pitch black dark out. We then floated down the river in the darkness with the stars as only navigable guide home. You could actually see the tail of the milky way galaxy. It was absolutely amazing and (sadly) very romantic. When we turned on a flashlight and shined it on the riverbank you could see all the hundreds of eyes glowing in the darkness straing back at you. They were the eyes of all the alligators and caymans sitting on the beach. It was quite a sight to see. It was the perfect ending to an exhilarating day. That night we had a fun communial dinner together and played some interesting games that involved mayonnaise ending up in places it does not belong.