




Then it started raining, initially showers, which turned to a heavy and sustained downpour. Met up with other guests, Liz, Bob and Barron (all English Exodus travellers) and guides Tony and Marcos, just outside of Pocone and after 4 more hours of bumpy unmade road travel, we got bogged about 1km from our destination. Antonio put down timber planks between the car and vegetation we could walk on, so that stopped us getting knee deep into the clay! Then brought a small boat around so we travelled on the river to the houseboat with our suitcases. My fellow travellers braved it out onto the water to see whatever fauna they could that late afternoon despite the rain, but I stayed on board. I didn’t have any waterproof gear, a bad omission on my part in packing. I really hadn’t anticipated cold and rainy conditions. They didn’t see much… A couple of cabybara’s and small birds. Dinner was delicious, locally caught fish and veges.
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