For two nights and three days, Dieter and I stayed on this raft - Or floating hotel. The raft was about 120 sq. m. and we were about 10 people. There were three double rooms and a lot of hammocks you could sleep in. Very Cosy!

Sometimes you went with a bunch of people in small boats, experiencing The Amazons, or you could go by yourself.

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Dieter og jeg tilbragte to nætter og tre dage på denne tømmerflåde, eller måske skulle man kalde det et flydende hotel. Tømmerflåden var omkring 120 m2 og vi var ca. 10 mennesker. Der var tre dobbeltværelser og en masse hængekøjer man kunne sove i - Utroligt hyggeligt! Sommetider tog man en flok afsted for, at opleve Amazonas, eller man kunne tage alene afsted.

We struggled through the creepers and blankets of mosquitoes. The mosquitoes were not a delight but the felling of absence from civilisation and the intensity of the jungle, made the mosquitoes seem a small thing to deal with. The birds and the monkeys screamed and occasionally you were fortunate to get a sight of them. Every now and then we heard a splash in the water in front or behind us – We kept an eye out for the branches above us. The splashes were often anacondas sliding into the muddy river. We saw the anacondas but luckily not dangling above our heads. – It was a daring and thrilling place.

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Vi kæmpede os gennem de mange lianer og tæpper af myg. Myggene var ingen fornøjelse, men følelsen af afstanden fra civilisationen og nærværet af junglen, gjorde myggene til en bagatel. Fuglene og aberne skreg og til tider var man heldige at se dem. Sommetider hørte vi plask i vandet, foran eller bagved – Vi holdte godt øje med grene, der hang over hovederne på os. Plaskene var ofte anakondaer, der lod sig glide ned i den mudrede flod. Anakondaerne så vi nu også, men heldigvis ikke dinglende over vore hoveder – Det var et nervepirrende og spændende sted.