The Journey back

Despite Raphael asking if I would like to stay longer in the jungle I had to go back as I had already booked my flight out, something I now regret.

It was probably the saddest time for me so far.  I had grown quite attached to my forest, maybe that’s the country girl in me.  I definitely didn't want to leave.

Apparently when I was in the land of nod one of the cats was under our tarpaulin and walking around our hammocks

On the way back Raphael told me things that he wouldn't tell me while we were in the jungle because it probably would have caused me to have a heart attack.  He noted that we were far in the animal’s territory and under threat from all three of the big cats, the Jaguar, the Red Puma and the Black Panther.  Apparently when I was in the land of nod one of the cats was under our tarpaulin and walking around our hammocks, he had seen the paw print in the morning!  Glad he didn’t tell me until now because I probably would have run for my life! 

But we survived and something that Raphael told me, which I at first dismissed but later found out to be so very true was that ´We are safer in the jungle then we are in the city´.  Wise words from the brilliant Tarzan aka Raphael.