Day 9- caught in a trap

Day 9 started with our first wake up in the jungle with some sleeping in tents while others slept in only mosquito nets! After a relaxed rice and noodles breakfast, we set off on our morning with Ronnie, Rickie and Sabheer. First we learned how to make jungle calls with ginger leaves then we saw an array of traps, some friendly and some... not so friendly. We drank straight from a bamboo tree with a bamboo straw, closely followed by swinging from vines, more like falling from vines for Mr Boughton (he's no Tarzan). The rice and noodles are clearly taking their toll! Ronnie then made an impressive cup out of bamboo, of which he made Rickie make one for each of us during lunch time. We were all very excited to have our own jungle souvenir.

We went to check our traps, where we found we had caught an abundance of leaves alongside 2 frogs and a crab. We expected them to be returned to the river but ended up swiftly toasting them on the bonfire. Felt like an original experience but on the whole enjoyed by all who tried. Had the texture of a fish while tasting like chicken.

Next in our jungle survival training was learning how to make aspects of traditional houses. No shelter, no wife- Ronnie's DIY dilemas. First we made bamboo floor, with everyone getting involved. Next on the agenda was plaiting leaves to create walls, all with varying success. Mrs Leighton's team was an obvious winner, closely followed by Anna Tiffney's. Lord Louis' team 'accidently' mixed their wall up with Ronnie's- what a shame!

We then played lots of games around the campfire. While Lord Louis has many talents, simplicity of Mrs Leightons clapping game was too much for him as well as Mr Boughton who was too focused on putting others off the game to play well.

The evening was finished with campfire songs for most while some went for a second night time jungle walk. The adventurers of the night were Jo, Ffion, Ollie, Harry, Ben and of course the dynamic duo of Mr Boughton and Lord Louis. We saw every species of frog in the world (at least it felt like it) and a glow in the dark fungi. Ollie vlogged the whole thing, expect it on YouTube on our return! We also saw a few scary millipede things which our guide pointedly told us not to pick up after our adventure with the stick insect yesterday!

Here's some stats from our night walk to round off the blog.

LEECH COUNT:

Ollie: 9

Ben: 7 leeches including 5 bites

Harry: 8 leeches

Ffion: 6 leeches

Jo: 4 leeches and 2 were off Ffion

thats all bye bye everyone

lots of love fifi and jojo xoxoxo