Our Jungle Tour
21 February 2009 | Isla del Rey, Las Perlas
by Wesley Harris
If you have read from the Captains log, you would know about Chuy and Susan, who gave us some cool places to explore and this is one of their top recommendations. It was an exciting way up a river mouth.
The Gone Native sailed to an anchorage called Isle Cana. Ryan and I set up our dingy and told everyone it was time to come. Bill, our guest, and Mom and Dad hopped in. We then motored over to a small river mouth. We putted along and saw many tropical birds and weird species of trees. We slowly went along, and arrived into a fork in a river. In the distance of one direction, we saw a small waterfall, so we went there to check it out. We approached it slowly and then turned off the engine and pulled it up. We put our anchor out and used it like a grappling hook to keep the dingy in place. We hiked up a little then I felt something on me. It bit me... Hard. Black flies! We got the heck out of there.
Then we went up the other way of the river. We ended up at a little dirt opening where we guessed villagers head up the land to pick fruit. We decided to go and explore. We saw several fallen palm trees, lots of coconuts (of course), lizards, birds, and some weird looking fish. When we had our fun looking around, we got in the dingy and Bill and Dad paddled for a while. It was a lot nicer, and much quieter. We all talked about what we could eat... On a boat you often miss familiar foods. When we were almost out of the river we started the motor again for the rest of the way. I have never hated the motor so much. Now I see how my dad complains sometimes how much noise it makes. Well in the end we got back alive, not eaten by anyone in the jungle and had a great meal of fish that we had caught on our last crossing.