Manu and the Amazon
Manu and The Amazon
To Manu Preserve.
Half of Rain Forest is rain.
The van slides and bucks.
Passing on cliff sides.
Amazonian road rage.
One wrong turn, we fall.
Sleeping in the van.
Bumped awake by road debris.
Adrenaline surge.
Driving in rain, mud.
The driver has nerves of steel.
The road ends: landslide.
We sit in the van.
The road has ceased to exist.
Surrounded by green.
Brown water swirls, foams.
Boat stops, guide points to tree tops.
Monkeys on branches.
Wisconsin poncho.
Flatboat, drenching rain, straight down.
Only I am dry.
Fraulein whips off her shirt.
Why don’t mosquitoes bite her?
We’re in the jungle.
Amazon night walk.
Still, hand-sized tarantulas.
Get close: photograph.
Big red moth near bulb.
Slapstick chase ends with capture.
Now free, it wants in.
Amazon night walk.
Mosquitoes veer from DEET.
I am repellant.
Frauleins are stoic.
Sauna jungle march at night.
British boys complain.
We climb the banyan.
Twelve stories above the ground.
Of course, then we spit.
Careful: inch long ants.
Jungle bugs crawl out at night.
Morning: shake your boots.
posted by 3XHAR @ 8:36 PM
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I have now been to Peru!
Thank you, good writer.
Just lovely. So vivid!
'British boys complain' - no surprise there! You can't take 'em anywhere, can you? :-)
The british and the bavarians were the biggest surprise on the trip (and the woman from Colorado- but that's a whole different haiku). I always expected the british to be stoic... Y'know, stiff upper lip and all that. Ended up that the guys were charming, but not too tough. The heat bothered them, the bugs, the humidity, and probably Ted and I.
Great blogs! I feel like I was there too!
They last saw Kevin
Washing in the Amazon
The water...now red.
Evil little fish
Appetite for 3xHAR? (Lname removed)
Skeletonized Kev?
"Everyone calm down"
He used to say with a grin
Now ...only silence.
Into the river
Someone had tossed Chinchillas
A bloody decoy?
Sinister silence
His shadowy figure hides
But who could it be?
...to be continued by Melissa...
In Bandito Camps
Stories told of missing men
Incan Trail safer
Muey Macho Gringo
A name to inspire fear
Weapon? very bad gas
The tour guide looks sad
Ted thinks he is sad for Kev
But it is not so
This guide has secrets
Lucrative ties to bad men
Now men disappear
Lodi's Ted distraught(name removed)
Senior Guide offers Ted a drink
Ted drinks soon feels odd
Everything fuzzy
Senior Guide has my wallet?
What is going on?
Suddenly he's gone
Now Ted is feeling sleepy
Alone? Perhaps not
Glass raised, "To Evil!"
Moments glimps of a bald head
A sinister smile
He stands in the dark
"Who are you?" familiar voice..
Ted drifts into sleep
...to be continued by Jim...
No word from Kevin
Waiting for Haiku postcard
Rescue efforts set
Machu Picchu trek
Amazon River Boat Trip
Possible kidnap
Kevin all relaxed
Banditos raid Inca Trail
Sound the call, "Kaw Kaw!"
No ransom we'll pay
Money goes to the rescue
Elaborate plan
Pan Flute, Sombrero
Even a "Trojan Llama"
Everything is set
Kidnapper's Parade
They stop to eat Guinea Pig
Pan Flute blowgun aimed
David in the trees
One with the howler monkeys
"Communications"
"Kevin! Get Down! Now!"
"Trojan LLama" splits in two
Mark guns down bandits
Tom in other half
Guns blazing to free Kevin
Tom then screams "Free Him!"
Rik and Jim blend in
Recruiting locals for aid
Escort Kevin out
This is a good plan
I'm sure Kevin is just fine
Best to be prepared
Secret meeting place
Prearranged by senior guide
Hostage talks ensue
His wallet emptied
Library card for Lodi?
In the tent laughter
"Quiet" Gringo says
"Foolish rich Americans" -
He whispers "Soon dead"
Jungle has secrets
Secrets never to be told
It's jungle justice.
Tonight, full of sounds
Our jungle will witness crimes
Justice? It's just us.
But what was that noise?
They stare into the jungle
...The darkness prepares.
...to be continued by you...
It's been six months now
Since 3x has posted. Sigh!
When will he come back?
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