The-Great-Jungle-Mud-Hike-Adventure

Imagine yourself swinging through the jungle on a vine like Tarzan (or Jane, if you prefer), drinking some tasty H20 from a vine, picking up mangos for later and trudging through a smelly swamp of mangroves wondering if you will be up to your waist in mud at any moment. These are just a few of many fun times we had today on our Great Jungle Mud Hike Adventure through the uncharted territory of Helene. Exciting? Absolutely.

Perhaps the coolest part was climbing into a bat cave, ever so quietly, and then shouting "hey!" No sooner did we have about 50 bats zooming over our ducked heads and out of the cave into the daylight. Ewings was our fearless guide, who kept us laughing and in suspense at every turn. Other images that come to mind: Barbed wire and butterflies. Big blue crabs. Snickers (the stray dog who nobody likes but she follows us around everywhere, anyways). Giant coral cliffs and conch shells. Coconut juice and sea grapes. Bathing in the clear blue sea. Ahhh, this is the life.