船泊岸時，我開始擔心會不會真的有人來接我。他們會不會收了我的錢，把我騙上船，然後賣我豬仔？｜Seemed he said someone would pick me up there, but now I was left alone on a boat to a place I had only heard of it from yesterday and I had no idea what or where it was!
賣豬仔去 Laguna
第二天一早，我的導遊便來接我去碼頭坐船去一個叫 Lagunas 的村落，船票 20 Soles 另付。上船後導遊便立即幫我找個位置，繫好我的吊床（要自備，一般在碼頭賣大約30 Soles，但我這個吊床是之前遇到一個剛去完亞馬遜回來的旅人送給我的，免費！），因為船上面沒有正式的坐位，每個人都是這樣坐和睡在吊床上。當船差不多要起行時，導遊忽然說他要下船了，原來他不會隨船出發，他只是帶我上船，代我打點一齊，好像說，時候到了自然就會有人來接我。
由 Yurimaguas 到 Laguna 的船程大約12小時，當中也是包三餐。原以為12小時會很難過，怎知看看書聽聽歌，然後還迷上了亞馬遜流域的沿途風光，居然轉眼便到了 Laguna!
船泊岸時，我開始擔心會不會真的有人來接我。如果沒人來，我可以怎樣找他們？我其實完全不知道導遊／旅館老闆的名字，就算有名字，還不是Juan呀、Diego呀、Carlos呀這些！而且又沒電話，怎樣找？我怎麼可以這樣傻呼呼的便把錢交給陌生人？他們會不會收了我的錢，把我騙上船，然後賣我豬仔？為什麼我這麼容易信人？！
雨林深處人家
當我開始胡思亂想之際，突然有個剛從碼頭上船的男人，跟我說了句不知什麼，當我還在：「Que? que?」時，他便一手拿起我的大背包，揮手示意我跟他下船。原來導遊的老婆一早在碼頭上等我，那個是 tuk tuk 車司機，按指示把我帶下船和她會合後，我們便上車出發去她的家先住一晚。
這是熱帶雨林深處人家，屋是超簡單的木搭建築，沒地板，傢私都就這樣放在泥沙地上。爐灶的傍邊便是睡床，為了讓我睡好一點，導遊老婆把兩個孩子的床讓給我，他們就同睡另一床。當吃過了簡單的晚餐，就是蛋和飯（因為我不吃魚）後，她便帶我去「浴室」洗澡。所謂浴室，其實就是屋外的空地（！），水就直接從井打上來，如果是白天的話，就走進那帆布圍起的「廁所」來洗澡，但現在已經是黑夜了，外面都沒街燈的，漆黑一片，導遊老婆便叫我就這樣在外頭洗，然後她便返回屋內關上門了。雖然有一點猶豫，但生性豪放的我，見外面其實黑得連水井也看不清，有人看到的話，都只會看到一個婀娜嫽人的黑影，那我便脫個精光，一個冷水照頭淋，爽爽快快的洗個冷水浴吧！熱帶雨林內的潮熱汗濕、還有給蚊子咬的我快受不了！
你以為這樣就叫簡陋？這裡的蚊子已經夠多？少年，你太年輕了！真正原始的熱帶雨林之旅還未正式開始耶。
－待續
前文：#1 由 Yurimaguas 開始
I paid for a tour to go by myself?
Early next morning, the guide walked me to the pier for the boat to an Amazon village called Lagunas. He set up my hammock on the boat and bought the ticket (20 soles, not included in the tour) for me. After everything was set, he was leaving when the boat was about to depart. I thought he’d accompany me all the way to Lagunas but seemed not. I didn’t really feel alright as I had paid the total already. But due to my poor Spanish and he’s hurry to leave cause the boat was departing, seemed he said someone would pick me up there. Anyway, I was left alone on a boat to a place I had only heard of it from yesterday and I had no idea what or where it was! I didn’t even know the place was really called Laguna. It just means “lagoon” in Spanish after all.
Anyway, the boat had departed and I was there by myself for another 12 hours. I thought it’s going to be boring but ended up I enjoyed it quite a lot. It was easy to spend this 12 hours on my book, music, and most of all, the nice, calm and charming amazon scenery.
Its completely dark when it arrived Laguna. It’s a bit chaotic after the boat had moored. People was running up and down. Many were trying to alight while some boarded to pick up goods. While I was wondering how I could find that unknown person in an unknown place in the dark and was worrying if there’s really someone here to pick me up, a man ran to me and said something. I didn’t get what he said and all I could say was “Que?”, he then just grabbed my big backpack and signalled me to follow him.
He was a tuk tuk driver sent by the guide’s wife and she’s been waiting for me in the pier. After meeting up with her, we took this tub tuk to her home for one night before I began my 4D3N tour the next day.
The simple life in amazon
Her home was a very basic wooden house. It was so basic that the floor wasn’t even paved. Everything was put on the sandy ground. And in the same room, you could find the stove and the bed were just next to each other. There’s one TV and one radio in the house but electricity was only available for 6 hours a day and of course there’s no internet. After a simple meal, the guide’s wife showed me to the “bathroom” which was in fact the open space outside of the house (!). She lifted a bucket of water from the well and told me to take my shower there. Then she returned to the house and closed the door behind her.
Well, it’s in the amazon, if everybody there take shower like this, why I should be excepted? Anyway, it’s dark and there’s no moonlight, if someone’s going to see me naked, it’d only be my sexy dark shadow. So I took off my clothes and took a very refreshing shower which I really needed (and I would miss it so much during my 4 days tour) as it’s freaking humid and I got enough of mosquito bites.
While I thought this place was simple and basic enough, it’s just that I hadn’t been to the wild jungle yet.
— To be continued
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