15 November 2014
Rio Claro (Otherwise Known as 'Hell')








Humidity levels at around 1000%, non-stop thunderstorms, no hot water, a thousand varieties of deadly caterpillar and no other guests. Too much rain to go caving; too few guests to go white water rafting. A damp green, sticky prison where the river isn't claro at all. It's brown.
The room pictured is not a romantic open air love nest. It's a rickety shed with infinite openings for the myriad bugs that feast on humans the second the sun goes down. It is 10 minutes' walk from the rest of the settlement, 30 minutes' from the road and 3.5 hours' drive from the nearest city.
Welcome to Rio Claro, (or The Shining Part II). I'm not a celebrity, but get me the hell out of here.
(See post below for RC soundtrack).
