{"id":2591,"date":"2016-12-12T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelwilding.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2016-12-05T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T10:15:46","slug":"a-scream-ripped-through-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwilding.com\/a-scream-ripped-through-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"A scream ripped through the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve set up camp on an un-excavated Mayan tomb. In hindsight, probably not the most sensible thing to be doing.<\/p>\n

It was about then that I started to get dizzy and see black spots.<\/p>\n

Speaking from personal experience, I would recommend that you don\u2019t find yourself hundreds of miles from anywhere, in the middle of a jungle, on an un-excavated Mayan tomb feeling ill.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t fill you with confidence!<\/p>\n

Camp was setup around me, I wasn\u2019t feeling capable of doing anything useful to help, and then our guide and his son went off fishing.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a photo of our camp:<\/p>\n

\"Snake<\/p>\n

(my hammock is the green one on the left)<\/p>\n

And here is the boat we got here on:<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

As night set in, I started to feel worse and worse.<\/p>\n

Around 9pm I pressed the emergency button on our tracking device.<\/p>\n

Nobody came.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thang\u2026 when you press one of those buttons, you\u2019re relying on the local military coming to get you.<\/p>\n

When you press the button in a very poor country, the local military don\u2019t have access to helicopters, or planes that can land on water. Which means they have to walk to you.<\/p>\n

And the number one rule in a jungle is\u2026 you don\u2019t walk at night!<\/p>\n

So apart from the odds drug trafficker flying over us, there was nothing we could do except go to sleep.<\/p>\n

Which is when the howler monkeys kicked in.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve never heard a howler monkey before, they scream, and they do it loudly.<\/p>\n

The screams ripped through the air, only quieting when there was a tropical storm for what seemed like a few hours.<\/p>\n

In reality it was probably only a few minutes, but in case I haven\u2019t mentioned, I wasn\u2019t feeling great \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

There was nothing to do except hang on until the morning.<\/p>\n

Hearing the guide mention he thought I might have a scorpion bite didn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

Of course, where we were the scorpion bites are lethal, and take about 24 hours to kill.<\/p>\n

If you ever need a tonic to keep you awake at night it is\u2026<\/p>\n

* The possibility of death<\/p>\n

* Feeling sick<\/p>\n

* Howler monkeys<\/p>\n

* Tropical storms<\/p>\n

But eventually, the morning came\u2026<\/p>\n

Michael<\/p>\n

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