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The day before we would explore the rainforest, our guide told us to buy shoes that would be comfortable but that we weren't too keen on keeping. Doing as we were told, i bought some fake converse knowing that i wouldn't wear them again after tomorrow. We had planned this trip with our travel organization so we had a German guide and were prepared for any eventualities. The most important thing to take with you to the rainforest is Tiger Balm because all these little leeches and mosquitos don't like it. Something I didn't expect in the rainforest was that there we almost no mosquitos. So we walked through small streams, heard and saw some animals and found out what it is like to be stuck in knee deep, dark brown, stinking dirt. One of our companions almost lost his shoe while trying to get out! It was humid but not too hot in there and I have to say I really enjoyed it. If you're ever near a rainforest, ask for a guided tour!
I encountered my first rainforests when I took a trip to Australia! The trees and ferns in the rainforests were HUGE and very lush. My pictures cannot begin to do it justice.
I started in Victoria’s cool temperate rainforest; it survives in small patches across Gippsland and the Dandenong, Yarra and Otway Ranges. We hopped off the Great Ocean Road to explore the lush, green world of Great Otway on the Melba Gully Boardwalk. The tour guide called our attention to many of the potentially dangerous elements present along the way, e.g. a particular hairy vine that is very poisonous and the berries even more so. It was there that I first learned of the “Man-Eating” Giant snails (pictured).
Then flew North to Queensland where You can trek through all five climatic types of rainforest! There you can trek through the World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics including Kuranda Rainforest and the Daintree - the oldest tropical rainforest on earth!
Add to this: The World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef and the Rainforests overlap in a unique and beautiful place called Cape Tribulation (it's the photo with the beach rocks and mountains). However, swimming there is at your own risk - they had numerous postings of recent crocodile sightings and warned against swimming.
it was mid october of 2010, plan was made by myself
the whole setup was made to camp in jungle and move on..and also it was the National park area we were going.
bunch of booze and chicken made our way down...mosquioto were the greatest enemy and during night it was extreme cold..our tent didn't work out..it used to shed dews throughout night on our face..and i didnt had sleeping bag..i had to get covered in blanket and just roll on ground ..it was a damn experience
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