It is not difficult to make a large bamboo raft.

At least the large bamboo raft made by Liu Danqing and Xiao Weiwei is not difficult, they do not need to make a cabin, and they do not need to install power facilities.

Just increase the length and density of the rungs a little, so that the raft becomes larger, more stable, and more intimidating.

The original 80 centimeter wide rungs were increased to two meters, and the density was also increased from the original five to ten, so as to prevent the number of rungs from being too small and the raft body from deformed.

Of course, the amount of work required to do so has increased, and the amount of 550 lines consumed has increased.

From four o'clock in the afternoon to nearly seven o'clock, the two completed the bottom layer and rungs of the bamboo raft, leaving the work of laying the top layer to continue tomorrow.

While it was still light, the two of them walked around the area, gathered some leaves of taro plants, built shelves for the shelter out of bamboo, and set up beds by the light of the fire.

After eating some smoked fish and drinking some water, the two took turns again to spend the night.

The next day, the two got up at dawn, laid the board for the departure, and then worked hard to push it into the water and set out on the jungle highway again.

In addition to Liu Danqing, Xiao Weiwei and their luggage, there were also ten bamboo spears more than three meters long on the bamboo raft, and the sharp points of each one were grilled and carbonized with fire to improve the hardness.

Liu Danqing continued to control the direction at the bow of the boat, and said: "The water level seems to have dropped a little today, but it doesn't matter, the water here is still nearly ten meters wide, and as we continue to move forward, the river will become wider and wider." ”

"Now our bamboo raft is more than two meters wide and about four meters long, which is already a great threat to the beasts in the water, and I hope this will deter them. ”

"Yesterday's Orinoco crocodile probably mistook our raft for a forest snake or some other crocodile smaller than it, so it didn't hesitate to hunt us down, and if it didn't stop us, we would have to force our way ashore and make plans again. ”

"Orinoco crocodile is the undisputed NO1 in the entire American wildlife community, whether it is a snake or a polar bear in the beast, it is not their opponent. ”

"But because they are so big and need more food to stay alive, their habitat has always been near the Orinoco River, and it is a miracle that they will meet an Orinoco crocodile in Brazil. ”

"And the black crocodile that helped us stop, or rather feed, the Orinoco crocodile, also known as the black caiman, is the largest alligator, and in the water, they are also a threat to us. ”

Along the way, there were a lot of "rotten wood" in the river, but for the bamboo raft, a "behemoth" with a width of two meters and a length of four meters, they were also "people don't offend me, I don't offend people".

Under the backdrop of the birds and beasts roaring from time to time in the jungle, the bamboo raft in the march is quite a bit of the artistic conception of the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains.

The two of them settled on a bamboo raft for lunch, and there was no rest halfway.

Anyway, there was enough fresh water, and the bamboo raft could bring a cool breeze during the journey, and the two of them were not in danger of dehydration.

After a whole day of rushing to the waterway, there seems to be no difference except that the river is a little wider and the water is a little clearer, and the shore is always a dense jungle, and as far as the eye can see, except for the trees are grass, and in addition to the grass are trees.

Tie the raft firmly to a large tree again, and the two simply set up a shelter, lit a fire to heat the smoked fish and smoked turtle meat, fed themselves, and then took turns to watch the night.

On a new day, the two set off again.

At first, the water was not very fast, and the bamboo raft was a little slow, and the two of them muttered for a while.

Unexpectedly, after entering a meeting point, the speed of the river suddenly increased, doubling all at once, making their bamboo raft travel so fast that Liu Danqing could hardly control it.

They spent half a day busy, and in the afternoon, they saw the products of modern civilization in the middle of the river.

A small steamer commonly found on the Amazon River.

"Hey!"

Liu Danqing waved his hands vigorously at the other party and said hello.

The raft was soon spotted by someone on the other side of the boat, and the captain was informed, and then the small steamer came over and leaned over to the raft.

"Come on!" a middle-aged man stretched out his arm towards Liu Danqing.

Grabbing the man's hand, Liu Danqing jumped into the boat and pulled Xiao Weiwei up.

The boat, with the exception of a few South Americans, was more white, apparently a group of travelers who had chartered a boat to visit a tributary of the Amazon River.

The captain, a Brazilian who speaks fluent English, told Liu that they were ready to continue deeper into the jungle and asked Liu if he wanted to join them or call for help.

Hearing that they were about to continue moving into the depths of the jungle, Liu Danqing suddenly remembered the Orinoco crocodile, and immediately dissuaded: "Captain Júnior, you can't go any deeper, there is an Orinoco crocodile there, it may be more than 7 meters, it is too dangerous." ”

"Orinoco crocodile?" As a South American, he naturally knows about this apex predator, but Júnior smiled: "It's more than a thousand kilometers away from the Orinoco River here, how can there be an Orinoco crocodile, it should be a caiman, young man, you are frightened, Júnior's shotgun is not vegetarian." ”

The two crew members next to them also laughed when they heard this, and in their opinion, the Asian in front of them should have been frightened by the caiman and had hallucinations.

Seeing that they didn't believe it, Liu Danqing took out his mobile phone, found the video, and showed them the part where they met the Orinoco crocodile and fled.

"Oh my God!"

"It's terrifying, it's a prehistoric beast!"

With the exception of a few Brazilians, the rest of the white tourists were also drawn to the video, and then they all let out exclamations.

The result of this video was unexpected, as the charterer asked the captain to return to the voyage and prepare to move on to a larger, higher-sided boat to find the Orinoco crocodile.

The steamer, which was less than ten meters long at their feet, was so insecure in the face of that giant beast.

But they were destined to go back in spite of the excitement, and the river was okay after the rain, but after two days the rain had stopped, and the water level began to drop, and the larger ships could not go in at all.

Liu Danqing and Xiao Weiwei were also able to take a tailwind boat and follow them back to the town, and then change to a passenger ship and return to Manaus.

(End of chapter)