May 25th or: welcome to the jungle

5am in the morning. It's been a while since I've been up this early. Even near the equator it was still dark night. We wanted to get a lot done today, so we set out early to catch a boat to some communities living near Río Guamá. The sun was blasting, sunscreen and nobite-mosquito-lotion on, glasses we prepared the day before in the bag and we were ready to go. 

The way there was quite long. I thought we'd only have to cross the river, but apparently this wasn't the case, but much rather a 90 minute boat ride. It was a great opportunity to get to know the people from Enactus better, spend time in the sun and most of all to enjoy breathtaking views. Some things you can't describe (quoting the president of Enactus Brazil, with whom I had a nice talk aswell: "Describe the difference between sweet and salty .. right, it's not possible, you have to experience it). So have a look: 

yes, this is actually a river

breathtaking views

the community inside ...

.. and outside

Once we got there, everybody was already waiting for us. We set everything up, especially Daniel had lots to do for the filming of the whole procedure. Once everything got going, we served the purpose of this whole trip -- empowering people to see properly again! We distributed glasses to around 40 people, giving 40 individuals the ability to see, learn and work again. Some were delighted by the new perspectives, others were rather confused, which is totally understandable: after all, if you've never had glasses in your life before, everything looks really weird. We had some rice, graviola-cupuacu juice and acai for lunch, which was pretty good. Then we took the boat back to Belém, just in time before another apocalyptical rainstorm. 

Belém under clouds

When the other boat eventually got there, we headed back to pack our stuff, get a quick powernap and shower. We met up with some of the enactees in a bar one more time, had a couple Chopp and some food before heading to the airport. On our way there, we had an absolutely insane cab driver: he shifted gears more than I do with a gear-operated car; only thing was: it was automatic. While going 130km/h isn't much for a german, it appears a lot more when everybody else is just going 60. We even passed by a police car, who just didn't give a damn. Needless to say, we got there in time for our flight, said goodbye to everybody and took a couple more selfies. On a side note, selfies and generally pictures are something very common to brazilians. Everything that goes down deserves a picture, and even if nothing happens, it's good to take one. 

.. and that's how it is done

The rest of the journey wasn't really too exciting. Sleeping on the plane is always a challenge, even when you're exhausted, but it was okay. Then we took the cab from the airport, arrived at our place, and it was locked. We figured we didn't want to wake our host up, so we just texted her and slept in the lobby for a while. Afterwards, we went to bed. I don't think I've ever slept in four different places within one night. 

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