Three days at a Quechuan Eco-lodge community in the Amazon jungle felt a bit like a school adventure for adults at times. There was lots of organised fun ... face painting, bracelet making, a blowpipe competition, learning how to make chocolate and cook tilapia in palm leaves, marriage ceremonies and associated dancing, floating down the river in a giant rubber tyre, a jungle walk and a moment with a tarantula. What was particularly striking was how gracious our hosts were ... despite constant work looking after us they never raised their voices nor appeared to be put out. But then, it was a community led by the women. They used a machete for everything ... cutting down fruit, planting, weeding, chopping. It was warm, very humid, and there were lots of mosquitoes. There were a lot of laughs too.
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