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Submitted to Contest #233
(The following had been transcribed from French. Inconsistencies may occur, and some translations may be invalid.) August 1, 1901 The lands here are strange, bustling with life and color, and yet everything is poison or wants to kill you. I’ve just arrived, clambering out of a sailboat traveling on the Amazon River. I felt sick, so my first impressions were blurry. I hadn’t been on a sailboat before then. Once I recovered I took a look around. My guide said there was a camp with food and water up a tree-covered mountain, so I set my si...
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