Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Welcome to the jungle

Welcome. Peaceful. Tranquilo if you will. This is how I feel each time I step into the jungle and let its enormity swallow me. It is almost impossible to feel anything but calm in the jungle. The vast amounts of flora and fauna surrounding you exude a type of serenity that is hard to describe.

We have a walkway that leads from the main building of our eco adventure lodge over to four of the cabanas which are up on a hill with views of the ocean and mountains beyond. The majority of this walkway is in the jungle. It gives one easy access to the benefits of the jungle. I have an eight-month old daughter. She is a bit high strung as babies sometimes are. Whenever she is crying and comforting her is proving to be a bit difficult, I walk on the walkway and into the jungle. She stops crying immediately as we enter the canopy. This is the kind of calm and serenity that one experiences.

Our guests have frequently mentioned similar experiences in the jungle. They cannot get over how you truly feel like you are a part of something much bigger than you by merely stepping into the canopy.