melten77

From what I observed, they really didn't have any exposure to much American pop culture or anything like that(except for Justin Bieber, I cringed when they said her name), they had american sitcoms dubbed over with portuguese, but other than that the channels were brazilian.

The scariest thing really was just the fear that something could happen to you at any time. I think probably the scariest thing though was waking up in my hammock in the middle of the night and shining my flashlight into the forest and seeing a pair of glowing orange eyes staring back at me. Also, at night if you shine a light over the river, you can see like 30 pairs of Caiman(alligator) eyes glowing, which was pretty unsettling.

It was pretty difficult to get over that actually, the jungle is an eerie fucking animal symphony at night, and nighttime is when all the predators are out and about. The hardest was when we were sleeping in hammocks because you feel incredibly exposed, all that's between you and the forest is a bug net and you're just hanging a couple feet off the ground. But you gotta sleep so you man up and get over it, and after a while it becomes almost soothing once you convince yourself that you're safe

Chlorine for water sanitation was definitely one of the most necessary tools, as we took drinking water straight from the river which is loaded with parasites and harmful bacteria. My knife was also incredibly useful for a wide range of tasks, from chopping up vegetables for dinner to toe-nail cleaning... Soap was also pertinent for protecting from disease and infection, bathing twice a day was mandatory for this reason.

The cost of the program itself was $15,000 , which was steep, but it includes insurances such as body retrieval should you fall off a cliff or get carried off by a jaguar , food which we carried in our packs and restocked at farms that the program had made arrangements with beforehand, gear, some transportation, wilderness first aid training, and college credit. On top of that it was about 600$ dollars worth of gear that I bought myself, plus airfare. Anyone over 18 can do it.