Our last day in the jungle was dominated by this river walk. The water levels had been so high earlier in the summer that previous groups had not been able to make it and had had to go around. This is why we had expected to be in the jungle for 4 days, but we pushed on and completed it in 3.

This was quite a challenge, possibly more so when we actually emerged from the jungle, because we still had a long way to got to get to the main road and the bus back to Monkey Bay. We were all extremely tired and we were now in full sun. Our guide, Mitch, was brilliant, but not so good at estimating time or distance. As a result, some of the group were running out of water, but we passed through a citrus orchard where we were able to pick the fruit straight from the trees. We ate Washington Navel oranges that were the size of grapefruit and grapefruit that were the size of melons. They were so delicious! They almost rivaled the mangos we ate on the first day in the jungle, but not quite.

We went a little further and were able to cool off in the river, as you were able to see in the photo previously published.

The following day we set off early for our R&R. We decided to go to the island of Cuay Caulker, a tiny place that you can walk around in about 30mins. I have only seen one pick up truck on the whole island. All other vehicles are golf trolleys or bikes.

There was a problem with our accommodation when we got there so we spent much of the remaining part of the afternoon finding somewhere to sleep, but we were glad of that pick-up as it belonged to the China Town Hotel, where we finally booked for the first 2 nights of our stay.

We arranged to go snorkeling the following day and had a fantastic time. We swam with sharks, rays, sea turtles and moray eels, but the manatees were not to be found. Later we went to a deserted beach for a bbq.

Yesterday we had a quiet day. We chilled. We shopped. We ate. It was tough!

Today was our last day and a great way to finish. We went fishing and then cooked what we caught. Emily caught the most. Haris caught the biggest, a barracuda. Neil caught the greatest weight, 4 snappers and 3 barracuda.

We are signing out now as the video has finally uploaded and everyone is at the restaurant for our last evening meal – except me!

Leaving the island by water taxi at 6.30 am tomorrow (that’s 1.30pm your time). See you all at Alderbrook lunchtime on Monday.