Featured Image Credit: Marwan Busin/SWNS
Topics: Travel, World News
Callum Jones
It really is a backpacker's dream to explore the most remote corners of the world, but an adventure-loving Brit has revealed the worst part after spending five days living with a tribe in the Amazon jungle.
Marwan Busin, 26, really threw himself into the jungle life after spending five days hunting with the tribe and hiking through the rainforest.
The Brit, from London, had been travelling around Costa Rica when he decided to head towards Ecuador, 800 miles away from his current backpacking destination.
Marwan's trip saw him staying in a hostel in Tena, Ecuador, where he bumped into a local that started talking to him about the country's Waorani tribe.
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The explorer quickly became aware he would be able to spend five days with the tribe, so decided to set off a nine-hour coach journey to the Ecuadorian destination of Orellana.
While Marwan had his reservations, he said the tribe welcomed him with 'open arms' as he adjusted to their way of living.
"I didn’t know what to expect and I only seen them on tele. My first thought was that this is crazy. It was like being inside of a National Geographic programme," Marwan said.
"I was itching to try something new, I couldn't wait to go hunting and explore the forest."
During his time with the tribe, Marwan was certainly thrown into the tribe's way of living, including going on hikes, exploring the jungle and even hunting.
"We were mainly hunting and fishing. They were taking us out of the jungle and even showed us hotels within the forest," he said.
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"They showed us a tree which was used to make medicine and even perfume. They showed us how to make a fishing rod and even a spear used for hunting.
"We ate Caiman and they ate a mother monkey, and kept the child before it is old enough to be eaten.”
Not everything was so grand, however, with Marwan revealing the worst thing about living with the tribe.
"In the first two days, I was sleeping in a hammock but It got really cold at night and the hammock stopped being comfortable," Marwan said "I then moved inside the cabin and slept on the floor. The bugs were awful, I've never seen so many bugs in my life."
The trip cost $450 split between three people, which included plane travel, coach and food.
Marwan continued: "It’s so interesting how they know everything about the rainforest. They know how to navigate and even know the name of every tree and what's inside of them."