*daily life*

July 9, 2001

Dear Dairy,

Today was very tragic. Our plane crashed no one was hurt thankful. We re not sure why it crashed but a man named Ron came over and told us that we had a leak in the gas tank. They called an a airport they are sending some one over to pick us up.

July 10, 2001

Dear Dairy,

It has been one of the worst days of my life. Me and four other girls were left in the Amazon alone! Then we made camp. We made a tent out of a few blankets. I hope they come to rescue us.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

July 11, 2001 

Dear Dairy,

Amber made a spear and a net today to catch fish. They were very good. I don't want to no were she got them I just want to eat.

July 12, 2001

Dear Dairy,

Today Hailey and Amber went into the to forest go look for food. Fish are okay once or twice ,but more than that is to much. Hailey and Amber have not come back me and Alexis are going to go look for them. I hope we will find them.

July 13, 2001

Dear Dairy,

We got lost looking for them and we we found them we were still lost. We found them by a waterfall. 

 well a least we found water. it was dirty water, but still water. I told them we had to boil it to make it clean. So we set up camp. we made a fire and boiled the water. we made camp using twigs an leaves. Again we went to find food. we marked a are path using  white chalk so we would not get lost. on are way we found an abandon village. We took what we needed like old food show us what we can eat and beds and hunting gear ECT. We went back to our camp and got a good rest.

July 14, 2001

Dear diary

Me and Hailey made dinner with roots and fish. We must be careful when we fish so we don't catch piranhas. Not much has happened. But I can feel something may happen.

July 15,2001

Dear diary,

Last night I couldn't sleep it was all the bugs and humidity. Anyway I heard foot steps in the night I peered out the door. A group of hunters came took are fish and left. In the morning I told the others. We are going to build camp some where else. I hope where ever we move they can't find us. We had lunch by a big a hollow tree. It was by a a few  fruit trees mangos, bananas and coconuts and much much more. we decided to make are hut on one of the braches..  We used ambers spear to make little holes in the hollow part of the tree and made a little door to get into the hollow part.

July 16, 2001

Dear Dairy, 

today we saw smoke rising above the trees we thought it was a fire but it didn't get bigger soon it decreased.  we used chalk to mark are way. we made are way towed the smoke and found a village.  the boys were playing with toy cars. The girls were cooking and cleaning. The chief  welcomed us. WE went to a trading circle we traded the spear and net for food an shelter.

July 17, 2001

 Dear Dairy

they helped us build a home like theirs. I like are new home better. they are made out of bone, leaves ,mud, clay and sticks. We went to are old camp to get are stuff to move into the new camp.. 

July 18,2001

Dear Dairy 

the people here are not so bad ,well some of the hunters are, but every one else is nice. I like are new home a lot.

It is the very end of the monsoon the rainy season. Hailey got a bit from a piranha. I am glad they healed her.. they use plants to heal people. the kids don't go to school they learn from there parents. the rain forest is very big it is 200 square miles. That is why hunters take so long finding food. You cant eat fish all the time.

July 19, 2001

Dear Dairy

I like it here but I am starting to miss home. I know the other girls feel the same way.

July 20, 2001

Dear Dairy,

the food goes bad easily so we can only take what we can eat. They have shown Hailey and Alexis how to make blankets with the outer part of the tree. the women put designs on them and by the time they are done it is soft. they showed me and Amber how to make a bow an arrow.. It was fun!

Dear Dairy

A plane has stopped here to let people off. we told them are story and they let us have a free ride.  the people where sad to see us go they gave us necklaces made out of teeth. I will miss them a lot. this has been a good time for me. I must get a new dairy good bye for now.