{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Inspire Wilderness","provider_url":"https:\/\/inspirewilderness.com\/pt\/","author_name":"Bea &amp; Jo\u00e3o","author_url":"https:\/\/inspirewilderness.com\/pt\/author\/admin\/","title":"The Boomslang in the Tree - Inspire Wilderness","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inspirewilderness.com\/pt\/2021\/02\/19\/the-boomslang-in-the-tree\/\">The Boomslang in the Tree<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! 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Not in a way that the African Bush is not interesting, but in a way that our world is so fast that when you are in the bush it feels like time stops. This specially if you are in a camp with no electricity, you try to find ways to have fun. &nbsp; &nbsp;So there are many ways to have fun and loosen up a little in the bush.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;You can play volleyball, you can play ping-pong, pranks are always the number one choice. One of my favourite pranks to do while training and studying to become a guide is to drive the person in the tracker-seat into a tree. Normally you start to drive them into a branch, see if they can duck beneath it. Then you start to choose branches that there is no way that person can avoid.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;When you are in the tracker-seat there are a few signals that you can give to your guide. You can signal them to slow down, maybe you want to see a track better. You can tell them to stop, to go back. You can signal that the animal went left or right, or that the track is gone. When crossing a river or going down a deep slope, you are the eyes, so you must guide your guide. Many more tasks. &nbsp; &nbsp;On one day I was riding on my favourite seat, the tracker-seat. I was enjoying life and enjoying the tracks in the morning. I\u2019m following a track, I\u2019m very focused on that track, then I get hit in the head with a branch.&nbsp; &#8211; I\u2019m good &#8211; I said while turning back to the tracks. &nbsp; &nbsp;Apparently \u201cI\u2019m good\u201d means \u201cmaybe try again a little bit faster, maybe you can hurt me this time\u201d. Not even 10 minutes and I got hit again by another branch, this time it hurted. I decided to start paying attention to the road ahead. Look up and then look down to the tracks. Look up and then down to the tracks.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;After a bit my neck was killing me. So I went back to look to the sides and to the road. As I\u2019m following the track I start seeing the road ending, it was a turn. The car was not turning. &nbsp; &nbsp;I start signalling \u201cJohn\u201d to stop. As the tree gets closer and closer, my hand gesture gets quicker and quicker. I start leaning back, trying to avoid the branches. No use. When the car finally stopped, I was fully inside the tree. I can hear them giggling in the back. &#8211; So tell me Jo\u00e3o, what tree is that?- \u201cJohn\u201d asked laughing.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I start to look around the leaves when I see this green branch. It was a very bright green.&nbsp; &#8211; Oh no! &#8211; \u201cJohn\u201d said &#8211; Jo\u00e3o don&#8217;t do any sudden movements ok? &#8211; \u201cJohn\u201d said while realising what he had done. &#8211; Ok, but I still didn\u2019t identify this tree &#8211; I replied. &#8211; It &#8216;s ok! I\u2019m reversing now! &#8211; \u201cJohn\u201d said while starting to back up. Not the Boomslang from the story, but look how difficult it is to see them! This Boomslang story will come soon. &nbsp; &nbsp;As the car is pulling away from the tree, I finally see what that green branch was. It was a boomslang! One of the deadliest snakes in the world! Right there in my face! &nbsp; &nbsp;Finally I was at a safe distance, I looked back and saw everyone trying to look away. Just like toddlers caught doing something naughty! &nbsp; &nbsp;After that the drive was very slow, \u201cJohn\u201d would hit massive holes on the road just to avoid any branch on my side."}