6 lakes with 6 different colors deep in Amazon jungle

by Boban Nešić (Serbia)

A leap into the unknown Brazil

I passed the river as they explained it to me and asked for a trail to 6 lakes. They convinced me that I couldn't go that route because the trail was flooded. I politely asked if anyone wanted to take me by boat. There were a some indigenous, but a 13 years old boy wanted, and a beautiful 20 year old girl with a 1 year old baby joined. They gave me some fruit that I ate juicy. A boat with some bad engine that barely worked, drove us through the jungle. The water was high, and the scenes were better than fantasy movies. The ride took about 2 hours. I landed on the shore, sewed up a backpack, shared the rest of the bread with the indigenous, who wondered how I could go up alone without ever going before. The trail was almost invisible so I marked the trees that I could return. I went barefoot and although there were sharp stones in the second part of trail that I thought was Nobelium. I also walked on super soft moss. I saw black monkeys, many caves. The trail was three hours long, and was for the shoes. The first lake I saw from the top was blue lake. The view was beautiful and in the distance the vast green jungle like the sea to the end of the horizon. The scene was outstanding. Insects attack quickly so I didn't linger for long. The second lake was black in some big hole, I went down the sharp rocks of some orange color and I bathed. I was supposed to camp near that lake, but I continued on and stopped marking the trees over time and I was lost. I found a third lake and saw a duck in the middle of a quiet lake. I remembered that the indigenous had told me not to swim to the middle of the lake. The night was falling, but I was trying to find my way back, but I didn't. I found a place to hammock. It started to rain so I mounted the rain cover and I had to mount two mosquito nets. I was tired so i fell asleep. I didn't have water because I mistakenly poured clean water on me to pour spring water that was yellow, and at that moment I remembered that the indigenous had told me not to drink water in those hills. Although in the Amazon almost every river was a drinkable water. I woke up, quickly packed up and started to search way back because the deal was at 10 am to meet at the place where they left me, to get me back to the village. I searched for a long time, whirled around, found the third lake again on a another sides, or maybe it was the fourth lake. I was not afraid of any moment but I was in a hurry and I was neither hungry nor felt a heavy bag. The feeling was like adrenaline. After a long wander I found the trail and followed it back. I stopped at the first and second lake again admired their formations and beauty. I followed the trail and the marked trees. I was sweating all the time, I didn't take many breaks and I was thirsty. I was in a hurry to get back even it was already the afternoon. I was thinking if they were going to wait for me or not and I found them somewhere in the first quarter of the trail, they started looking for me. I was very glad to see them. I went down to the river where I drank water and bathed. Me, that boy and an elderly indigenous returned by boat. They gave me the fruit I ate and was still hungry for. It was raining on that return but it was beautiful every meter of the jungle. They brought me back to their 5 houses village and gave me food. I offered them money but they didn't want to take money. Next day I finally returned to São Gabriel da Cachoeira, indigenous place, located 1000 km away from the city.