Spent some time in the jungle on the Peru-Colombia border. One did not go out at night and look to hard at the river traffic. Food was what you caught, and the water was undrinkable without a lot of purification.

The worst, scariest backwater i have ever been at was on the way to Weatherbys (the old one in Southgate) when i got turned around and had to cruise through the neighborhood around the Watts towers. The Yanomamo tribal warriors looked downright friendly compared to these porch monkeys drinking beer at 10am...