Broken boat

Mosquito bites are getting itchier. We got our day bags and then got into the boat ready to cross the river and go to the 31 Devil swamp. Hulio pulled the engine and it spluttered, so he pulled it again and the same happened. Hulio and Hugo looked at the engine. They tried fiddling with the engine but it still didn't work.  They dismantled it and put it back together. Still no such luck. They tried all kinds of things for several hours but nothing seemed to work. While the two guys were hard at work, Loiuse built a fishing line out of ribbon attached some biscuit to it and then a whole load of little fish jumped out of the water. We also attracted a massive crab. Was entertaining! We then played a game of cheat with some cards I had. Finally after a while the engine was deemed broken. We decided to pack up our things and paddle out to Viente de Enero in order to find someone who could fix our motor and then decide what to do next. While we were paddling we saw more wildlife as we didn’t have the noisy motor. Butterflies landed on our boat, and we spotted loads of dolphins, birds and an alligator. After a while we saw some people on the river side. So we stopped and one of them turned out to be a mechanic, and was able to fix our boat. As a result, we arrived in Viente de Enero much quicker than expected, and we stayed there the night.