My rain forest house
I've lived in many places: lots of American places, an English place, a French Alps place, a Gabon sea-side place and now a rain forest place. We live in a large house with 7 bedrooms, a study room and craft room, 6 bathrooms, several screened terraces, a large living/dining room with golden wooded ceilings and a kitchen, bright with light and views to the house next door and forest beyond. This house is shared by 14 souls (that's pilot talk for people). 14 people from far flung places converging for this year in this place. Some of us were little more than strangers when we moved in just over 8 weeks ago. UBAC Hostel God has nestled us here in a rainforest filled with wild night sounds. A chorus of singing crickets and deep-throated croaking toads and hyraxes screaming like banshees slip in through open windows. Hyrax es are often mistaken for rodents but are actually more closely related to elephants. It's like somethi...