Raffles
Bathing in the river

Entering the third day in the forest, for the first time I took a bath after three days no.Hehe, do not be surprised, that is the life of a roomy child. With the activities we do even recommended if it is possible not to take a shower during activities, especially for the animal data collection. Because animals can smell human body odor that will make them stay away when smelling the scent of human body close to its habitat. So as much as possible make our body aroma as natural as possible and advised not to use fragrances.

Not showering for three days does not mean not changing clothes and not touching water at all. We changed the roomy clothes with sleeping clothes and washed the face of the feet and hands. In the field such a thing is necessary, take a bath as necessary and eat enough. No one should be selfish because everything is shared.

That afternoon after returning from the forest a friend invited me to take a bath in the river. Call him Ayu. Ra, take a bath, the body is not good. I've had three days of bath bells since we got here, he asked. Same thing I haven't had a bath yet. So we decided to take a bath in the river. It turned out that many people followed the decision so we crowded into the river. Some of the boys were already in the river. They are not bathing actually, just want to refresh the body by swimming in the river, then already. No need for soap or odol, the important thing is that the body is wet.

Then this is where it is difficult if we are a woman in the field especially in the forest like this want to bathe while the squad is mostly men. The river behind the camp turned out to be deeper than I thought. When I got into it the high water of the river reached my neck. Well, basically a short person, exclaimed one of the boys who was swimming. Whata lu, my challenge to him.

We have entered the river and of course still wear full clothes. How are we supposed to take a shower if they're still here? ask one of our friends earlier. Yes shower gini wear clothes, said Ayu replied. It is not good or tea shower wear clothes, cried the person. Abis wants what else, they won't be gone as long as we're here. Their cake is also intentionally long Ayu said again.

Indeed, it seems like the horde of guys deliberately linger long because we are in the river. Be us women bathing in full clothes.Mandi in the river turned out to be fun. Not because it never was, it's just that it was when I was a kid. It's been a long time since the last time I bathed in the river was SD.

If this shirt tomorrow is not dry, I already do not have a change of clothes anymore know Ra, said Ayu. Same with me, Wong I only bring 3 clothes, one dipake to the room, one sleeps and this. Ntar night should be dried anyway, I replied. There is a rope clothesline next to the camp.We can hang clothes there, but again the problem is how to dry underwear? Not losing our minds, we dried it by using a hanger and put the underwear in the clothes to be dried, so it will not be visible.

Our bathing activity was long too. In addition to bathing, also associated with gossip activities, we call it a gibah. That is how it is, her name is also female. At a time like this, many can be used as ingredients. After the shower we returned to camp and it was dark. It turned out that dinner had started earlier and we missed out. Well, there's only a few side dishes left, but the important ones are still there.

Dinner this time again indomie and rice. And so it goes on almost every day. Could be curly intestine, if every day.eat it begin directly, sewot Salma. I am grateful that there is still good to be eaten, rather than we have to be tired of hunting in the forest, find out what can be eaten. The important thing is full, already ntar if already back from here we can eat better. Ayu wisely responded to Salma's chatter earlier. There is also a truth Ayu said, we are still delicious because we do not need to be tired of looking into the forest what can be eaten for each day. Just stay to eat, even if sober, no need to bother cooking. Sometimes it makes us feel more grateful.

During the late dinner, we talked about a lot of things. Uh, uh, you guys have no thoughts about staying here? suddenly Ayu asked while we were eating. Living in the forest here yes no, answered us kompak.Siapa who also want to live in the forest kayak gini today, said Salma. Not that, I mean if given the choice to stay in Halmahera here you will not?Ayu clear.

Maybe I want to, I said answering Ayu's question earlier. I don't think it's bad to live in that city either. In addition to the nature is still good and organized, I think many other things that can make you feel at home living there. The people are also friendly and nice. I explained my point to friends.Maybe if one day given a job opportunity here I take deh, I said again. Somehow there is indeed a desire in my heart as well as hope if after this I can be given the opportunity at least to just visit again to the city.

After dinner, we immediately cleaned the dirty dishes and washed them in the river. The night was quite dark, as there was no moon in sight, probably covered in tall trees. After washing the dishes and tidying the kitchen, we went to sleep.Tomorrow there will be many activities to do again, so we should immediately rest to save the energy for tomorrow. I picked up a stabilized green sleeping bag that folded neatly near my backpack, then I put my body in it and the sleeping bag wrapped me up like a cocoon. Before long my eyes grew heavier and slowly began to close tightly. I slept well that night until Hanum's voice woke up one by one the humans at the camp for morning prayers to harass me.

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