On a hill overlooking a crocodile flanked river lives a musical fruit tree jungle hut
To get there you must travel past fields where sugar canes, banana trees and coconut palms touch the sky, competing for space with an ever hungry pig filled jungle
Tree skeletons protrude brokenly from caked mud which licks at my feet sometimes swallowing my entire leg
Night is an active time in the jungle and you can hear many sounds from the different animals that inhabit this world
One sound is the gentle hum of insects and frogs
This is a gentle rhythmic sound that, once you become accustomed to it can be as soothing as the sounds of the sea
Then there are the less soothing sounds
Sometimes I have woken in fright to the disturbing wail of the ground dwelling curlew as it sits on its eggs
Sometimes piggy has been known the steal their eggs during their nightly food raids
Then sometimes the tables are turned and you can hear the shrill squeal of a piggy which heralds a three day feast for the crocodiles, who can sometimes be heard barking on the banks of the river of an evening
Then there are the beauties of this paradise
We feast like kings on exotic tropical fruits and coconuts
Living a simple life away from the conveniences of the modern world
Like human crocs we bath in the river and then sun ourselves on the banks of the river
Some days we plant fruit trees or dig up weeds
Or we do yoga or art together
We are the dreamers trying to create visions of a fruit tree jungle paradise
By night we eat food together and make beautiful collaborative music
Then we sleep in tents or on the open deck under the gentle eyes of the moon
I have traveled around the world and seen many beautiful places
But there will always be a part of my heart that lives in this one moment, with this rainbow bubble in the fruit tree jungle dream I once lived as a reality