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Was the scorpion the large black variety or the much smaller brown kind?

Anybody that knows,or has been stung will know why I ask!

The large red ants that nest in trees bite does sting granted but its not that bad,nest are easy to spot the tell tale sign of hundreds marching to and throw gives it away. The smaller red ants that nest in the ground are much more painful and harder to see in condition you describe.
The small Bastards would have been much more of a problem in truth.

How the fuck do you get trench foot working on a mountain,water tends to run down hill?
Even in the rainy season once the rain stops everything is dry within half hour.

Clearing virgin jungle with a strimmer and a machete,did no cnut have a chain saw?.
You would expect many large trees in such a place,did you and withnall hump them out or just roll them down the mountain!.

Good tale but Im not buying it as gospel