Now I always thought that cows and horses slept at night. Cows sleep on the ground whereas horses sleep lying or standing, right ?
But here in Venezuela, high up in the Andes, they don't ! For two nights, we camped in the Parque Nacional de la Culata next to an old broken refuge that offered no refuge. And those cows and horses spent the whole night next to our tent. Any of those beasts could have easily tripped up one of the tent cords and flattened our nylon house. Luckily, we survived both nights.
But on the second night, right there next to the refuge at 3 o'clock in the morning, those cows starting a Whale Song Contest. Now I don't mean that they were moo-ing or lowing or even bellowing. It was more like a cross between Heidi yodeling and Westley screaming in the Pit of Despair. And let me tell you, I was scared !
But here in Venezuela, high up in the Andes, they don't ! For two nights, we camped in the Parque Nacional de la Culata next to an old broken refuge that offered no refuge. And those cows and horses spent the whole night next to our tent. Any of those beasts could have easily tripped up one of the tent cords and flattened our nylon house. Luckily, we survived both nights.
But on the second night, right there next to the refuge at 3 o'clock in the morning, those cows starting a Whale Song Contest. Now I don't mean that they were moo-ing or lowing or even bellowing. It was more like a cross between Heidi yodeling and Westley screaming in the Pit of Despair. And let me tell you, I was scared !
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