Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - Calm on the Cumbaza (Premium)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story tonight by subscribing to our supporters' feed. There you'll get access to the entire back catalogue, bonus episodes, and more, and it's all completely ad-free. Click the link below to learn more. And thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your support. You step out of your lodge. A wooden structure rooted on a muddy green and brown hill. The morning sun hears this through the thick green canopy of the Amazon rainforest. Walking down a dirt path toward the village, you stride from stepping stone to stepping stone. As you walk, you hear the crowing of roosters, the good morning calls of parrots in the trees.

Starting point is 00:01:18 Green plants dotted with red and yellow, monkeybrushed flowers, spring up around you. They reach for the sun that eases itself between the leaves on its way to the forest floor. Their leaves rustle in the gentle breeze, creating a soothing background for the birds leading the chorus of sound. When you get to the bottom of the hill, you meet your guide for the day, a smiling young woman who has lived in the Amazon basin her entire life. She has much to share with you about the flora, fauna and people of the area. You follow your guide down the path, her mud-caped boots leaving footprints in the ground. She wears a wide-brimmed hack that is fastened under her chin, shading the glistening light

Starting point is 00:02:23 that has made it through the seal of leaves above you. Passing by wooden houses, the noisy squarks of chickens reach your ears, as children chase the birds from yard to yard. Tag albeens, lie on woven mats in the sun, drying. The pleasant nutty aroma fills the air as you walk by. In a few minutes, you hear the sounds of human chatter and the sprinkling of a fountain, as the main square of Sunrock de-C Combarza comes into view. The town centre rests on the slope of the Combarza River. The main square is home to a handful of buildings, several small shops and single story houses.

Starting point is 00:03:22 No calls are scattered around the benches that line the buildings, drinking tea and chatting with each other. Nearby, some children are playing as their mothers walk around selling fruit, care-out, and freshly ground nut butter. You find a grassy spot to round nut butter. You find a grassy spot to sit in the middle of the square and your guide places a freshly sliced papaya in front of you. The orange colour of the fruit fits perfectly in the surroundings of the rainforest, looking at home among the orange, pink and red flowers. The grass is soft and cool beneath your toes as you take your first bite of the fruit. Three thousand native fruit species grow in the Amazon region and with so much rain, there's some of the best in the world. You can taste the freshness of the papaya as it melts in your mouth.

Starting point is 00:04:34 When you finish your snack, you follow your guide across the square and down the hill to the Combazor River. The river has a cloudy, reddish brown hue. It is one of the tributaries of the Amazon which breaks off from the main waterway. A light breeze greets you at the river as well as the gentle rush of water as it runs over rocks and logs. The water looks refreshing and clear despite its darker colour. The rocky riverbank leads down to a shallow area of water where you'll guide recommend dipping your feet in. Will guide, recommend dipping your feet in.

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - Calm on the Cumbaza (Premium)

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