Chapter 18 16 Finding the Cheetah

The next day, I embarked on the journey with great apprehension.As soon as you enter the rural areas of Mexico, the scenery changes drastically. People's expressions are bright and cheerful, and the atmosphere of the towns is also brighter. The gap between them is really confusing. Perhaps it is precisely because Fares is a border city that it has that unique atmosphere?I deduced this way, and finally began to appreciate Xintiandi with eyes full of curiosity, and found that the charm of this country is unparalleled. Everyone is friendly and very upbeat.They kept talking to me, and my Spanish improved a lot.Every town is old and charming, and the Mexican food is even more delicious!

After riding for a day, I stayed in a hotel, and then went out immediately, taking a walk in the city like sleepwalking.After nightfall, small shops are also set up on the square, and every day is like a festival. Walking in it, an unspeakable excitement arises spontaneously. Full day after day.One day, I finally came to the capital, Mexico City. There is a "Pension Amigo" (Pension Amigo), which is a gathering place for poor travelers in Japan.As soon as I got there, I pushed my bike into the atrium when a big head poked out from the balcony and looked down at me. "Ahhh!"

The two of us shouted at the same time, isn't this Kiyota-kun? "How slow!" he cried. "Why are you still here?" I yelled back loudly, not to be outdone. When we parted ways with Kiyota-kun in Canada, we originally agreed to meet up at this homestay in early February.But I have roamed so leisurely that I am now in the middle of March. "I waited so hard!" Even so, he was smiling. "Huh? Are you waiting for me?" I was taken aback.We didn't make an agreement on purpose, we just said "see you again if we can see you", only afterwards did we know that he had lived here for more than forty days.

"When are you leaving?" He still asked me with a friendly smile. What a weirdo, obviously going his own way, but always wanting to travel with me.Although I also have a special intimacy with him?????? After we left Mexico City, we sweated profusely in the scorching heat, step by step, and finally arrived at the Palenque ruins a few days later. Among the many Mayan ruins, this one is the least known.Deep in the dense jungle, white stone ruins stand quietly, very mysterious. We climbed up to the tallest pyramid and looked at the lush jungle at a glance.We were in a daze, and suddenly there was a roar of "Oh oh oh oh—" in the jungle, and we looked at each other.

"Did you hear that voice just now?" "Yes, yes!" "It really is true!" I once heard a Canadian traveler who looked like a hippie say that the roar of cheetahs could be heard in the Palenque ruins. At that time, I thought it was a common traveler's rumor, or he had smoked too much marijuana and his mind was unclear. Listen To hear what should not be heard, to see what should not be seen. Unexpectedly, less than ten minutes after arriving at the Palenque Ruins, they immediately heard the roar of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"-" roars were heard from the jungle in less than ten minutes.

We pricked up our ears, and in the depths of the jungle, all kinds of insects and birds came and went. "Oh oh oh oh-" The deafening roar of thunder came again, and the sound sounded very close. "over there!" We ran down the pyramid, rushed in the direction of the sound, and entered the jungle, maybe we could see a cheetah with our own eyes! The daytime in the dense forest is also extremely dark, and the tropical trees grow densely, and it seems that large carnivorous beasts will jump out at any time. "Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh"

Louder roars echoed through the jungle, and we looked at each other again. "This, isn't this a bit dangerous?" Kiyota-kun said. Calm down and think about it carefully, it is indeed true.But wild cheetahs are nearby, and cheetahs with yellow and black stripes are nearby! "I want to see!" I became more excited, breathing heavily, and rushed straight into the depths of the jungle. "Hey! It's too dangerous! Come back!" Kiyota-kun kept a certain distance from me (if I was thrown down by a cheetah, he could still take advantage of the gap to escape), and followed me all the way.

"Oh oh oh--" The roar was so loud that I stopped immediately, it was so close!Right above our heads! —over the head? Take a closer look, and on the tree obliquely in front, the dense branches are shaking slowly. --Wow!really have.I haven't seen it yet, but it's really there! Soon, a long, black thing hung down from the leaves. "Come out!" Black tail—could it be a black panther?I signaled to Mr. Qingtian who was following up from behind, "Shh, keep your voice down." I pointed to the treetops in front and told him, "There." Branches hang down.

--Ok?Grab a branch and hang the horizontal bar? Then the guy put out his other hand and hopped up another tree like a trapeze. ?????? It's a monkey. I've been chasing jungle legends, desperately trying to disprove that idea.It can't be a monkey, it can't be a monkey, that's, that's?????? "It's a chimpanzee!" However, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a monkey (not to mention that there are no chimpanzees in the American continent).Soon after, the monkeys came from It sprang out from the depths of the forest, flying lightly and naturally in the forest.Kiyota-kun and I glanced at each other, and couldn't help showing a slightly distorted smile.

Afterwards, I found out that it was some kind of spider monkey. There are many in the jungle in this area, and the characteristic is that its cry is particularly loud. "Just kidding, what a stupid monkey!" We started throwing rocks at the monkeys. Then again, we ran desperately in the jungle looking for prey (?), and finally found out the truth, and only heard the roar from the jungle, so we naively insisted, "Ah, there are cheetahs?? ????” Canadian hippies, comparing the two, which one is luckier?