from Aspiring Caveman...
"This was long overdue. It’s fun to kick it barefoot around the campsite,
but no sane person familiar with the jungle would ever walk around it
without proper footwear. At least in Central America, every other thing
growing in the underbrush has thorns. Some of the stuff is strong enough
to go through the bottom of a rubber boot. No thanks.
The style of this footwear is referred to as the “mamluk pucker” and it
is primarily used for making boots. I went with this because I wanted a
high-top pair of moccasins in conjunction with the shin guards. The
reason for it the possibility of dangerous snake bites. There is one
snake here in particular, called the yellow jaw, that all locals are
deathly afraid of. They are not at all common, but you only need one
encounter with one of these to have a very bad day. I’m often hours of
walk from any human being, so a bite could prove potentially fatal.
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