Fire and ants<\/i><\/a>, the description said it was next to the site of a forest fire – and supposedly had a lot of ants. The part about a fire site sounded interesting, and I pretty much dismissed the part about ants. I mean, I’ve been close to ant hills before. How many ants could there possibly be?<\/p>\nIt turns out that “a lot of ants” really meant “a hell of a lot of ants”. I could not believe my eyes. Within a sizable area (we’re talking tens of metres at least) the ground was covered with them. There was nowhere I could put my feet without stepping on dozens of ants. I could not stop walking even for a second because immediately I had ants all over my feet. I thought perhaps I could stand on something to get away from them but every log, rock, and tree stump was also covered in ants. I was walking in small circles all the time while opening the cache box and logging my visit, to avoid being totally overrun. As soon as I was done, I made my escape – running.<\/p>\n
This is what the ground looked like, all over:
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