Authors note: All characters are 18 years old or older and any resemblance to real people is strictly a coincidence. This is strictly fiction.
Molly grew up in small town USA. She went to a small university and got her engineering degree and graduated tops in her class and was immediately hired by Apex International, an international engineering firm who specialized in laying fiber optic lines in remote places. They worked primarily in South America as there was a need to start moving this inland to help the remote areas catch up. Molly was stationed on the coast and the thriving city life really appealed to her. She had never experienced that before and loved the fact that she could literally do anything at any time.
While she was overseeing a project that was taking place inland, she spent all of her time along the coast in the big city. Seeing as it was a remote location she could only communicate with a satellite phone and it was only at certain times and for just a few minutes. This left her with a lot of free time on her hands as long as she carried the phone and answered when they called. Being in her mid twenties, she loved to lay out and sun bathe whenever she could, which based on her work schedule was almost always. Molly was very good looking, platinum blonde with firm C cup tits, long toned legs and a firm backside. She had developed these attributes by playing tennis through college. While she had gotten more daring in her swimsuit choices, she just couldn't bring herself to sunbathe in the nude.
Her boss, Suzette, had gotten the project going and then turned it over to Molly. She only had to come in to the office on Monday's to meet with Suzette and see if there were any changes.
"Molly, I need you to go inland for a week and follow up on the project in section 43," said Suzette. She was a very well established leader and ran a tight ship. When she said something, people listened. "Simi is running the crew of younger guys, but they seem to have slowed down. They are nearing the mountain range which we need to get over to ensure that the plants on the other side have reliable communication with the coast by the end of the month. I have negotiated a deal with the Junjuu tribe to go through their land. It took me quite some time to land that deal and I don't want you to screw it up. You must do anything to ensure that this goes through. I have already sent a boat upriver today to ensure that they are aware that you are coming. You can meet Gunjii at the dock tomorrow morning at eight. He is a native of the tribe and knows the river and how to get to the base camp for the next push. Pack appropriately as the jungle is very hot and humid."
"Not a problem miss Suzette. I will see what is going on and try and keep it moving. I won't let you down."
Molly got to the docks a little early and saw the largest black man she had ever seen loading a boat. He was all of six feet six and didn't seem to have any fat whatsoever. His muscles were very defined and Molly was immediately intimidated by him. "Hi, are you Gunjii? I'm Molly," she said shyly.
Gunjii looked her up and down. "I was not expecting a young woman. This is not going to be an easy trip and it will take the whole day. There is really no comfort on the boat. It looks like you have brought lots of clothes, good. This place is very hot and humid, even more so than the coast."
They shoved off and headed upstream. They made several stops along the way at villages. Gunjii seemed to be able to speak many different dialects as he knew everyone at every stop. All the people seemed really friendly along the way and Molly was eager to get to the camp to get the project back on track.
As the sun started to set, Molly spoke up nervously, "Are we getting close or are we going to have to make camp overnight?"
"Only two more turns in the river and we will be there. You don't want to sleep in the jungle as many things can happen to you, mostly bad in this neck of the woods."
As they approached the compound, another black man came to the rivers edge to greet them. He seemed quite a bit older than Gunjii. The two men spoke and they didn't even really acknowledge that she was there.
"I am Simi. I am in charge of the workers and the compound. I apologize as the compound doesn't have many of the niceties that you probably have in the city. We have set up a tent for you in the middle of the compound. It will be safer for you in the middle as that way we can provide a perimeter. The guys will grab your gear for you. Please follow me and I will show you to your tent. It would be best if you didn't come out as the sun is setting. The mosquitoes can get quite bad as well as other things that prowl the night."
As they neared the center of the compound, the tent was really just basically a screened in canopy with a cot, a folding table and a lantern hanging from the pole. "Is that the tent?" asked Molly. Her gear had already been placed in the tent. She thought to herself, how did that happen, I didn't even see anyone moving around.
"As I said, I apologize for the primitiveness of the compound. I wasn't made aware that you were a woman and we really have no need for privacy here. I shall see you in the morning."
Molly realized that she would be sleeping in her clothes this night as she was not about to strip down in front of whomever had brought her gear to the tent. It was virtually pitch black outside of the lantern light, which just lit up the inside of the tent.
Molly woke with a start to some sort of screeching animal. As she sat up on the cot and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she realized that she was being watched. She turned around and saw the four younger guys squatting just outside her tent watching her intently. Just then she heard Simi yelling in his native language and the four guys scattered just as quietly as they had arrived. She had never seen anyone move so quickly and quietly.
"I am sorry about that," said Simi. They are members of the Junjuu tribe and have never seen a white woman, and especially one with such blonde hair. "Let me show you around the compound. Those tents around the outside are the workers tents. It creates a barrier for animals. The bigger tent over there is where we gather for food and that smaller building over there is where you can do your business. We follow the old ways and go into the jungle, but people from the coast need a special place. Come, let us get some food."
As they entered the food tent, the four younger guys were already there eating and drinking some sort of tea. "Here," said Simi. "Drink this every day and it will keep the mosquitoes away. It is very bitter, but if you drink it quickly you barely taste it. Believe me it works. My tribe has been here for many generations and we have learned many things about the jungle that help us live here." He was right, it was very bitter but Molly found that if she drank it quickly it wasn't that bad.
"Come with me, we shall go and watch the crew for a little while and then you can report back."
Molly had already sweated through her first outfit of the day. "Please let me change first as these are my clothes from yesterday." She went back to her tent and without even thinking stripped her shirt off and then took her bra off. Her breasts were glowing white as she always wore a bikini on the beach back at the coast but the rest of her body was nicely tanned. She pulled out another bra and another cotton loose fitting shirt and put them on. As she turned around, she again saw the four crew members watching her, this time from the food tent. She felt somewhat embarrassed, but she had a job to do.
