For the first thirty miles the red earth road wound its way through the lowland forest, the giant trees standing in solid ranks alongside and their branches entwined in an archway of leaves above us.

在最初的三十英里里，红土路蜿蜒穿过低地森林，高大的树木整齐地排列在我们的两旁，它们的枝桠在我们头顶上交错成一个树叶拱门。