<p>Writer Meghan Gunn meets a stranger in the jungle, and writes him a letter.</p><p>This essay was edited by Aube Rey Lescure and originally appeared in <a href="https://www.offassignment.com/" target="_blank">Off Assignment</a>. It was also included in <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-best-american-travel-writing-2021-padma-lakshmijason-wilson?variant=40643864887330" target="_blank">The Best American Travel Writing 2021</a>. If you have had a memorable encounter with a stranger, we want to hear about it. Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message, or record a voice memo and email it to us at <a href="mailto:Hello@AtlasObscura.com" target="_blank">Hello@AtlasObscura.com</a></p>


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Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.

Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest

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