Until the highway construction in the modern era, access to the jungle interior had been - and in some cases, still is - only by river.

Tourist facilities are available in the capital city of Paramaribo, but are less developed and in some cases non-existent in the country's rugged jungle interior.

We like long, empty, white sandy beaches with warm turquoise sea, a lush green jungle interior with lots of coconut trees and tropical flowers, and very little traffic.

There are also several trails that crisscross the island's jungle interior.

Boats - from big cruisers to tiny two-man wooden fishing dinghies - are the main way to travel in Brazil's jungle interior, a region where floods routinely wash out the area's one national highway.

He and a partner began a coconut plantation in the jungle interior of Mindanao Island in 1926.

Most of Cozumel consists of a jungle interior, but there is a paved road that bisects the island and circles its southern half, a total distance of about 30 miles.

All five islands lie within a five-mile radius and provide first-class beaches and superb opportunities for swimming and snorkeling, and there are boardwalk trails into the islands' jungle interior.

Under a State of Emergency Much of the jungle interior where the bush people live has been placed under an emergency decree, giving the soldiers virtually unlimited authority.

Sarawak's coast and jungle interior were controlled by the Iban - Sea Dayak pirates and Land Dayak slash-and-burn farmers.