[00:01.48]It is an extraordinary place,
[00:03.61]and an extraordinary way of life...
[00:05.71]what we're doing really is getting in touch
[00:08.33]with the way our ancestors lived thousands
[00:10.36]and thousands of years ago.
[00:12.04]The lifestyle that the bush people have
[00:13.86]is pretty much unchanged over the centuries.
[00:16.14]They're hunter-gatherers-the men go hunting
[00:18.49]and the women gather food from wherever
[00:20.36]they can find it,and they share everything...
[00:22.86]so we had to fit in with that.
[00:25.32]The thing is,you're not just a guest here.
[00:27.69]If you're a visitor,
[00:28.80]you can't just put your feet up
[00:30.41]and let everyone else do the work.
[00:32.28]You're expected to muck in and do your bit...
[00:34.61]and so you have to join in with that way
[00:36.24]of life...so being a woman I was part
[00:38.82]of the gathering party.
[00:40.81]And what kind of things did you come back with?
[00:43.84]Well, usually some sort of leaves
[00:46.11]that tasted rather like spinach
[00:48.16]which they used to make a salad...
[00:50.34]nuts but there are also these beetle,
[00:53.97]there are these enormous yellow
[00:55.51]and black desert beetles
[00:56.73]which they actually bake...in the hot sand.
[00:59.17]Good Lord.And you actually eat them?
[01:03.13]Yes...funnily enough...
[01:05.53]they tasted rather like crab...
[01:07.71]a little bit crunchy outside...
[01:09.87]delicious...especially when you're hungry.
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