There are few things worse in my experience than trekking in wet feet, but sometimes it's unavoidable.
In Brunei we forced our workers to wear safety wellies. Most would have been more comfortable in Vietnamese Combat Boots (aka flip-flops) but closed toe shoes were the order of the day.
I just couldn't wear the wellies. I tried various different typos of boots over the first few months before settling on some lightweight canvas and leather hiking boots. The water didn't do the leather much good so they didn't last long. While they were comfortable, they were not waterproof. So, with the first spot of water I trod in I would get wet feet and they'd stay that way till I pulled my boots off again when back at the office. Needless to say, my feet were always white and pruney.
While the bridging would keep you above the water most of the time, after a heavy rain the levels of the lakes would rise and inevitably the foot boards of some stretch of bridging would end up under water. Such was the case in the photo below. Generally, the bluer the water, the deeper it was but this was probably only six to eight feet deep.
On this day, I got wet feet from the outset. With the submerged boards you had to be careful about where you placed your foot. On occasion, a board would have come un-nailed and be floating free so again, you had to tread gingerly if you didn't want to take an early bath.
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