So on Saturday night we went out to eat at an Italian restaurant with everyone. It was fantastic! We were kind of skeptical at first because when we walked in, we were the only people in the restaurant, and then they didn’t actually have half of the items listed on their menu (no pizzas! Only juices or wine, no sodas, etc). We all ordered different things and ended up just passing them around and eating a little bit of everyone’s meal. It was fantastic!
The next day was Esther’s birthday, so after dinner we went to a different restaurant/cachaça bar to hang out and to attempt to stay up until 12:00 to reign in Esther’s birthday. Cachaça is the a popular Brazillian liquor – the most popular in the country. It is made from sugarcane and is used to make many drinks, most notably the Caipirinha, which is made with sugar and lime. Anyways, this cachaça bar had many different flavors of cachaça, and they serve you a shots worth that you sip. I got a fruit flavor as my first – I can’t remember which one (it was one of the Brazillian fruits and it was the one the waitress recommended). It was alright but I couldn’t really sit there and sip liquor. Jeff got a really good one – cinnamon! Joel got coffee which was also very good (it was more creamy vs. straight liquor). After that, we each tried a different flavor. I got coconut (another creamy flavor) which was very very good! Renee and Sebastien were already back at the hotel cause they were tired (they left after the Italian restaurant) and at this point, the rest of us were getting tired so we decided to leave (it was only 11:15 so we didn’t quite make it to 12:00). We had a lot of fun though, sharing and listening to each other’s funny stories (especially Joel’s, about herding sheep in Greece and being homeless across Europe etc)…
The next morning we woke up for our second day of hiking. We were doing the same hikes that Jeff and Joel had done the day before we got there, and he said they were much easier than our hike up the mountain, which we were definitely excited about. We had six places to see in Chapada Diamantina so we had a busy day ahead of us. We all ate breakfast together (no monkeys or yummy coconut tapioca rolls today… food was alright though!). Renee wasn’t feeling well, so she decided to stay behind and get rest. So, Sebastien, Esther, Andreas and I got into the car (which was smaller this time since there weren’t as many of us) and made our drive out to the first stop. It was pretty bumpy, which was funny and annoying at the same time.
Our first stop was a hike out to a waterfall called Poco do Diabo, also known as the “Devil’s Throat.” It was very pretty. The hike wasn’t bad at all, although it was pretty funny because at one point, you have to scale these big rocks that have fallen on their sides, and it’s kind of tricky, and Andreas snapped a pretty quality shot of me struggling. Anyways we swam for a while in the pool, which meant Esther and I had to change, so we did our same old same old routine (act like a bunch of prudes and go change behind the towels that we hold up for one another) although this time we had gotten better at it. By the end of the day, when we needed to change, we were able to do it on our own!!! We’re pretty much pros. OK! Geez I sidetrack a lot. At the falls, there was also a big zip line that looked SOOoo cool (I’m actually not sure why we didn’t do it? Maybe not enough time?) as well as carabineers cascading down the mountain.
Our next stop was a hike up a mountain, which was more similar to the first day’s hike (although not as difficult) to the top of Pai Inacio, one of the mountains of Chapada Diamantina (it is one of the ones usually featured in books etc.) At the top of the mountain, the rock was pretty flat and there were beautiful plants and flowers growing everywhere – in particular, cactus and these beautiful small purple flowers! The view was SPECTACULAR – you could see so far and see so much! Of course, all you could see was nature, since there wasn’t much development nearby. You could see the Lencois area in the distance, which is probably the busiest “city” within proximity. It was so pretty!!!!
The next stop we made was at Pratinha, an area with a cave and a huge pool. Upon arriving, we saw they had a huge zipline into the lake, although at the bottom were a bunch of couples making out, so we decided to check out the cave. We decided to go snorkeling into the cave, so Esther and I once again changed (this time in front of many more people, and there weren’t any walls or steep inclines or rocks or anything to kind of change against and use as protection, but we still changed successfully – let me reiterate, we’re pros now!) and we rented some cute little fins and goggles and snorkels etc. We flipped around looking at fish, and then we got into groups of three and each group (ours was Esther, Andreas and I… Sebastien got put with these two local girls, haha, I’m sure he didn’t mind) got a flashlight, and we were led by this guy in a kayak back into the cave, where it started getting really really dark. We were able to see the cave, which was so cool – the water was SO clear! Although there weren’t any fish once you got back into the cave. Or sharks. Or eels. So it wasn’t TOO exciting, but not too scary either. It was still beautiful and I’ve never been snorkeling before so I thought it was really really cool! And then at the very end of the snorkel – once we reached the end of the cave (about 10 mins in), they turned off all of the flashlights and we sat there in darkness for a minute! It was awesome. We were at the “end” of the above water part of the cave, but the cave doesn’t actually end there – if you have proper scuba equipment, you can dive underwater and continue swimming for 10 minutes or so until you reach above water again. Anyways, the cave that we started in connected 13km later with a different cave called the Gruta Azul, or Blue Pool.
After we were done at Pratinha, we drove/walked over the Gruta Azul – which was only a 10 minute walk away. There was no one there, and it was so peaceful – and the water was SO blue. It was kind of hard to see much inside the cave because it doesn’t have much access to light, but we got there late in the afternoon, when it got the most sun it would get during the day, so we could see some of it. Ah it really was sooo pretty. My pictures don’t do it justice in the least – it was really hard to get a good one that really looked like the cave!
The last stop we made that day was a place 30 mins away, called Gruta Lapa Doce, or Sweet Cave (or something to that effect). It was completely different than anything we had done yet – although really, our day had been full of many many different things. Anyways, Gruta Lapa Doce is this underground cave that used to have a river running through it, but now doesn’t (the river now actually somehow runs into Gruta Azul… over time it eroded into it or something) and hasn’t for a while. So we got to walk the cave – which took at least an hour? – with the help of a guide and his lantern. It was SO cool!!! We were completely underground in pitch black, the five of us. The cave was full of stalactite and stalagmite rock (random 1st grade knowledge suddenly becomes useful!). It takes over 33 years for only one centimeter of stalagmite rock to form in this cave! Which is crazy. A lot of the rock formations in the cave had different “shapes,” and our guide was eager to point them all out – they were all pretty funny. My favorite part was when, at one point, our guide told us to sit down, and he turned his lamp off. We sat in COMPLETE darkness and silence for three minutes. I was kind of scared at first, but it was SO cool! We were all meditating there in the complete nothingness. It is one of those experiences that just is so cool and you don’t really get an opportunity to experience much.
After that, our day was done so we went back to the pousada, where Renee was waiting for us, feeling a bit better. I still had a lot of energy so I went for a run around Lencois for a few minutes, then came back and took a shower. Jeff and Joel were already back, and after we all were done showering etc, we went out for Esther’s birthday dinner at a pizza place. It was great food (the pizza in Brazil is amazing. All thin crust and best toppings – ah. America has some learning to do). And then Jeff and I went up to the chef and told him it was Esther’s birthday, so he made her a special “dessert” pizza! Aka honey/banana/cinnamon. It was great! Dinner with the bunch was so so much fun – we were laughing the whole time.
After that, we walked into town and saw this concert going on, which ended up being a carnival for kids with a live band for kids. haha. Esther and I danced around for about, two minutes, but then I started feeling like a pedophile, so I stopped, although Esther was really enjoying being silly and dancing around so she did for a while longer. We finally made our way back to the pousada, stopping along the way to get some supplies for the road (aka water and food). We finished packing and made our way to the bus station, where we caught our 11:20 pm bus back to Salvador. I took another one of Renee’s NyQuil pills, much earlier this time, so luckily I got a lot of sleep. I did wake up a lot though, at one point I think it was 3:00 or so and I noticed the stars outside the window (we were in the complete rural countryside). The stars were SO bright and so beautiful! I’ve really been getting into looking at the stars when I’ve been abroad. Especially in the southern hemisphere were there are some diff constellations! Anyways I got way excited so I tried to show Andreas, who was completely unconscious, and barely responded when I nudged him and was like, “Andreas! Look! The stars!!!” Finally, in his slumber, he just grabbed my hands and arms and pulled me over into his arms, where I fell asleep pretty quickly, so I guess he was successful in getting me to shut up. It was a pretty nice sleep too!
We arrived back in Salvador around 6:15 and took a taxi back to the house, where we slept-walked around for an hour and a half and took a shower and ate breakfast until we had to leave for placement at 8:00, ready for our long days ahead!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
WIthdrawals.
I MISS BRAZIL. so so much. Also, I'm not too fond of the Miami airport. So confusing. Also, freezing. I miss Brazil so much... I don't know what I'm going to do with my life.... ahhh I love the States, but take me back now!
Lencois
Our last weekend in Brazil was a lot of fun – Renee, Esther, Andreas and I traveled to Lencois, a smaller town near the Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina (or Chapada Diamentina National Park). We were only there for two days, but we were able to do a few different hikes and see different nature-y things in Brazil. It was a nice change from the beach/city scene that we had come to know as Brazil.
On Friday night, we all went out to Sophia, a way cute restaurant near our homebase. We went to have a goodbye drink with Anya and Rachel, who were leaving the next morning. After Sophia’s, the four of us left for the bus station and caught out 11:30pm bus to Lencois. The trip is a 6 (or so) hour bus ride from Salvador, so we decided to take the night bus to maximize our time in Lencois. The bus ride was alright, although I was having trouble falling asleep, so I took one of Renee’s NyQuils, and was able to doze on/off until about 3:30am, when the bus made a quick pit stop, and upon returning onto the bus, I completely passed out. Not-so-lucky for me, though, we arrived in Lencois only 2 or 2.5 hours later, and I was still feeling kind of NyQuiled, which was weird (I was soooo out of it). We got to our pousada, (Pousada das Arvores, I think) and even though check-in wasn’t until 10:00am, they allowed us to get into our room early to take a nap, which was really nice. So I got to sleep from 6:00-7:30 or so, and then we got up for breakfast before our day of hiking. I was feeling a little bit less tired at breakfast (thank goodness). Their breakfast was a bunch of fruit and cakes/breads, as well as this really cool food that was some sort of tapioca and coconut pancake-y sort of thing. I really liked it. The breakfast was outside, and all of sudden we noticed a ton of monkeys on a nearby birdfeeder (or monkeyfeeder?) which was kind of funny. Esther had been DYING to see monkeys so she got way excited, which was fun.
We got a guide for the weekend to take us around to places (that is what everyone does here – you don’t really just go hike by yourself), and we had decided before arriving what we wanted to do. We left for our first site at 8:00 or 8:30 (can’t remember at this point, although I guess it really isn’t too important) to drive out to where our hike would start. The drive was about 2 or 3 hours – more time to sleep! There were three other guys from our pousada who came with us – Jean-Francois (also known as Jeff) and Joel, two friends from Canada who are in their late 30’s, and Sebastian, a guy from France, who I think was 26 or so. Or maybe older. They were all really fun and we spent a lot of time with them throughout the weekend – it was a really fun group! We finally started getting near the site, and Esther and I were rocking out to our music, and then we decided, why not rock out together?! So we simultaneously turned on ABBA on our Ipods, and we started pulling out some hella sweet dance moves to Dancing Queen, and then Renee (who also was in the back with us) woke up and wanted in on the fun, so the three of us proceeded to TOTALLY jam out. First Dancing Queen, then Mamma Mia, then Lay All Your Love On Me (from the movie!). At one point, Jean-Francois turned around and was kind of like… ??? And asked if we were all listening to the same song or something. We told him yes and just started laughing a lot. He loved our moves.
We finally arrived around 11 at the starting point of our five-hour hike to Cachoeira da Fumaca, which is one of the tallest waterfalls in Brazil. It was extremely hot outside (sweltering heat!) and the climb up the mountain was very strenuous – it was so so steep, and the rocks we climbed up were bright white, which reflected more sun on us. The hike up was pretty difficult, and to add on to it, our guide was a) pretty in-shape and b) didn’t care that we were struggling, so he was pretty much racing up the mountain. Ah! Esther and I were joking the whole week before about how we needed to train for our hike (aka walk to and from the beach multiple times a day, sometimes carrying one another up the hill to the homebase, sometimes running, etc etc) and when we started our ascent we kind of laughed because we obviously did not train hard enough (our laughs quickly turned into heavy pants. About 90 seconds into our hike, haha). After an hour or so (??) of the hard, steep climb, we made it to the top of the mountain, where we just had to walk across flat ground for an hour and a half or so to get to the waterfall. This past was pretty easy, especially after we had mastered the feat of climbing up the mountain. We arrived at the waterfall/cliffs, which was absolutely beautiful (kind of terrifying because it was sooooo high, and people would get on their stomachs and inch their way out to the edge of the cliff… ah). The waterfall wasn’t much because the amount of water depends on how much rain the area had received that day, and we went on a day when there wasn’t any rain (and thus there wasn’t a huge waterfall). But it was still really cool and worth it. It was also worth it, because I realized that I can climb up a mountain and not die.
After climbing back down the mountain (which was a bit easier than climbing up! Although it was actually pretty difficult because our guide was still being a space cadet and climbing down at the speed of light, whereas Renee and Esther and I were going slower (aka at the speed of three grandmas) so we wouldn’t fall down and get hurt on the slippery stone. We took a short bus ride down to a beautiful waterfall and pool. Esther and I changed into our swim suits (which was hilarious… there were so many people around and the pool/falls are located on a trail, so we were trying to hold up a towel for one another so we could have pseudo-privacy to change, and we kept laughing, and I think the locals were laughing at us, but hey, when in Brazil!) We swam around for a while and slid down natural rock slides – it was a great way to end the day!
After a long drive back to the pousada, we all showered (thank goodness for hygiene) and then met up with Jeff, Joel, and Sebastien and went to dinner in town at this Italian place which ended up being FANTASTIC!
Ah I’m in the Miami airport (which is freezing by the way. Wtf America.) and my flight to Charlotte is boarding now…. So I’ll update more when I get home, aka tomorrow because I get home way late and I’m fully intend on passing out.
On Friday night, we all went out to Sophia, a way cute restaurant near our homebase. We went to have a goodbye drink with Anya and Rachel, who were leaving the next morning. After Sophia’s, the four of us left for the bus station and caught out 11:30pm bus to Lencois. The trip is a 6 (or so) hour bus ride from Salvador, so we decided to take the night bus to maximize our time in Lencois. The bus ride was alright, although I was having trouble falling asleep, so I took one of Renee’s NyQuils, and was able to doze on/off until about 3:30am, when the bus made a quick pit stop, and upon returning onto the bus, I completely passed out. Not-so-lucky for me, though, we arrived in Lencois only 2 or 2.5 hours later, and I was still feeling kind of NyQuiled, which was weird (I was soooo out of it). We got to our pousada, (Pousada das Arvores, I think) and even though check-in wasn’t until 10:00am, they allowed us to get into our room early to take a nap, which was really nice. So I got to sleep from 6:00-7:30 or so, and then we got up for breakfast before our day of hiking. I was feeling a little bit less tired at breakfast (thank goodness). Their breakfast was a bunch of fruit and cakes/breads, as well as this really cool food that was some sort of tapioca and coconut pancake-y sort of thing. I really liked it. The breakfast was outside, and all of sudden we noticed a ton of monkeys on a nearby birdfeeder (or monkeyfeeder?) which was kind of funny. Esther had been DYING to see monkeys so she got way excited, which was fun.
We got a guide for the weekend to take us around to places (that is what everyone does here – you don’t really just go hike by yourself), and we had decided before arriving what we wanted to do. We left for our first site at 8:00 or 8:30 (can’t remember at this point, although I guess it really isn’t too important) to drive out to where our hike would start. The drive was about 2 or 3 hours – more time to sleep! There were three other guys from our pousada who came with us – Jean-Francois (also known as Jeff) and Joel, two friends from Canada who are in their late 30’s, and Sebastian, a guy from France, who I think was 26 or so. Or maybe older. They were all really fun and we spent a lot of time with them throughout the weekend – it was a really fun group! We finally started getting near the site, and Esther and I were rocking out to our music, and then we decided, why not rock out together?! So we simultaneously turned on ABBA on our Ipods, and we started pulling out some hella sweet dance moves to Dancing Queen, and then Renee (who also was in the back with us) woke up and wanted in on the fun, so the three of us proceeded to TOTALLY jam out. First Dancing Queen, then Mamma Mia, then Lay All Your Love On Me (from the movie!). At one point, Jean-Francois turned around and was kind of like… ??? And asked if we were all listening to the same song or something. We told him yes and just started laughing a lot. He loved our moves.
We finally arrived around 11 at the starting point of our five-hour hike to Cachoeira da Fumaca, which is one of the tallest waterfalls in Brazil. It was extremely hot outside (sweltering heat!) and the climb up the mountain was very strenuous – it was so so steep, and the rocks we climbed up were bright white, which reflected more sun on us. The hike up was pretty difficult, and to add on to it, our guide was a) pretty in-shape and b) didn’t care that we were struggling, so he was pretty much racing up the mountain. Ah! Esther and I were joking the whole week before about how we needed to train for our hike (aka walk to and from the beach multiple times a day, sometimes carrying one another up the hill to the homebase, sometimes running, etc etc) and when we started our ascent we kind of laughed because we obviously did not train hard enough (our laughs quickly turned into heavy pants. About 90 seconds into our hike, haha). After an hour or so (??) of the hard, steep climb, we made it to the top of the mountain, where we just had to walk across flat ground for an hour and a half or so to get to the waterfall. This past was pretty easy, especially after we had mastered the feat of climbing up the mountain. We arrived at the waterfall/cliffs, which was absolutely beautiful (kind of terrifying because it was sooooo high, and people would get on their stomachs and inch their way out to the edge of the cliff… ah). The waterfall wasn’t much because the amount of water depends on how much rain the area had received that day, and we went on a day when there wasn’t any rain (and thus there wasn’t a huge waterfall). But it was still really cool and worth it. It was also worth it, because I realized that I can climb up a mountain and not die.
After climbing back down the mountain (which was a bit easier than climbing up! Although it was actually pretty difficult because our guide was still being a space cadet and climbing down at the speed of light, whereas Renee and Esther and I were going slower (aka at the speed of three grandmas) so we wouldn’t fall down and get hurt on the slippery stone. We took a short bus ride down to a beautiful waterfall and pool. Esther and I changed into our swim suits (which was hilarious… there were so many people around and the pool/falls are located on a trail, so we were trying to hold up a towel for one another so we could have pseudo-privacy to change, and we kept laughing, and I think the locals were laughing at us, but hey, when in Brazil!) We swam around for a while and slid down natural rock slides – it was a great way to end the day!
After a long drive back to the pousada, we all showered (thank goodness for hygiene) and then met up with Jeff, Joel, and Sebastien and went to dinner in town at this Italian place which ended up being FANTASTIC!
Ah I’m in the Miami airport (which is freezing by the way. Wtf America.) and my flight to Charlotte is boarding now…. So I’ll update more when I get home, aka tomorrow because I get home way late and I’m fully intend on passing out.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
One More "Fine" Quality About Andreas.
Andreas has just reminded me of another one of his admirable traits. Yesterday, a HUMONGOUS cucaracha was on the offense, trying to attack us in the common room, and I succeeded in killing it, ie, throwing my flip at it and splattering its guts everywhere. Not very professional. But I was proud of myself nonetheless for defeating the enemy.
Anyways Andreas was manly enough to clean up the carcus of the dead cucaracha and dispose of it in the toilet, and he has just reminded me of this amazing feat. I think he was quite disappointed that I failed to mention this in my previous post, as I apparently came across as only promoting his ability to kill mosquitos. Like that is all he is good for or something.
Andreas, man of the house and man of many talents!
Oh my gosh and I forgot to mention. Andreas even picks up our laundry and waits on street corners for us to pick him up. See attached visual.
Anyways Andreas was manly enough to clean up the carcus of the dead cucaracha and dispose of it in the toilet, and he has just reminded me of this amazing feat. I think he was quite disappointed that I failed to mention this in my previous post, as I apparently came across as only promoting his ability to kill mosquitos. Like that is all he is good for or something.
Andreas, man of the house and man of many talents!
Oh my gosh and I forgot to mention. Andreas even picks up our laundry and waits on street corners for us to pick him up. See attached visual.
Ah I Love My Kids.
So today during class my kids showed me their sweet samba skills. Here is a vid I got of them! Oh my I love them. especially the boy in the spiderman shirt.
Rest of Last Week? I Think?
Ok so recap of last week: (courtesy of this sweet calendar we made for our last two weeks here, that is hanging in the common room. It’s called “Master Calendar: aka epic last two weeks together.”)
Monday: Professor Fred. Portuguese class (went well!).
Tuesday: we went on a tour of the open market! It was very much like the medina in Morocco, which made me so happy! (Although the medina in Morocco was much cooler. Or at least it had cooler stuff). Anyways there were SO many fruit stands, and random item stands, and goats, and peacocks, and jewels, and machetes, and even a meat section (with all parts of the body, including eyes and intestines and tongues etc!). Candomble service.
Wednesday: Can’t remember at this point.
Thursday: We had samba class…only Andreas and I went, and we had fun!! The instructor said that I’ve gotten much much better and that I’m very good at samba and that I can help teach now! Haha (what a joke).
Thursday: Went to the beach whoo! And went to Sophia's with Anya and Rachel.
Friday: We went to Lencois!
I think this is it? I can’t even remember anymore. Everyone’s just been really sick so we haven’t been doing too much. Anya and Rachel were both really sick before they left, and Esther and Renee were really sick last week, and Renee left this morning cause she still hadn’t gotten better, and Esther didn’t go to placement today cause she was still feeling bad etc. Ah. Brazil is killing us haha. Except not me! I LOVE BRAZIL AND I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE IN THREE DAYS…….
Monday: Professor Fred. Portuguese class (went well!).
Tuesday: we went on a tour of the open market! It was very much like the medina in Morocco, which made me so happy! (Although the medina in Morocco was much cooler. Or at least it had cooler stuff). Anyways there were SO many fruit stands, and random item stands, and goats, and peacocks, and jewels, and machetes, and even a meat section (with all parts of the body, including eyes and intestines and tongues etc!). Candomble service.
Wednesday: Can’t remember at this point.
Thursday: We had samba class…only Andreas and I went, and we had fun!! The instructor said that I’ve gotten much much better and that I’m very good at samba and that I can help teach now! Haha (what a joke).
Thursday: Went to the beach whoo! And went to Sophia's with Anya and Rachel.
Friday: We went to Lencois!
I think this is it? I can’t even remember anymore. Everyone’s just been really sick so we haven’t been doing too much. Anya and Rachel were both really sick before they left, and Esther and Renee were really sick last week, and Renee left this morning cause she still hadn’t gotten better, and Esther didn’t go to placement today cause she was still feeling bad etc. Ah. Brazil is killing us haha. Except not me! I LOVE BRAZIL AND I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE IN THREE DAYS…….
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Andreas: Man of the House
Ok so last Saturday my roomies Anya and Rachel left (Anya was staying four weeks, but she discovered that one of her classes started earlier than she thought, so she needed to get back). Now, there are only four of us - Esther, Renee, Andreas, and I. Esther and Renee have been sick last week (I kind of felt sick for a day or two but I got over it, then they were getting sick, and theirs stayed around all week). Anyways Esther got better by Friday for our weekend in Lencois, but Renee still felt sick this weekend, and she still isn't feeling better (she's got a cough and all), so she changed her flight last night to leave tomorrow morning. Today is Renee's birthday so we're going to go out and celebrate, then she's leaving :( and it'll only be three of us! Ah which is so weird since this house is so big, but also kind of nice since that means a small group. We'll miss Renee though! And I miss my roomies - ah my huge room is so empty now!
Oh but so anyways my point in writing this entry is to celebrate the manliness, the strength, nay, the power, that is Andreas, who is the man of the house (and has been now for a week and a half!). He is sitting across from me in the common room, also updating his blog. Just now, he all of a sudden stopped typing and totally killed this mosquito that was out to get us. He has the reflexes of a puma! And I never even notice when they're on me, sucking out my blood slash prob giving me diseases, let alone when they're buzzing around nearby. Ah he is ALWAYS killing mosquitos. When we've been in Morro and Lencois for the weekends, sharing a hotel room, we'll all of a sudden wake up in the middle of the night to loud slaps of Andreas killing mosquitos that have unfortunately (for them) decided to take a quick break a nearby wall. I just think it's pretty funny. One time last week, he had been trying to get one, and it landed on Esther's back (she didn't notice) and he totally slapped her back... he ended up killing it but she was not too pleased. Nor was her back, which had a huge red handprint for the next 30 mins lol. But it's great to have Andreas around, since is very good at killing mosquitos, while the rest of us either a) have awful reflexes and really just don't stand a chance against the mosquitos or b) at this point just have given up caring about the mosquitos, as we realize that we already look like we have chicken pox, with our number of mosquito bites [so a couple of more won't hurt]. Or perhaps it's a combination of the two.
This really isn't too exciting but just wanted to let you know some of the little things that happen at our homebase, day to day. The ongoing war between Andreas and the mosquitos. Man vs. insect.
Oh but so anyways my point in writing this entry is to celebrate the manliness, the strength, nay, the power, that is Andreas, who is the man of the house (and has been now for a week and a half!). He is sitting across from me in the common room, also updating his blog. Just now, he all of a sudden stopped typing and totally killed this mosquito that was out to get us. He has the reflexes of a puma! And I never even notice when they're on me, sucking out my blood slash prob giving me diseases, let alone when they're buzzing around nearby. Ah he is ALWAYS killing mosquitos. When we've been in Morro and Lencois for the weekends, sharing a hotel room, we'll all of a sudden wake up in the middle of the night to loud slaps of Andreas killing mosquitos that have unfortunately (for them) decided to take a quick break a nearby wall. I just think it's pretty funny. One time last week, he had been trying to get one, and it landed on Esther's back (she didn't notice) and he totally slapped her back... he ended up killing it but she was not too pleased. Nor was her back, which had a huge red handprint for the next 30 mins lol. But it's great to have Andreas around, since is very good at killing mosquitos, while the rest of us either a) have awful reflexes and really just don't stand a chance against the mosquitos or b) at this point just have given up caring about the mosquitos, as we realize that we already look like we have chicken pox, with our number of mosquito bites [so a couple of more won't hurt]. Or perhaps it's a combination of the two.
This really isn't too exciting but just wanted to let you know some of the little things that happen at our homebase, day to day. The ongoing war between Andreas and the mosquitos. Man vs. insect.
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