A near constant state of shoelessness by yours truly has led to the development of acute "favela foot".
No matter how much you scrub, the dirt just won't come off.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Unnatural Emotions

Seriously, I went the other day with the sole purpose of buying an internet card and what did I come back with? A mosquito swat (natch!), some felt square thingies that go on the bottom of furniture and a dustbin. A dustbin.
How pathetic it is to find the heart racing at the sight of a store full of practical things.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Is this the bus to Cartagena?

How's My Driving? Call 1800-PANIC.
Of course, customary etiquette in such situations is customarily dispensed with by the locals and - not wanting to be an estranho myself - I naturally participated in the ugly free-for-all necessary to get a seat: jostling, nudging, and (only if strictly necessary) elbowing aside the frail and needy.
Well, it was my day off.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
The New World
Why do I feel so pathetically stranded without the internet? More precisely (and shamefully), a WI-FI connection? After running water, the internet has surely become to modern man something akin to a human right. I didn't feel half this bad when sacrificially handing over my Blackberry after a decade or so of being one of the worst offenders, so why do I feel so bad now?
Anyway, all is not lost: there is a basic little internet place just at the top of the hill and that's where I'm blogging from now. You can't miss it – it has a big sign outside with the words “LAN HOUSE” on it. Cute.
So, now that I've got myself together – and this little blog has a lifeline – a brief round-up (because you'll work out the rest as we go along):
- The work here among the children is just amazing – a truly loving environment for kids from the most turbulent backgrounds
- I am woken by the sound of dogs, goats and parrots (in that order)
- The mosquitoes are so large that they block out the light when flying past a light bulb
- The spiders are so large I mistook one for a small rodent
- I have taken to showering in the dark now on the basis that what I cannot see won't hurt me
- Yesterday I saw a bicycle-drawn horse
Monday, February 9, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Extraordinary Circumstances
View from my window
This time next week I'll be in SP. I can't wait.
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