December 2009
2 posts
Volcano Number Two
Bigger than the first, much bigger. We did it at night, the moon was full and there was no need for L.E.D.s. The air was thin and combined with exhaustion to create a dangerous euphoria on icy rocks and mud. After 4 hours we reached the top and slept despite the wind and freezing cold. The brilliant rising sun woke us like a bully with a flashlight. Shivering we looked down on volcanos and clouds...
Volcano Number One
I had a big thing planned for this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacaya but now all I can muster is: we went up, there was some lava, it was hot, we used it to cook chorizo, we ate the chorizo, we came back down.
November 2009
4 posts
The Money
The money is being spent on a wide range of things including the clinic, new toilets, christmas presents and providing a much needed variety in the children´s diets. Due to the exchange rate and the low cost of living here every cent will make a valuable difference.
The clinic is particularly important as not only does it look after the children and workers in the oprhanage it is also the...
Jesse´s Diets
This week I ‘ave mostly been eating…chicken necks and fish skeletons.
Sorry Silja.
Acclimatising
You know you are not in Cavan anymore when…
a) howling monkies wake you at 6 a.m. every morning.
b) the only milk you buy is a powder.
c) the bus station security guards carry pump action shotguns.
d) all of the above.
Baby steps
Don´t worry, subsequent entries will not be as long winded or moany. They may even boarder on entertaining.
Wednesday 28th of October, Houston, Texas, 18.55 (local time).
Flight attendant 1 - Passposrt and boarding card please.
I hand her both.
FA1 - When are you coming back?
Me - I´m not sure, June at the latest.
FA1 - You need to be sure, do you have a Visa until June?
Me - I know that I...