Monday, October 28, 2013
11:00 AM
My minds realing, too much to process in such a short amount of time.
I'm on the bus to Trinidad, we're still picking up everyone from Hotels so
we're still in old Havana. I had a late night last night, really late haha
conisdering I needed to get up at 6:30am. I was rushing this morning but I
managed nearly everything...except for probably something super important. I
didn't have time to book a place to stay when I come back from Trinidad, I was
about to put in my deets into the system and the tour bus showed up D= I still
had my luggage upstairs in my room and really needed to change some more money
and return my key. I ran up and got that all done at least, I probably changed
a lttle too much which I'm bummed about now because it means I need i'll
probably need to change it back when I get to the airport on Wednesday. Err I'll
land on my feet, I'm sure there's got to be at least one internet cafe in
Trinidad right =S and the families who rent out their homes are usually heaps
nice and give directions for things, plus Ivan my tour guide is also going to
be in that town and he gave me his number incase I run into any trouble. I just
need to find a public phone I guess coz my phone doesn't seem to work here but
I haven't ever tried calling a local number.
Hmm so does necessity breed confidence? Because I've done so much here that
I wouldn't of done alone back home. I mean, I could, it would just take a
significantly larger amount of persuading haha. I guess it's because I have
little choice here and I don't want to waste the opportunities I'm presented
with because I highly doubt I'm ever coming back to Cuba. It's been nice but
there's so many other places I'd rather see in the world.
Oh jeez, this is a long trip, we've just finished picking everyone up, it's
9:07am, he says we'll get there around 3-4pm S'all good, I slept like 1.5hrs
last night.
So I'm going to pick up where I last left off in my previous post before I
went to diner. Lol I can't remember what we did in order, I need to look at
pics. One second. Ahhhh yup. So it was Friday and we packed up our things and
got our usual free breakfast and we were back on the road to Havana. Along the
way we stopped at a government housing project community called Las Terrazas.
It was pretty cool, we stopped off at a bar first, at like 10am lol got our
free cocktail and listened to a few songs by the band there. Everyone was kind
wahhhh, but lol it's never too early for drinking and live music. I totes made
the right choice of tours here haha. There was two to choose from but I only
chose this one because in the tag line it specifically mentioned dancing and
they weren't wrong XD
Las Terrazas was kool, Ivan (tour guide) explained a lot of the socialst
reforms that Cuba's got in place. I drilled him for more info because I was a
little confused by it since it almost seemed like this town was the only one
where all that stuff happened but turns out it's generally across the whole
country, minus the free houses. I think it was back in the 60's they tried to
repopulate the area after masive deforestation and so the government was looking
to find an agricultural workforce willing to regnerate the bushland in the area
and in turn give the people free housing as an incentive which worked out great
for that partiuclar area because there was so much poverty in those hills.
Other programs in place are the food rations that everyone gets given. That
still exists across the country, everyone is entitled to a certain amount of
basic food products necessary to survive; eggs, milk, sugar, flour, ect. Plus
Ivan said they also have a thing where kids get free milk until they're 7 years
old...or maybe it was all their food. Tbh I can't remember how it works,
because they have a set amount of things they can buy from their rations, but
they do have to pay. I think it's to ensure everyone has access to food because
there have been times in Cuba, especially in the 90's where there just wasn't
enough to go around for everyone. So if you want to buy more than your quota
you can go to the free market and barter there with people.
So Ivan took us walking around the town and we stopped at a coffe shop/bar
thing and got a free coffee each because that place is known for it's coffee
plantations. Obviously I went for the typical coffee from the area which was a
cold frappe type thing. DELICIOUS. Not the worlds best but it tasted a bit like
the iced mochas I used to get at work.
Oh..we did a pitstop like 30mins into the ride =S I spoke to the drivers
and asked them for directions when we get to Trinidad. I managed to get pics of
the map and adress of the house I'm going to so at least I managed that this
morning lol. They said it's close to the drop off point but I really don't know
haha...oh well, I'll figure it out, he says I should get a bicitaxi, they're
pretty popular here, guy on a bike with a cart type thing at the back for two
people to sit in. We'll see, I'm not too woried, it seems pretty easy to walk
to, but with my massivo backpack lol a little tiring.
Lol I tried talking to a few people from the bus I'm on when we stopped off
just then but they werent too receptive haha..oh well.
Anyway, back to what happened Friday. We got out coffees and then took a
5min bus ride to the first coffee plantation built in the area that is no
longer in use, they really don't seem too big, I can't imagine they would
produce much there. It used to be owned by a wealthy french family who used
slaved from Africa to help farm their land. So that was pretty but mossy as all
fuck and damp, I stacked it like 3 times but only made it to the floor once =P
Then we were back on the road to Havana and finally made it around 2 or
3pm. Back to our starting hotel and everyone dumped their shit and met up for
lunch in the restaurant across the road from ours, the most expensive one in
Havana. The irish guys had been raving about the burgers there so we were all
craving them by that point, all of us missing a little bit of western food.
They were tasty! Probably one of the best burgers I've ever had, big too. Then
we all parted ways and I went hunting for internet. Internet in cuba runs off these
cards that allow you to buy an hour of internet and then you put in the code
into the computers. My hotel ran out of cards
Later that night our group met up for one last night all together for
dinner and dancing and to celebrate the Cuban girls birthday. We went back to
the restaurant we went to the first night where I had a massive lobster which wasreally
tasty and then we went to a slasa place. TBH it was kinda shit. We headed back
like at 2am with most of the group having evaporated through the night. When I
got to the foyer I met some drunk British chick.
I fell asleeeeeep, woke up just in time as we pulled up to our next pitstop
for lunch. Was chatting to this sweet old couple from Wales. Anyway, back to my
recount.
So I had met this drunk girl in the foyer who wanted me to come dancing
with her and the guy she was with and it all felt a little fishy, they couldn't
communicate with each other so I was translating but she was so drunk she just
kept talking over him and repeating the same shit. I got her to calm down and I
don't know why I followed them, i guess I was bored, Friday nights in Havana
should be better spent than hal-heartedly dancing with a bunch of people I
should have bonded with all week. So I made sure I knew where we were walking
so I could walk back and we only went straight and they stopped at a bottlo and
brought the drinks back to the plaza across from my hotel so I felt safe.
There's cops around most places anyway, I was suprised they didn't stop us
because drunk chick was making a lot of noise and kept arguing in broken
spanish with the dude. It all chilled out once we got to the Plaza because he
had a set of speakers and she connected her phone and we just danced around
haha. The chick was hella drunk though, kept showing me her
"professional" dance moves and looked like a damn wanker haha but she
was nice enough, and enamoured with me I guess, kept telling me I was her best
friend and we commonwealth buddies need to stick together. I got stories out of
her and it was alright. I really didn't trust the guy alone with her though, he
would get all seedy with her and she obviously didn't want that. Eventually I
convinced her to go back to her apartment so I told her I would walk her so we
finally left and some homeless guy followed. Gah. He offered her straight rum
from a fucking popper, the cheapest kind you can get and she just kept taking
swigs while I'm telling her to stop drinking because she had fallen over like 3
times already. We got to a corner and I asked her if she knew where she was
going and she was just lost, and realising how drunk she really was, meanwhile
shes still drinking straight rum off a homeless dude =.= After about 15mins of
her unable to focus and not being able to tell me where she was staying I gave
up and wished her luck. She said she would be fine...and Cuba's actually really
safe but jeez, what a trainwreck.
I enjoyed myself though haha, I got to dance freely and finally to some
music in english and met some rastas haha. Then ended up dancng with some taxi
drivers on my way back to the hotel, they were in the parking space with their
soundsytems blasting and dancing there with some people so I just joined in
haha. I think I got to bed around 5am hehe.
Up at 8am again the next day to gt breakfast, book my transfer to Trinidad
and say goodbye to the last few memebers of the tour group who were leaving.
Some of us where staying a little longer in Havana so we decided to hang out.
Most of them wanted to meet at 11;30am which was too late for the Colombian who
had to be back at the hotel for her flight at 12:30 so the two of us went
exploring. She stupidly stepped out the door of the hotel and opened up a giant
map at the door so suprisesuprise we got swamped with taxi drivers lol. We
ended up getting a bicitaxi to where she wanted to go, I felt so sorry for him
haha hauling her AND me around in the backseat. We didn't really find what we
were looking for but we walked around the block and then got back on the bike
and he did a quick tour and showed us their China Town and then took us to La
Plaza de la Revolucion, we took pics and then head back because I was meant to
meet up with the others. I walked in and they weren't around =( So I just left
again with the Colombian girl and got lunch together and then crashed out like
a light.
That's when I started writting the previous post! The sweethearts had left me
a note on my door that I never saw because I was asleep but they called me up
to the room. We went to the beautiful little italian place, good lasagne. Then
we met up with our bcitaxi guy from earlier because he had told me he could
take us out somewhere good. I had told
him they wanted to go to the Hemingway bar and he said that was a rip off but
we went anyway, lol the group walked in, I took a pic and by the time I was
done they had already decided it was too expensive and bailed. Instead he took
us to a bottlo, we got some cheapo rum in a popper and some coke and sat by the
seaside wall waiting to make some time. It was fun, they had buskers who would
come and play us songs and the taxi dude would poiint out to us which girls
were actually prostitutes with their pimps LOL soooooo many, and pretty too.
Once it was time we walked to La Casa de la Musica which was lovely. They have
them all over Cuba where they do shows before they open up the dancefloor. They
had a group of contemporary salsa dancers and a few solo singers and then the
Salsa band came on. They were funny, all dressed in what looked like a mix
between BBoys and old school emo kids. Tight bright skinny jeans, flashy
sunnies, high tops or vans and brightly coloured, open-collared fitted button
down shirts. Their hair thoughhhh lol, some horrific side fringes, the really
scene kind, where half the face is covered and the sides of the head are shaved
down. That or some wierd shark fin type dealios lol.
So we lasted in that until like 4:30am and then I got up at 6:30am to pack
and get ready today =.=
It's not 12:52 and we're still on route. I've been on a lot of buses since
I got here, it's comfortable and I've gotten to see the countryside heaps and
authentic towns which aren't all touristy. It's been cool. Hmm I need to look
for an internet cafe when I get there. Geh I need to try and book a hotel.
Totes staying at a different one this time. Not that the Plaza was bad butttt
the taxi dude wants to hang out when I come back Tuesday and although he's got
a few sesh moves I'm totes not bothered meeting up with him alone =.= Plus I
know he works out the front of there and he's going to see me if I come back
there lol. Before I left this morning I found the perfect place and on the
other side of town, wifi, pool, clean, and infront of the ocean, wth a few
restaurants to choose from. I'm just going to be there for one arvo, I have no
plans of stepping out of that hotel until I leave lol. So that's the plan,
spend sunday monday in Trinidad, get a bus back tuesday, arriver around 4pm
again, get dinner in Havana in the hotel, go for a swm maybe, maybe get mah
hairssss didddd coz the foils are an awful rank hoe colour atm from washing it
like twice a day. The hotel has a massage service and beauty salon so we'll
see. Could totes use a pedi haha. Jeez I look like a leper atm, my legs are
absoloutely covered in mossie bites and I've started getting those random
bruises again.
Boo I wish I had fb, I wanna write to peeps =( I managed to open it, read
some of the msgs and then got called out to the bus =(
Anywhoozle, I'm going to transfer all my pics onto the laptop.
LubchuLongTime.
xx
& Kitty goes MeOw.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
6:30 PM
And the tour's over! D=
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So day 6: We all woke up for our included buffet breakfast which was the
only free meal each day and then all quickly packed up and head to reception to
grab our tour bus to Soroa. I quickly snuck in like 15mins of internet while
everyone loaded into the bus and then we were off! I started reading 50 shades of grey LOL the shameeeee, it's
been on my phone as a pdf for like a year now and I found it the other night so
I figured what better time than long bus rides. I'm bummed I didn't put
anything on there before I left. Maybe I can do that from Chile once I've got
easy net again, I might even be able to from Costa Rica if there is wifi
somewhere. I'm up to chapter 17 which looks like halfway through the book, tbh
she's not a very good literotica wrighter, I still haven't been turned on which
is a bummer haha and I LOVE sub/dom relationships, it's sexy as all fuck and I
know what it feels like to give up that control but meh, she keeps describing
the protagonists anticipation and sexual arrousal as an awakening deep in her
belly. I don't know about you but when I'm turned on, it's not my belly that
gets tight and wet haha. Anyway, we took the bus to this rainforesty resort in
Soroa stopping at a cheap Pizzeria along the way. The foods left a lot to be
desired here, makes sense though, they don't have the outside influence of
other cuisines here and are working with semi-limited resources, beef here is
hard to come by, it's actually an offence to kill a cow here, you can actually
go to jail if you are caught. It's still available but like, it's impossible to
get a steak here, like a proper thick stake, they only have beef as mince or in
stew.
When we got to the resort we all quickly got our rooms and met up again to
walk to Cuba's heighest waterfall...10meters lol. I'm an idiot and didn't bring
my swimmers which, i'm not kicking myself about, but swimming under a waterfall
has always been a dream. Instead I chatted to the locals working there, took
pics and had another CocoLoco (honey, fresh coconut juice and rum). We all
walked back and I stopped at the Orchid garden on the way back to the resort
and chilled there for a bit, it was goregous but Orchids aren't really in
season yet so there was very few and tbh the ones Tim's grandparents grew were
spectacular so these really had nothing on them. Then back to the resort where everyone
was chilling by the massive pool, I went and got my swimmers but by the time I
got back it was closed because they were cleaning it =.= Instead I played a
quick round of pool with two of the Irish dudes and I did suprisingly well haha
I instantly sunk 2 and then was on a roll after that, still lost though haha
coz I sunk like 3 of their balls too LOL. Then it was time for dinner but it
was pretty craptacular and the service was poor and semi-annoying German girl's
wine was off =.= Then back to the poolside bar where we played a drinking game
with half the girls.
I don't know what it's called but it was pretty simple and kind of fun. As
a group you count to 21 or a lesser number if there isn't too many people
present so each person says the next number and then when you hit 21 you say
cheers and drink. To spice up the game, the person who lands on 21 gets to
assign a rule to a number along the way, so each round the person who lands on
that number has to do what the rule says. If you forget what the rule was or
that there was a rule assigned you fail, have to drink and the count starts
over. Some of the rules we had were that you needed to drink a certain amount,
buy a drink and share it around the group, clap, dance, gargle a song ect. I
like drinking games, they're fun but the only one that's ever gotten me drunk
is Kings Cup and it's by far the one I've enjoyed the most. We also played a
round of never have I ever but it quickly became about everyones sexual
exploits haha, nothing too interesting though. I was a little bummed that night
because it was the first one I didn't dance, the resorts dj had gone home =.=
Eva still managed to go to bed earlier
than me so she had to endur my nightly clumsy entrance into the room and hour
long shower to try and cool off.
LOL I just got a phone call to my room, that's funny, this morning I was
supposed to hang out with the norweignen couple but I missed them because I
went out quickly with the colombian and when I got back they were gone, but
they're smart, they called me to my room to go out for dinner =D
I gtg! I'll keep writting later.
& Kitty goes MeOw.
1:30 AM
It's thursday 1:20am here in Maria La Gorda Cuba, there's a kitten using a
palm tree as a scratching post and an ox just got up and walked away when I got
to the beach. This place is beautiful and I can't help but stay awake, there's
too much to see and experience, everyone says I'm a "machine" but
they don't understand, I'm not tired, there's just too much to live and see and
think about. This trip to Cuba has flown by, I got here 6 days ago and every
day seems to feel like we've done a weeks worth of activities. I'm still kind
of dumbfounded by how easy everything has been, stuff that used to be sooo hard
and scary when I was younger. It's been real confidence building, it's simple
stuff though, being able and willing to talk to everyone and anyone, getting on
a horse, not caring that I look like a fucking train wreck here lol. It's been
lovely =)
I've seriously enjoyed this trip, it's not been mind blowing, but it's been
exactly right. I've seen heaps, danced every single day and even managed to
finalllly build up a bit of a tan. I'm going to try pick up where I left off
but I tend to get inturupted, currently the only potential threat is the
constant stinging scratches Im feeling, like I'm being biten potentially lol.
BUT I WILL PERSEVERE.
Last I left off we were heading to Maria La Gorda and stopping off at a Rum
Factory, it was pretty dull lol. We may have also stopped at a cigar factory
where I bought mikel and joel one each as per their request and a few books for
mum/nan. We stopped at a servo for lunch and had some icky microwaved pizza. On
we went and we got to what is supposedly, Cuba's most beautiful and picturesque
beach area, Maria La Gorda in the Guanahacabibes Peninsula. Clear blue waters,
zero waves, desktop screensaver worthy. We upgraded me and eva's room as soon
as we heard there was beachfront available but the bitchface got shitty about
it at me when they told us the room wouldn't be ready for two hours. It wasn't
a big deal =.= One of the other coupled girls had the room next to ours and we
dumped our stuff there and head off to the beach infront of our doorstep. I'm
pretty sure I went straight to the internet room and payed for an hour first
haha. After they swam, I only dipped my feet, we all met up for the
"romantic sunset cruise", which I suppose in some settings it could
have been but it was basically 16 people on a boat getting drunk off the open
bar lol. Plus snorkeling xD For the first time I actually got tipsy here in
Cuba, then we were off to dinner and then the beach bar for drinks. I obviously
danced and slowly they all went to sleep, meanwhile I stayed up dancing with the
cuban tourist group until the wee hours and then had an epicly long shower as
has become my norm lately.
The next day, which was today, we got up and got our free buffet breakfast
and then the girls and me head off to the included tour to Cabo San Antonio. It
wasn't anything too epic, we saw the lighthouse from the outside, iguanas from
the bus, we looked for the worlds tiniest bird but we had no luck, visited the
turtle beach but it wasn't egg laying season and climbed a rickety old tower
that was infested with termites. Then I had lunch with our tour guide and back
to the net! I cleaned up a bit and then went swimming solo for a bit. Dinner
time came around and then back to the beach bar where we danced some more and
then me and the semi-annoying german girl, the tour guide and one of the irish
dudes went night swimming xD It was lovely and all unplanned so everyone just
jumped in. This place is so hot all the time that even at night the water is
tepid. It was great, and then i showered and here I am. Blogging at the beach
listening to my 'Walking to the west' playlist while Eva sleeps back at the
room, probably annoyed that I keep showering at night while she sleeps. I don't
really care though, she wont turn the aircon on at night =.=
I haven't met anyone I would call a lifelong friend, or even a friend here
but they've all been lovely and I've slowly made my away around the group and
gotten nearly everyones stories. Lol it's been fun though, feeling like a
group, everyone sorta looks out for each other in a way so that's been nice,
and lol there's like a running joke about me being the dancer of the group and
my love of pina colladas. Tbh, I don't love them lol, I hated them until I got
to Cuba, the ones I had tried were gross. But every since I had ONE at like
10am, I'm the pina collada chick LOL plus I had another a few hours later on
our next pit stop. They keep ordering them for me whenever we go to a bar haha,
theyre not bad, tend to be less hit and miss than the mojitos here.
Gah I wish I would stop getting biten, I just wanna chill here.
So Im extending my trip but I don't know by how much, atm I'm thinking
extending it until the 2nd week of January, maybe 3rd. I want to be back in
time for my birthday. But I don't know how quickly I'll get sick of being in La
Serena. I need to let the girls know I wont be going with them on our road trip
lol, I already warmed them it was a possibility.
I also realised I actually have a lot longer in Cuba at the end of my trip
than I thought. With no accomodation, lol I met someone my first day in Cuba
who offered me to crash at their place buttttt lol I think I should maybe not
risk my luck that much. I spoke to the tour guide and asked for suggestions and
it sounds like he has a plan for me so I'll figure it out in the morning. =D
Turns out, not 2 days, but 5, although really, it;s more like 4 coz the 5th day
I fly, hmm I should check what time. Ahh not till 6pm, so I need to be at the
airport at 3pm. Hmm doable.
Then I'm off to Costa Rica with 2 days to myself before the tour starts as
well. Gah I hope it's not even more humid but I think it will be =( I need to
build up the courage to do some of the crazier stuff, they have ziplining XD
and white water rafting, turns out that's in a group so I think there shouldn't
be any problems. I don't even know how long that tour goes for. Lemme check! 11
nights..wow even longer than Cuba's trip. Hmm. I just read the itinerary,
sounds alright, I hope the people are as chill as this group was.
Anyway. I'm going to shut this and chill for a bit before heading to bed.
Lovelove.
& Kitty goes MeOw.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
2:30 PM
Back to day 3:
Lol okay so there was no time to keep writting after dinner coz I ended up
talking to the german girl Im rooming with for like three hours and then it was
time to go out again. I'm on the bus atm heading towards a rum factory I think
and then to our next destination which is 4 hours away, Maria La Gorda.
Day 3 was our first full day in Vinales and the first time we had proper
activities to do, we had the option to go see a Tabacoo farm and visit with the
farmers who roll the cigars, either by
horse or by walking there ourselves. Most of thr group choose horses because we
couldn't b fucked walking for four hours in the sun and humidity but I think
about 4 people went walking and must have visited a different plantation.
I've never been too much of a fan of horses, I don't really get why people
think they;re beautiful, all I can ever really think of are those invisible
death horses from Harry Potter. Either way, wanted to try something a little
different for me, I was worried I wouldn't be able to get on or off the horse
because I had soooo much troublea few years back but it was a piece of cake,
main difference, I'm now just as tall as the horse as opposed to 8 years old.
Also pretty scared I would get kicked off and
end up with a punctured lung and in ICU for a few months like one of my
patients a few months back, luckily, nothing bad happened, one chick started
crying towards the end coz she freaked out but no major dramas. It definetly
made things easier, I can't imagine how shitty I would have been at the end of
all that if we had walked. We went into farmlands that were in the National
Park of Cuba so all protected by the government but it was massive and the
guides said we didn't even see a quarter of it. Lots of different crops too,
corn, beans, rice, tabaco, ornages, mangos and probs a few more I'm forgetting.
It was beautiful, very green and tropical, and the horses kinda small and
scrawny but they did okay =) After maybe 30mins of riding we got to the farm
house where they showed us how they roll the cigars, it was really interesting
because we got to see and try how the Puros are made which is spanish for pure.
Authentic puros are grown completely organically, no chemicals and not even the
use of tractors and machinery, plus they have about 90% less nicotine than
Xuban factory cigars. Like I mentioned in my last post, the farmers can keep
10% of their final procut so these guys make puros. They take our the stem
which is where 90% of the nicotiine is, whereas the government factories just
mulch up all the leaf and chemically treat them somehow. So what the farmers do
is they harvest the leaf and then dry it out for 3 months, then they out about
50kg worth of leaves in a box made of palm tree and they drizzle the leaves
with different things like honey from the valley, vanilla, guava or lemon. Once
that process is done they can roll the actual cigar which takes about 3 days to
finish the process because they need to compres the leaves together and these
guys seal the tip with another tobacoo leaf and honey xD They gave us one to
try fr free and it was much nicer than the nes I've tried in Aus, not that I
know what the fuck Im talking about here but it tasted cleaner, less harsh.
Plus they drizzled honey on the end of the cgar so it would taste sweeter. They
also gave us little banas whch were super sweet xD and this amazing drink
called CocoLoco which was a fresh coconut cut open, they add honey to the
coconut milk and then rum SO GOOD.
Then we wwent back tot he horses and they took us up a mountain to have a
good look fo the Valley fo Silece and the Mongotoes, so beautiufl, they had
this little house up there and they offered us drinks and to just chill for a
bit. I got to talking to the tour guides because I had been translating for the
group the entire time seeing as the farmers only spoke very basic english,
pretty much just able to say relax, stop, left and right lol. They were nice,
they were telling me they're parkr angers so it's pretty much their job just to
take tourists on the horse rides around the fields and to look after the
horses. e said they usually only get tours like 2 times aweek though. Then we
rode back for another maybe 40mins, rushed back tot town to meet up with the
rest of the group because we were meant to go to the Indian Cave together. We
quickly all freshened up a bit because we werre all covered in mud and horse
stankkk and sweaty like fuck. Then we took the tour bus to the cave but that
tour lasted like 15mins lol. It was really nice though, it's a cave formation
under one of the Mongotes with a river flowing through it so we got on a boat
and went into it. Really pretty, but Genolan caves are more stunning. We had
the option to go to the bigger cave but no one was bothered walking for that
long after the mornings activities. On our way out were the tyoical toursit
souvenir stands which everyone ignored and we went back into town, dropping off
our lads at the pool. Eva, the chick im bunking with fell asleep, I blogged.
Then we had our first proper homecooked cuban meal. It tasted pretty much the
asame as the restaurant.s Rice with black beans, fried potatoe chips and a type
of sweet potatoe. Plus our main, eva got fish which I was like meh, Chilean
seafood is fucking amazing. I ordereed the chicken, tasted the same as the
chicken we make at home, like guiso, or like adobo as the filos call it.
Later that night we met up with the group again to go to the bar and then
off to the dance club again. It was fun, the group was a little more relaxed
with each other and the europeans seemed more willing to dance and make fools
of themselves lol. I appreciate the effort though, plus as long as everyones
having fun I think it's amazing. I got back to the room at like 2am and
showered for like an hour I felt disgusting.
OH we're at the factory!!
& Kitty goes MeOw.