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Published: December 15th 2013
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If you imagine me driving on highways and then having to come to a near stop because there's a donkey cart on the highway going donkey speed well stop being such a racist. The highways here are modern and amazing and yes, I frequently get stuck behind donkey carts or men pushing empanada street carts down the highway, but it's still racist to think that before I confirm how true it is. I wonder if there are less babies born August than any other month due to the increasing prevalence of Movember. I like to throw my empties in the bathroom trashcan so the maid thinks I’m drinking while sitting on the toilet. The Mexican version of Family Fued comes on down here but it's called 'One Hundred Latinos Said'. Maria and I were stumped on one category "uses for old newspapers" because it was ranked highly and we couldn’t imagine what it would be. Turns out we weren't thinking like latinos as the answer was "for piñatas." I remember when I was a kid and we'd leave on camping trips we'd always leave at some ungodly hour of the morning and it'd still be dark outside as we're loading up
the car and I'd be so tired and confused about why we had been so forsaken that were we waking up and hustling and bustling in the predawn hours. That's my everyday life now. I am up at least an hour before the sun five days a week and spend my pre-work time gesticulating wildly in dismay at how things got this way. Something my dog Jiggy does that I've begun to imitate in order to elevate the mundane to the sublime; after pooping he does a jubilant leap into the air with a 180 turn which leaves him facing his droppings. There's an unbridled joy to it I'm yet to truly capture but give it a shot next time you go. Don't wipe first, if you do, you've waited too long. Set your legs like a spring and the second you hear a splash propel yourself upward and spin around. Speaking of my dogs, my girl dog is not pregnant despite getting “stuck” with the boy even though he hadn’t sexually matured yet (five months). I can’t believe he got it on when he was the human equivalent of three years old.* He’s like that kid in middle school
Snorkeling
We saw a crustacean band. who has a full mustache. The Zambezi Zinger, one of the great roller coasters of my youth, was sold to the Coffee Park here (that I've written about in past blogs) and I have unknowingly been riding it for the last few years when I go to Armenia. So if you wonder where roller coasters go when they get too old to be used in the US, the answer is Colombia. When Maria and I were dancing in our school Christmas show some of the high school students told a coworker "the teacher in the bow tie (me) totally has a crush on the teacher he's dancing with" not knowing we're married. It's nice to know others can still see I’m crushing on Maria. I realize the reason my dogs freak out whenever I'm not home is because they see their poo piling up and no one is removing it. If the many cruise ship disasters taught us anything, it is that people start getting real panicky when their waste product hangs out with them. We bought an apartment, so come next Christmas we will be accepting visitors. Maria and I also visited an island called Mucura and several of
Laughing in the face of death
Maria interpreted this picture as "you're close to death" so I guess it could be read either way. the surrounding islands, the most interesting of them was certainly Santa Cruz del Islote. It is the most densely populated island on Earth, and looks like something out of Waterworld. It has a land area of 39 square feet and has 1, 237 people living on it. That’s a population density of 103, 917 people per square kilometer. They have a school and more importantly, a really large cock fighting ring, surprising for a place where land is at such a premium. Most of the people are either in the seafood business or work at the nearby island hotel Punto Faro, which is where we stayed and is amazing. I’ve visited several of the islands off Cartagena and most of them are either beautiful, have nice hotels, or have a nice beach. This is the only one that I’ve been to that has all three. We got massages, snorkeled, kayaked, ate lobster and shrimp and had the greatest time two humans have ever had in the history of our species. Sorry we didn’t invite anyone.
Heart,
~T
I, now
thirty-
seven years old in
perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death. ~ Uncle Walt,
it actually fits now b/c I actually am thirty-seven.
A developed country is not one where the poor have cars, it's one where the rich use public transportation.
~ Mayor of Bogota. I thought this appropriate now that I’m driving. So yes, I am aware that I’m part of the problem.
Recent Music:Port Blue - Heceta
It's not my fault I'm Happy - Passion Pit
Discovery - Swing Tree
The Chain Gang of 1974 - Sleepwalking
Recent Movie: Three things I found absolutely hilarious: Andy Samberg's part of the Roast of James Franco, I've rewatched it like 20 times, The new Aziz Ansari stand up, and Bum Bumps from the Kevin Hart stand up. I liked The Way Way Back as well.
Recent Book: Finally reading House of Spirits by Isabel Allende, it reminds me a lot of 100 Years Of Solitude. I have no doubt that's a fairly unoriginal observation.
Recent TV: The only new show I really love is The Goldbergs, the narrator reminds me a lot of young me, which is a constant source of amusement
We met some Uruguayans
The little girl was adorable, and no those aren't giant cocktails in our hands. for Maria.
*I realize that most experts say the first year of a dog’s life is more like 12 human years, and then it slows down to seven per year after the first year. But still, that means he was like five.
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Cartagena
You are exploring an area we long wanted to visit. Love to know more about the area.