June 11, 2004, Curitiba, Brazil
The Peru 'it was my swamp, in fact, I spent almost two months without realizing it. But I have not the slightest remorse, and I 'have to pass in a breeze in Bolivia and Brazil have now that I realize that Buenos Aires calls me with his muffled voice saying "come, come, that there' plane 'and I do not have time to enjoy it.
Oh yes, time for me as a tyrant, despite nearly four months available for South America
Thinking about it, the situation is not 'serious, more like that of Pinocchio (mmm.era him?) In toyland who does not know what gift to choose. I found myself playing a lot with Peru 'and then I found myself in the hands of Bolivia does not have time to get in deep contact. Not to mention that Brazil has much to give.
Only enter into Bolivia from Peru 'and find the 4000 meters in La Paz with all these fat women dressed Bolivian Andean hats with these men and their wares for sale on the street, and' experience itself '.
Then buy two liters of yogurt at 600 pounds, and if the old lady who 'brought from Cochabamba to the market to sell it, drink a "bee" (sweet corn drink) with a pancake in the middle of the room in a local zozzissimo, then to get Santa Cruz in a night journey in the midst of a plain at 4000 meters above the lunar horizon where the mountains see even more 'high in the morning and find yourself in a world no longer' high but cold and tropical low where the men all have a nice package who chew coca in his mouth all the time and they seem to have a tumor (here we should be started with the ending of the phrase "then buy two liters of yogurt," but can not find it).
And then, let's face ', not a country we're better and costs. Just to give an idea in Santa Cruz with 8 euros and a half I was in the center in a three-star hotel nice and clean and breakfast, took a cab with 1 euro, ate fish soup with 50 cents, a fried fish with 1 , 5, with 1 euro a beer. In short, the days pass and you feel you do not worry too much money, so everything is relaxed and it seems that the world will be more than a friend.
In Santa Cruz I have been often find Michael, a dentist friend of mine who occasionally share three months ago, here in a Salesian mission and helps children orphaned. I just get put under and I had to do the good Samaritan holding conferences for children on the animals I've seen in my travels. Those most 'success were the animals I saw in Australia, especially Paul and Joseph (you know, and' always the same joke but I have a good turnover of players and take advantage of it). The money does not bring happiness', but the prices are low, heh heh!
Also in Santa Cruz have been in the company of an Australian / Nepalese / Spanish / Portuguese Buddhist coach and I met with him, I continued the journey to the border with Brazil, where lies the Pantanal ie 'one hundred thousand billion million square miles of nature where you can see more clearly 'animals in the middle of the Amazon in Manaus.
In the little time we took a boat and took us to see the alligators in the night. We only saw eyes reflecting the torch but they were still a lot and we had a meeting over 'to close for lunch at the restaurant where we have presented in the form of a meatball.
Li 'our paths are divided because' Homer (his name) had forgotten that was to have a visa for Brazil because 'Australia. For me no problem, the Italians go everywhere, at least for now.
Now I am in Brazil, but it's raining and cold, what kind of Brazil '? Do not have time to luxuriate in the Northeast and I will confine myself 'to make the viewer of two / three cities' journey to the South of Buenos Aires.
