Bear with a sore head
Monday, February 27th, 2006Carnival has been madness. It started kicking off last friday after midnight and still hasn’t finished, I think it runs until tomorrow or wednesday. Jesus this is hard work partying so hard, but I guess I can think of worse jobs. We’ve been to a big parade in the city, parties on the local beach, parades in the local town, samba bands and so on and so on…
However, I think it caught up with me today when I was rudely awoken (with a hangover) by a group of people being shown the dorm room, like some tour group passing through, one of whom was talking at the top of their irritating voice while I was asleep. I woke up and barked ‘who the fuck are you’ and then watched the loud mouth run out the room like a scared rabbit – this is my guide on how to make friends! Oh well fuck’em. I’ve had hardly any bad days like that since being away, despite the number of hangovers, but I put it down to not having to be somewhere like work, life is easy, no stress, how can you get pissed off when you’re having so much fun!
The days here on this island have been lazy, hanging out on the beach, travelling around the big lakes, eating, sleeping, drinking. We’ve had a really good crew of people here in the hostel which has made it all the better, but people are gradually leaving and being replaced (though not sure if the person who’s head I bit off this morning is staying) so it feels like time to move on. Tomorrow I’m heading off to the massive waterfalls at Iguazu, on the Argentinian border, so that should be a bit more chilled out for a few days before I make my way down to Buenes Aires.
I’ve been informed that it’s been snowing again in Bristol, so to all you lucky people back home, I hope you’re having fun and enjoying the cold while I sit here in a pair of shorts. I do receive occasional one word emails from people back home with comments like git and bastard, which is fair enough, but at least I’m a warm suntanned git.
Ed