Monday, November 30, 2009

Bus Trip Observations

Christian just recently returned from an unplanned, short notice trip to Lima to help import our crate of belonging that recently arrived from the States . . . For those of you wondering why he had to go back to Lima so shortly after arriving, know the timing of everything has not been in our control for months. The trip was a very frustrating one but it is over now and Christian is home and our crate finnally arrived at our house yesterday. As difficult of an experience as it was it was wonderful to open boxes and rediscover our belongings. One million Matchbox cars again litter our floor and Grandma's quilts once more adorn all the children's beds.

One really great thing is that Christian took notes while on the bus for the first several hours. They were hillarious and we thought we would share the laugh with you.



" With-in the first 10 minutes they served cow's stomach for food and some warm chicha stuff. I only ate the rice and one bite of stomach.

It looks a lot like Pucallpa so far.

The junge is beautiful!

The bus smells like urine and cow's stomach.

A boy was begging [ouside] as we drove buy a 5 miles at 5 mph.

They handed out barf-bags. Not a good sign.

Tried to text Dan (Lawrence in CT) about construction methods.

Wow. White brahma bulls on a green hill.

We just drove through the river because the bidge half feel down.

We just passed a dog and a pig hanging out on the side of the road together.

A man just got off the bus to guide it over the river and he took a rifle with him.

We just got a speach about the about the dangers of the road because of robbers.

I paid the man with the gun s./20 ($7).

Thus end Christian's notes. He had a good chicken dinner on the bus and when he started to here the noise of people vomiting he took his sleeping pill and prayed to sleep through the worst. He woke up on the other side of the mountains.

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