there you have it

I´m okay! For someone reason, there was some worry over my well-being in the last few days. Even through reports of soaring temperatures, water and food shortages, supposed wild boars running rampant in the country side, I made it out of the weekend with nothing more than two enormous blisters on my feet (they are pretty cool, I took pictures of them if ever you want to see), some cool pictures and memories, and a couple of Uruguayan buddies.

I spent the last couple days taking advantage of the time before school starts to explore the place a bit. Look up el departamento Treinta y Tres de Uruguay if you want to see for yourself. You´ll find almost flourescent green pastures beneath a blazing sun. A few hours to the north east and I found out I had taken the wrong bus so I got off 45 km. before my destination. I managed to make it 20 km more (Vacilio, you are one cool Italian Uruguayan) and needed to walk 25 km. No problem. I took a sip of water, threw on my pack, and looked at my watch. 18:30 ETA sundown, 21:00. Uh oh, to make it I had to move fast, so I double timed it down the hills and up the hills and in the shade and enjoyed the sunny flats to admire the very green pastures speckled with eucaliptis tress, cows, sheep and horses. I passed a Uruguayan couple resting; we talked for a moment then parted ways, all of us confident we would make la quebrada by nightfall. Making good time, expecting my destination, la quebrada de los cuervos, to be around each corner, the sun failed me and precipated below the horizon. Whoops. Since Genius here, forgot to bring a flashlight, I threw my tent together and heaved my sweat soaked pack and my sweat soaked self into it, reveling in the mosquito free shelter. A little while later, as the barely cresent moon tried its best to iluminate the off brand cheerios I was eating(the only food I had brought with me) Chino and Melen, the uruguayans happily passed me by.

I´ll live the story there for now as i sit in my tent, content in my running shorts, still sticky with sweat, sated with off brand cheerios´ 9 essential vitamins and minerals and the very last of my water.