Nightfall in the middle of nowhere


alcitron:

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It´s 6:30, it´s getting dark, and I´m miles from any town.

People in Pujillí told me it was only an hour´s bike ride to Zumbahua.

  • That was two hours ago

Then people in Pangua told me it was a TWO hour bike ride

  • That was ONE hour ago. 

I don´t know who to believe any more.  I convince myself that Zumbahua is near and I continue on.  Now it´s completely dark.

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I want to go into my bags and get some warmer clothes, but I worry about someone jumping me from the side of the road, so I pedal on——cold and hungry.

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III


Here we go—-leg three of the Eat, Pray, Love tour.  We’ve done Ecuador, we’ve done India,  now it’s time for Southeast Asia: Cambodia and Vietnam in particular.

I’ve spent the past month and a half living with Mom and Dad and watching all five seasons of Battlestar Galactica.  Sadly, all I really have to show for it is a raging man-crush on Dr. Gauis Baltar.

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(Time well spent as far as I’m concerned.)

But let’s face it, the sedentary lifestyle has made me soft—mentally and physically.   As I take my seat on the train and look out the window, I feel my atrophied muscles taking shape under the weight of things to come—–like Rabbit Angstrom returning to the basketball court.  This is where I belong

So here we go, en route to New York, en route to Frankfurt, en route to Singapore, en route to Siem Reap.  It’ll take a while to get there, but when we do, the madness begins again……  

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Goodbye! The bike is packed and I’m flying home

Goodbye!

The bike is packed and I’m flying home

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