Wow it is humid here!
We have arrived with no problems with flights or baggage or anything! Amazing! Our contact was waiting for us as planned and we meet several other members of the crew while waiting at the airport. Besides the four of us from UNC there were five other girls, all rising second year medical students. From the airport we had a very special ride to our hotel. Having ridden in Jaimaca and Bolivia I had some idea of what to expect, but nevertheless, it was an exciting ride. Lots of honking, near misses, and a general disregard for whatever traffic rules might exist. The three of us guys were in one small taxi and we took off away from the rest of the group and travelled on pretty good, but crazy roads. We arrived at a hotel that was not the one mentioned to us in the itinerary and were rushed inside with all kinds of people trying to carry our luggage. We were asked for our passports which we reluctantly handed over to a man that spoke fragmented English. He then had me sign a booklet with my address and signature and ushered us to our room. No sign of any of the rest of our group...
Once in the room three guys bascially hung out with us pretending to do small things around the room until we finally realized that they were not going to leave until we gave them some money. Luckily Nate had some small change to give to them, because all I had was big bills having just gotten my money changed over in the airport. After kicking them out of the room we had a small panick session where we wondered why in the world had we let these people take our passports and where they heck was the rest of our group. So I went downstairs a little while later and found the guy who had picked us up from the airport (relief!) and he got us our passports back. We then found the rest of the girls in the group who were all savely in rooms on a different floor.
Depature time for the morning: 6:30 am... Doesn't look like I will be getting any sleep.
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Interesting to think of taxi rides as high adventure entertainment, sort of like running a waterfall in a kayak.
I've read that lots of exposure to sunlight helps to set your biological clock. You'll be beat tomorrow and sleep deep the next night. You hope.
Can you shoot and post a shot from out your hotel window? Nah - go to bed.
Damon, Great to hear from you. Those taxi rides are not something one can get easily used to! Whew!
Little scary that they took your passports. Sleep with the thing!
I know you will be all eyes and ears!
Can't wait to hear more. How do they say "hello" over there?
Have a wonderful time, Love you much, mom
Google Earth shows Hotel Singh Continental, Palace, International and Empire Dx. Which one was yours?
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