75 days of the best time of my life and I am back in the grind. A graduate assistant for a university, but my mind is still in the jungles and mountains of South America. Anyone who has ever done something like this knows the worst thing that can happen (also the inevitable) is to come back. Nothing, NOTHING compares to life on the road. In retrospect, the best and worsts......The best was definitely getting adopted by a family of Peruvians. I met a new friend at the beginning of my trip, and visited when I was back in Peru. Thought I would stay in Huancayo for 2 days. Two turned into ten; it was such a great time I decided against the beach or Lima.
The worst was definitely the food of Bolivia. Horrible. I love the struggling developing nation, but the food is horrid.
But back to reality. The US just inaugurated its first black president, another massacre in Gaza, Illinois has a corrupt governor, and jobs are disappearing faster than people can count. Yikes. Im happy to be in grad school for the next 18 months....debt free. I decided to turn down Emory or U of Illinois for a school that will pay my way. All this because of one test score. Kind of scary.
The one thing that has changed about me. The concept of 'America' is no the same. America can also be Suriname, Panama, Brazil or even those people up north. The important word has changed, but it makes sense to me. I will start updated more, even tho my life has lost its excitement.
Ciao!
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