busses

What is worse than a 20hr bus ride with a little kid screaming the entire way? probably the 38 hr bus ride we are taking today. Took the bus down from Taganga. I have never wished harm on anyone, but i was ready to huck that kid and mom who would not discipline him out the bus window. When he wasn´t running down the hall and climbing over my seat he was screaming. Thank You Aaron for loaning of your iPod as i would have lost it without it. At one point in the night Christian woke up to a gun in his face, it was not purposely pointed at him, the machine gun was on a policemans back and he was bent over checking someones bag. I was asleep with a blanket over my head, so they must have thought i was a local and didn´t even wake me. These busses have pretty good leg room but they keep the aircon on high and it is freezing in there. I were a t-shirt, long sleeved shirt, sweater, and curl up in the blanket i stole from the airlines and i still shiver.
We spent the last two nights in Medellin. First nigth we just hit the sack early. Yesterday it rained all day so we did not do much. We were staying at a new hostel that was not quite opened. It is owned by a few young Irish Men. It was once a really nice house that i think belonged to a drug lord. It is all marble with a crazy glass staircase, mirrors on the walls and ceilings and our bathroom looked just like a scene from the movie Scar Face, that is why our dorm room was named the De Tony Montana Suite. They had a big BBQ party last night so we hung out there till around 10pm when Carolina called. Her birthday is in Aug. but her boyfriend is leaving for Switzerland to study soon and will not be there, so he organized one for last night. It was fun, she lives in a little apt, but they fit some 40 people and two live Salsa bands. Everyone was dancing, Mom, Aunts, Uncles, friends, and the two tall out of place gringos. We did our best, but those latinos can dance. It was lots of fun. Stayed there till about 1am then things got weird. But i will tell you that next time as our 38 bus leaves in just a few minutes.

bob