"Don't drink and have a camera. Bad idea."
(Our bunk-mate Helen lost her camera at the bar after a heavy night of drinking. Luckily she had taken the memory key out of the camera and hidden it in her bra, per our suggestion.)
"Always take the bottom bunk. Got drunk one night and fell off the top. Fallen off the bottom bunk too, but you don't fall nearly as far."
In one of the hostels I took the top bunk and woke up several times at the edge of the bed (there was no bed-rail), so maybe this is just good advice in general.
"Take a taxi home from the bar. Not the metro. You'll never find home that way."
Other things I learned from hostels:
- I could pack a lot lighter if I didn't have to worry about modesty. I could fit everything into a backpackers backpack if I only wore short shorts and tank tops.
- Europeans either get paid really well or in a lot of debt. Most of the Europeans were traveling for at least 8 months. One of our bunkmates had already been traveling a year and had another year and a half to go. Lucky.
- Don't ask Canadians about healthcare. They have a lot to say about it. Enough that they will wake you up after the lights are out in the room to tell you more.
Other things I learned in South America
- Not everyone in Brazil looks like Giselle. In fact, most don't.
- There are single Mormon guys in Brazil equally frustrated with dating
- You can hide the following in your bra without anyone noticing: a camera, two credit cards, a coin purse and an iTouch.
- Not only is there an armpit of Paraguay, there is also a butthole. It is right across the Brazilian border from Iguazu Falls
- There are varying degrees of quality of South American "luxury" buses. Some have cockroaches. Others are so nice you'd rather stay there then a hotel.
- You can be in an earthquake and not even feel it.
- WalMart really does have low prices. Everywhere.
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I am in an internet cafe in Argentina laughing at loud at the memory of our bunk made Gram talking about healthcare late into the night...what a great trip!
Vivan las solteronas!
"You can hide anything in your bra."
Really?
Thanks for stopping in Fortaleza on your trip. I am still sad that I didn't have more time to spend you with you and Becca. At least it sounds like our apartment was the nicest place to sleep you had on the trip; probably not as interesting though. We haven't had much experience drinking and we know nothing about Canadian healthcare.
P.S. Thanks for the peanut butter and tortillas, etc. I heard you guys called about the PAM. That made me laugh.
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