Shenanigans
I wake up late and head downstairs only to be hi-jacked for an unexpected Truck Trip meeting. Rich is on my truck which I really happy about, he's a cool laid back guy. Other than that, my truck seems to be populated with, um, "older" people. A party truck not this will be. Due to the high numbers of people heading South, 2 trucks of 12 will be shadowing each other all the way to Ushuaia. Uttam and the girlies are on the other truck - they chat to the drivers to try and get Rich moved onto their truck. I'm not wanted. But it seems Rich would have to switch places with another rather than just join the other truck. He can't be arsed and is happy to stick with me, cool.
I go to Planet Beer for my favourite steak sandwich. Only I'm confused as to why it's not on the menu and order something untranslatable instead. I nonchalantly look out of the window and view Planet Beer on the other side of the road. I'm in the wrong place. Doh! Good job nobody's going to find out or I would feel really stupid!
I grab some local cash from a hole in the wall and taxi it to a jewellers in Copacabana to change it into USD. He's really happy with the deal (read big commission) and I'm really happy with the deal (I have USD). Everyone's a winner! Again, I order a beer on Copacabana beach and phone Mum.
Back in the shopping centre I buy the only Casio digital camera in all the 450 shops! It's an EX-Z60. It's a newer model than my old one (better software with more options), is smaller and lighter but is cheaper to make (fewer buttons), is only 6 mega pixels and has a smaller, less effective battery. Still, it takes photos and I can edit them for this blog.
I spend the evening packing and head out to join the others at Shenanigans Irish Bar for 12:30 but alas they'd already moved on. Shenanigans is exactly what you'd expect; full of lecherous antipodean males preying on young females who are there to find the archetypal bad boy, not knowing they're just going to find losers. Still, they serve Guinness so I stay for a couple until they close at 02:00. I head back for a couple of Caprihinias at a bar near the hotel until they close too. So I sit on the beach for a bit, chase some crabs and crash out back at the hotel for 04:30. I'm the last one home.
Posted by Steve Eynon