Wednesday, March 9, 2011

It´s all fun and games until 25 eggs get stolen

We´re currently in Medellin, Colombia (made famous by Pablo Escobar) and are staying at a kick-ass hostel, but now I must rant.  At backpacker hostels many people buy food and prepare it in the communal kitchen so that they can save money. Dave and I decided to up the ante and buy LOTS of food, namely a carton of 30 eggs. Day 1 we ate 5 eggs. Day 2 the carton was gone! I mean shit! Who steals 25 som´bitchin eggs!? If they had taken anywhere from 5-10 we would still have plenty to go around. But whoever it didn't even have the decency to leave us 1??!! Dave is currently debating whether he should rage and eat all of the food in the kitchen. I´ll keep you updated.

So just a quick recap. We did go to Taco Bell in Ecuador, which was extremely gratifying to finally check that off the ol´itinerary. One interesting thing about Ecuador was the means people used for begging.  We boarded the city metro with all of our stuff (we were those guys) in order to save money and immediately a blind dude boarded and asked for some donation. He looked like he needed it so I gave him some change (I normally don´t) Then about 5 stops later another blind dude got on, but this guy had a little boom box around his neck and sang us some music. Very impressive that they can walk around a fast moving bus with out holding on to the railing.  Anyways he finished and prepared to get off and I kid you not, as he got off another blind guy with a little boom box got on. I mean they literally crossed paths.

We've met some interesting people. 2 che´s (Argentinians), a rapper from Britannica, some English guys, and last night a French magician.  Good times. Take care

2 comments:

  1. That's a comment I would expect from an old man like yourself Nate.

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