Friday 28/05:
At the puma me and mirta (?) washed the floor of the avery and it was DISGUSTING i actually was given a scraper to scrape poo on the floor haha. it took a couple of hours and a whole lot of agua to make it remotley clean and theres still pooey stains on the floor :/ but it smells less. i squidged the floor toget all the water out after and then came home after id finished and me and susie q went to Asuncion the capital of PARAGUAY. :)
we got the bus to encarnacion and got off at the bus station where this random man was selling tickets to asuncion :) so we bought our ticket and hopped on our bus and after six and a half hours eventually arrived at the bus station at asuncion and got a taxi to our hostel. Susie had looked up loads of stuff for us to do while id been at the puma so we checked in and went straight out for dinner to the Britannia Pub. it was the COOLEST bar ever, mainly because it was based on london lol there were london posters english music and a union jack bench, beatles posters etc.etc. it was AWESOME. when susie was buying drinks (you have to be 20 to drink in paraguay, naughty me) this old lady started talking to me asking where im from/ why im here/ how long in paraguay for etc. after i told her she basically told me her life story about how her husband died five years ago and her daughters who where there had moved in with her after that and her ex boyfriend from three years ago was half english and she really wants to visit and she uruguayan but prefers paraguay so moved here and she likes to play cards and after all that her children looked at me as if to say sorry, our mums really embarasing, but i didnt mind she was cute!! me and susie played cards and hung out until we got tired and walked back to the hostel.
We were sharing a room with this guy who i think is around 40 and from Singapore. he is the LOUDEST and most ANNOYING snorer i have everrr come across and it was RIDICULOUS .
i thought he was actually dying he makes this weird squeaky sound like he cant breathe and then makes a popping noise :/ it went on allllllll night and i barely slept a wink and in the morning suse said she didnt hear it at all!!
Saturday 29/05:
We got up around nine and went for a walk, our hostel was in the middle of the historical centre and it was a really nice area :) we went to the first train station ever in south america which was quite intersting and then we walked to the main square and looked around the markets and i bought souvenirs and then we went to this awesome cafe for lunch which just had a massive bar and all the workers and the food in the middle of the bar and i ate paraguayan soup which is AMAZING and an empanada. and then we went into this place pantheon of heroes where they have the bodies of loads of important policatical people and loads of plaques and stuff. and in the square they were having some massive christian party with stalls and singing and we watched that for a bit and then went down to the riverside and on the way we bought UNO :) and we found a place where we could take a little boat trip and we paid 50,000 guarani and got into this tiny boat called Brilliant 2. and it was BRILLIANT i didnt stop smiling the whole time, it was just a little half hour boat trip in a little circle but the boat was so cute and the captain was really funny.
then we got out and walked past the presidents house and and there were a couple of men with machine guns outside :O and we tried to find a cafe to sit in and play cards but FAILED so we got a taxi to the other trendy area of the city which took a lot of effort coz we didnt understand the driver and he didnt understand us! got there eventually and walked around the mall and sat in a sweet little cafe and had coffee and cake and played uno and then we decided to walk some fo the way back to the hostel which is alot further away than we thought and we walked down this big long road for AGES until we decided to get a bus which we were very proud of ourselves for and we got off and went back to the hostel to shower and change and we went out to this cafe thats in the lonely planet book called cafe de literatura and its WELL CUTE you just go in and sit and read a book and drink coffee. me and suse got cheese fondu and wine and sausages and it was t-a-s-t-y and we got extra pan (bread) and then we got la cuenta and went in search of Pirata Bar (Pirate Bar) which involved another confusing conversation with a taxi driver :
Me: Pirata Bar?
Him: ummm... que?
Me: P-I-R-A-T-A B-A-R
Him: No Entiendo
His Friend: Que Calle?
Me: Juan something
His Friend: Ahhhhh Pirata bar?
Me: YES
Him: ahhhhh you should have said
Me: :/
Got there after a while and we got in and got some drinks. we had to pay at one end of the bar and get the drink at the other end so we ordered vodka and cokes and htey pured the vodka to fill about half the glass and then showed us a rum bottle and looked atus like really? so i said yeah? in a confused manner and she pretty much filled my glass up with rum and susie said no we ordered vodka and coke and they said ohhhhh so literally only could fit like a centimetre of coke in and it was DISGUSTING the most gross drink ive ever had apart from this skanky vodka i had once in the bad karaoke bar. we then sat and drank and played uno because we were bored and it wasnt as good as i was expecting, the only piratey thing about it was the name, but nevermind it was still fun and we walked home around half one and went to bedski! The Singapore Snorer was there again and STILL made the same noise alllll night long except i think worse but maybe im just ebing a drama queen, so i reocrded it on my camera for susie to listen to hehe il put all my videos on FB when i get home it takes too long here!
Sunday 30/05:
All we did sunday was get up and get the bus over to the bus station where susie bought like this chicken spaghetti meal which she had to eat with her fingers coz she didnt have a knife and fork, and we got the bus which was a mini bus :O back to encarnacion and then the colectivo back to the house.
Monday, 31 May 2010
Thursday, 27 May 2010
poo.
Monday/Tuesday:
Placeta. Kailtin bought a rugby shirt. i bought playing cards. susie bought An Education. rain. stuck inside so watched An Education. Free concert on the Costanero for independance day. go down. concert cancelled due to rain. it took us asking someone to reaise this. the fact that we couldnt here music and there were people walking away from the concert and the roads werent closed were not a give away apparently. went for drinks and went home. sleep. tuesday lie in then walked down to the centre to see the events of independance day - turns out they were in the morning. epic fail. got ice cream and sat in the square and watched lots of guys with guitars having a jam. internet cafe to upload photos. saw luni baluni in internet cafe but he didnt see me. took two hours to upload everything. went home. concert rescheduled for that night. went down. was late so only caught five songs. all very good songs. it was some old argentinian rock star. went home. sleep.
Wednesday:
Second day at el puma :] was much better than my first and i have lots of jobs to do [feed/water all the birds including a parrot that says HOLA and CIAO and the gammy toucan, feed/water rats, clean all of the above.] i then swept the whole avery room and took the rubbish over to where they burn it all. got home around half one. slept. bummed. went shopping with Vero and Kailtin. bought comfy black stretchy bumming things, eyeliner, mascara, a ring. came home. ate. bed. couldnt sleep.
Thursday:
Third day at El Puma. bit boring. fed and watered everyone. swept up. cleaned the bottom of the toucans cage and it got really freaked out, but i think it forgave me when i took it its fresh food and water, we´re definitely friends again now, or at least as much as two things can be friends when one of you has the other ones poo on you. also got some pig/hog poo on me, and bird poo. its been a very pooey day. then had to sweep a path and collect the twig/leafy things for the Chuchas whatever they are. involved lots of walking back and forth past the ostriches/hogs/a turtle. my view went a bit like this:
ostrich pooing-hog staring at me trying to freak me out-turtle lying there-hog walking towards me- ostrich doing what can only be described as checking its bum i still there-hog going mental when some men cut a tree down- turtle lying there- all hogs standing completely still for no reason- ostrich doing some sort of mating dance at me- one hog trying to have sex with another hog- turtle lying there.. and so on.
I madeabig old pile then did a final sweep of the whole path .. this had so far taken me about an hour and three quarters of sweeping and carrying and two men that work there came over to a]move the big pile id made and b] give me a rake as it might help me. i could have used you an hour and a half ago, but thanks. nobs. im pretty sure all the men there think im a well grumpy bitchbecausea tend to ignore them. i only do that because Norma told me not to be over friendlyandthey always seem to be laughing at me anyway so im taking the speak when spoken to approach. which they find even more funny. when i finished the path there was no one around so i just came home as it was twelve anyway. fell asleep on the bus. got home. had a siesta. went to fruit shop/bakery/supermarket with Kaitlin. in the fruit shop [in spanish] Man: what would you like? Me: STRAWBERRIES Man: oh alright, howmany? a little?? Me: no, loads, i love strawberries *man puts about ten in a bag* Man:is that enough? Me: NO dont be sillly... i like strawberries lots. i need more strawberrries. Man: do you like them with cream? Me: yessss Man: youll get fat you know Me: IM ON HOLIDAYYYYY Man: hahahahahahahahaha heres your strawberries. :] home. eat lots. dinner. ice cream shop. one kilo. woman thinks me and susie are hilarious for buying a kilo of ice cream every week but A] ITS AMAZING and B] its cheapy cheap cheap.
Tomorrow:: Animals- home- paraguay for the weekend [asuncion to be precise.]
Love,
Bethnal x
Placeta. Kailtin bought a rugby shirt. i bought playing cards. susie bought An Education. rain. stuck inside so watched An Education. Free concert on the Costanero for independance day. go down. concert cancelled due to rain. it took us asking someone to reaise this. the fact that we couldnt here music and there were people walking away from the concert and the roads werent closed were not a give away apparently. went for drinks and went home. sleep. tuesday lie in then walked down to the centre to see the events of independance day - turns out they were in the morning. epic fail. got ice cream and sat in the square and watched lots of guys with guitars having a jam. internet cafe to upload photos. saw luni baluni in internet cafe but he didnt see me. took two hours to upload everything. went home. concert rescheduled for that night. went down. was late so only caught five songs. all very good songs. it was some old argentinian rock star. went home. sleep.
Wednesday:
Second day at el puma :] was much better than my first and i have lots of jobs to do [feed/water all the birds including a parrot that says HOLA and CIAO and the gammy toucan, feed/water rats, clean all of the above.] i then swept the whole avery room and took the rubbish over to where they burn it all. got home around half one. slept. bummed. went shopping with Vero and Kailtin. bought comfy black stretchy bumming things, eyeliner, mascara, a ring. came home. ate. bed. couldnt sleep.
Thursday:
Third day at El Puma. bit boring. fed and watered everyone. swept up. cleaned the bottom of the toucans cage and it got really freaked out, but i think it forgave me when i took it its fresh food and water, we´re definitely friends again now, or at least as much as two things can be friends when one of you has the other ones poo on you. also got some pig/hog poo on me, and bird poo. its been a very pooey day. then had to sweep a path and collect the twig/leafy things for the Chuchas whatever they are. involved lots of walking back and forth past the ostriches/hogs/a turtle. my view went a bit like this:
ostrich pooing-hog staring at me trying to freak me out-turtle lying there-hog walking towards me- ostrich doing what can only be described as checking its bum i still there-hog going mental when some men cut a tree down- turtle lying there- all hogs standing completely still for no reason- ostrich doing some sort of mating dance at me- one hog trying to have sex with another hog- turtle lying there.. and so on.
I madeabig old pile then did a final sweep of the whole path .. this had so far taken me about an hour and three quarters of sweeping and carrying and two men that work there came over to a]move the big pile id made and b] give me a rake as it might help me. i could have used you an hour and a half ago, but thanks. nobs. im pretty sure all the men there think im a well grumpy bitchbecausea tend to ignore them. i only do that because Norma told me not to be over friendlyandthey always seem to be laughing at me anyway so im taking the speak when spoken to approach. which they find even more funny. when i finished the path there was no one around so i just came home as it was twelve anyway. fell asleep on the bus. got home. had a siesta. went to fruit shop/bakery/supermarket with Kaitlin. in the fruit shop [in spanish] Man: what would you like? Me: STRAWBERRIES Man: oh alright, howmany? a little?? Me: no, loads, i love strawberries *man puts about ten in a bag* Man:is that enough? Me: NO dont be sillly... i like strawberries lots. i need more strawberrries. Man: do you like them with cream? Me: yessss Man: youll get fat you know Me: IM ON HOLIDAYYYYY Man: hahahahahahahahaha heres your strawberries. :] home. eat lots. dinner. ice cream shop. one kilo. woman thinks me and susie are hilarious for buying a kilo of ice cream every week but A] ITS AMAZING and B] its cheapy cheap cheap.
Tomorrow:: Animals- home- paraguay for the weekend [asuncion to be precise.]
Love,
Bethnal x
Monday, 24 May 2010
Karaoke FAIL
well. last night we went to the other karaoke bar. we decided wed sing somebody to love thinking we knew how it went. we quickly realised we didnt. it was really embarasing. some boy did ask the waitress to ask me if i would sing always [??] with him.. i said no id rather not embarass myself anymore thankyou.
me and susie are gonna learn it properly and go back and show them what we´re made of.
Love,
A Humiliated Bethnal x
me and susie are gonna learn it properly and go back and show them what we´re made of.
Love,
A Humiliated Bethnal x
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Luni Baluni
Sunday 23/05:
Today we got up about eleven [twelve hours of solid sleep for me, oh yes] and chilled and mooched down to the costanero for lunch in the same restuarant as thursday :] we decided to get a taxi there coz chris has a dodgy ankle and we had SUCH trouble getting one.. they were all full :[ and i ended up embarasingly waving frantically at one that had people in but the driver sort of waved at me as if to wait and stopped on that block to drop the people off, but he took so long we werent sure what was going on so we kept walking and then he came towards us and pulled rightin front of us in the middle of the street and was like i came back for you :D we were so happy and graciasing and we explained that we were going to this restaurant on the constanero but we could remember what it was called so he said he would drive along it and we could just tell him when to stop. and he started asking if we were german etc. and we told him no SILLY we´re english / welsh/ american and he was very excited about that and he pointed out Power and was like muy bien and we were like WE KNOW and he said that his daughter is training to be a chemistry person but works on the ticket booth in power for now :] we got to the restaurant and everyone was in poshish clothes and i was like uh oh im only in flip flops and hot pants but it was FINE and our manager man that had given us the extra wine on thursday seemed ever so happy to see us and said hello how are you etc. and these posh ladies in front of us looked around like how dare they know the manager and theyre not even posh and i was well tempted to poke my tongue out but i resisted :] we sat at the same table and waved at the people that were going past on a ROAD TRAIN [yes thats right] and then we left and walked to get the road train and we met a clown on the way called Luni Baluni [add him on facebook :O] and he made us balloon animal, i got a butterfly, and then asked if we were going to the concert tomorrow which we are, and he was like oh yeah im sure well have a really good time which symbolising that we would be smoking weed i was like LOL a clown that smokes weed hes the coolest person ive ever met haha. then we got the road train and it was soooo cool we waved at aLL the people going past and if they diodnt wave we booed them and then we got a taxi home and know we´re about to go to karaoke again .. YAY :]
Love,
Bethnal x
Today we got up about eleven [twelve hours of solid sleep for me, oh yes] and chilled and mooched down to the costanero for lunch in the same restuarant as thursday :] we decided to get a taxi there coz chris has a dodgy ankle and we had SUCH trouble getting one.. they were all full :[ and i ended up embarasingly waving frantically at one that had people in but the driver sort of waved at me as if to wait and stopped on that block to drop the people off, but he took so long we werent sure what was going on so we kept walking and then he came towards us and pulled rightin front of us in the middle of the street and was like i came back for you :D we were so happy and graciasing and we explained that we were going to this restaurant on the constanero but we could remember what it was called so he said he would drive along it and we could just tell him when to stop. and he started asking if we were german etc. and we told him no SILLY we´re english / welsh/ american and he was very excited about that and he pointed out Power and was like muy bien and we were like WE KNOW and he said that his daughter is training to be a chemistry person but works on the ticket booth in power for now :] we got to the restaurant and everyone was in poshish clothes and i was like uh oh im only in flip flops and hot pants but it was FINE and our manager man that had given us the extra wine on thursday seemed ever so happy to see us and said hello how are you etc. and these posh ladies in front of us looked around like how dare they know the manager and theyre not even posh and i was well tempted to poke my tongue out but i resisted :] we sat at the same table and waved at the people that were going past on a ROAD TRAIN [yes thats right] and then we left and walked to get the road train and we met a clown on the way called Luni Baluni [add him on facebook :O] and he made us balloon animal, i got a butterfly, and then asked if we were going to the concert tomorrow which we are, and he was like oh yeah im sure well have a really good time which symbolising that we would be smoking weed i was like LOL a clown that smokes weed hes the coolest person ive ever met haha. then we got the road train and it was soooo cool we waved at aLL the people going past and if they diodnt wave we booed them and then we got a taxi home and know we´re about to go to karaoke again .. YAY :]
Love,
Bethnal x
cream cheese??
Friday 21/05:
In the the afternoon i was still so tired from the night before that i had a 6 hour siesta in preperation for Power that night [we were obliged to go because it was marcelos sons eighteenth birthday] and a new volunteer arrived.. Kailtin Wan from Texas and yes she says y´all and trash and shes really lovely, shell be doing the teaching project with Susie. when i woke up at about eight i got ready quickly because the girls were meant to arrive at nine. Kaitlin arrived around ten after her flight was delayed and the girls still werent there and we persuaded kaitlin even though she ws knackered that she should come out which she did coz shes a total ledgend. eventually. at eleven, Vero and Lau came and were late because lau wasnt gonna come then changed her mind and we sat andplayed cards and went to power about half twelve. we had a REALLY good night because they played so many english songs so it was basically just me elen and kaitlin [susie went to Iguazu] singing to all the argentinaisn coz none of them knew the songs. we rolled home about four am and got an hamberguesa [always] and kaitlin got an hamberguesa sin hamberguesa because shes a vegetarian.
Saturday 22/05:
Me and kaitlin sunbathed and then went for a walk around Posadas, first we walked to the square and i bought a sharpie for people to write on my flag with, and then we walkd to the market with the tin man statue and there were some speeches nearby aboutthe whole independance thing so we stood for a while and tried to understand and we clapped and laughed when everyone else did and we seemed generally accepted. then we looked around the market and then went to california for kaitlin to get some snacks for in the house and i found... dah dah dahh.... CREAM CHEESE :O :O :O ive never been so happy about cheese based goods. so i bought that and crackers and its pretty much been my whole diet since. then we walked home and we went to the fruit shop on the way and kaitlin bought bananas and the fruit shop boy was HOT TO TROT and totally checking out kaitlin, and i was like BASICALLY you should get married and have argentian fruity babies. and she was like i might :]
then we watched iron man and had dinner and i went to bed at ten because i was creammm crackered.
Love,
Bethnal x
In the the afternoon i was still so tired from the night before that i had a 6 hour siesta in preperation for Power that night [we were obliged to go because it was marcelos sons eighteenth birthday] and a new volunteer arrived.. Kailtin Wan from Texas and yes she says y´all and trash and shes really lovely, shell be doing the teaching project with Susie. when i woke up at about eight i got ready quickly because the girls were meant to arrive at nine. Kaitlin arrived around ten after her flight was delayed and the girls still werent there and we persuaded kaitlin even though she ws knackered that she should come out which she did coz shes a total ledgend. eventually. at eleven, Vero and Lau came and were late because lau wasnt gonna come then changed her mind and we sat andplayed cards and went to power about half twelve. we had a REALLY good night because they played so many english songs so it was basically just me elen and kaitlin [susie went to Iguazu] singing to all the argentinaisn coz none of them knew the songs. we rolled home about four am and got an hamberguesa [always] and kaitlin got an hamberguesa sin hamberguesa because shes a vegetarian.
Saturday 22/05:
Me and kaitlin sunbathed and then went for a walk around Posadas, first we walked to the square and i bought a sharpie for people to write on my flag with, and then we walkd to the market with the tin man statue and there were some speeches nearby aboutthe whole independance thing so we stood for a while and tried to understand and we clapped and laughed when everyone else did and we seemed generally accepted. then we looked around the market and then went to california for kaitlin to get some snacks for in the house and i found... dah dah dahh.... CREAM CHEESE :O :O :O ive never been so happy about cheese based goods. so i bought that and crackers and its pretty much been my whole diet since. then we walked home and we went to the fruit shop on the way and kaitlin bought bananas and the fruit shop boy was HOT TO TROT and totally checking out kaitlin, and i was like BASICALLY you should get married and have argentian fruity babies. and she was like i might :]
then we watched iron man and had dinner and i went to bed at ten because i was creammm crackered.
Love,
Bethnal x
Friday, 21 May 2010
My Number One Fan...
Wednesday 19/05:
I went to the refuge and because it was too cold to go to the poli we just hung around inside and played games like with michala and chantelle i covered there eyes and was like OH MY GOD where are your eyes?? michala?? chantelle? whats happened? yesterday you had eyes. the day before that you had eyes. today you dont have eyes? they thought it ws hilarious haha. Gabi and i also had a bit of a fall out because he was destroying a polystyrene cup and making a big mess so i took it off him and there was a tantrum and he ignored me for about an hour until he got stuck under a bench and culdnt work out how to get himself out without my help so he decided we could be friends after that lol :P
Thursday 20/05:
On thursday i was meant to go to the refuge again because Marcelo had a meeting at the animal place to sort the whole mess out about what happened on monday but i didnt feel very well so i bummed about a bit then in the afternoon me susie and elen went to the placeta to buy various things: a mate cup for tamara,a rugby shirt for me coz they are commmffyyyyyy and the other two bought one aswell, elen bought underwear for the kiddlers, and then we bumped into Julian [nice man that saved me and elen from the death bar men] and we all went for a drink in a restaurant on the costenero and a drink turned into lunch and lunch turned into more drinks and one or twelve games of uno.we all had a jolly good time and i went to ask for more wine and the man was like ohhh nooo we were meant to shut at three and its now five you need to go no more wine im very sorry and i was like aww.. but please? and he was like im sorry so i said it was ok and i went to pee before we left and when i was on my way back to the table he stopped me and was like ..just one more bottle? and i was like YES I LOVE YOU. but after that bottle we really did have to leave so we went home and got ready and went to a dress rehearsal for a play that julian was doing the light for and it was really cool and all the people kpt talking to us and one woman asked us to join the play next time and we were like ohhhh what a shameee we wont be here.. runnnn :O haha. then we went and a got superpancho [stupidly big hotdog] and this man started chatting to us where re you from why are you here etc.etc. and then he told julian to tell me that he was the president of my argentinian fan club and asked if i was MARRIED... LOL i dont think ive ever been so simultaneously embarassed and confused and flattered and tickled at the same time :O then he started getting people to take picures of me with him and i was like woah woah woah im nto getting married in argentina lets adios now and i think he was a bit peeved at me because he got his pancho and left without saying goodbye lol.
we ate our panchos like tramps in the street and ambled over to karaoke and it was so much fun :] everyone gets really into it and it was PACKED and we sung Sweet child o mine and everyone loved it and then this guy behind us sang welcome to the jungle in a proper high pitched voice like its meant to be and it was AWESOME and when he was done i was like yo, dude, song?, muy bien. and he gave me thumbs up and i was like yeah we´re friends now. and then lots of people sung songs in spanish and then we sung Bohemien Rhapsody which me and elen totally did justice air guitar solos and all. we barely even looked at the screens for the words. and then we did hey jude and i only knew the na na na na na na hey jude bit at the end but me and susie rocked that bad boy :] then this girl came over and was chatting to susie asking the usual Qs and then she was like can i have a photo with you? and we were like oh go on then, and then they took loaddsssss us with her friends one with her guy mate who loved me and susie just coz we´re blondish and it was a bit like being famous and extremely funny :] we tottled on home about half four and i took another day off today - i was meant to go to the animals but safe to say im feeling a bit worse for wear what with being illish and hungover :O.
everything at El Puma has been sorted out now basically the guy thats running it had told the others what my jobs were they just couldnt be bothered to tell me so he was annoyed with them and the lady that was well rude to me is rude to everyone so i can just ignore her coz apaz everyone else does :] so what we will call my first officaily day at el puma will be wednesday because its independance weekend in argentina so everyone has monday and tuesday off :]
Love,
Bethnal x
I went to the refuge and because it was too cold to go to the poli we just hung around inside and played games like with michala and chantelle i covered there eyes and was like OH MY GOD where are your eyes?? michala?? chantelle? whats happened? yesterday you had eyes. the day before that you had eyes. today you dont have eyes? they thought it ws hilarious haha. Gabi and i also had a bit of a fall out because he was destroying a polystyrene cup and making a big mess so i took it off him and there was a tantrum and he ignored me for about an hour until he got stuck under a bench and culdnt work out how to get himself out without my help so he decided we could be friends after that lol :P
Thursday 20/05:
On thursday i was meant to go to the refuge again because Marcelo had a meeting at the animal place to sort the whole mess out about what happened on monday but i didnt feel very well so i bummed about a bit then in the afternoon me susie and elen went to the placeta to buy various things: a mate cup for tamara,a rugby shirt for me coz they are commmffyyyyyy and the other two bought one aswell, elen bought underwear for the kiddlers, and then we bumped into Julian [nice man that saved me and elen from the death bar men] and we all went for a drink in a restaurant on the costenero and a drink turned into lunch and lunch turned into more drinks and one or twelve games of uno.we all had a jolly good time and i went to ask for more wine and the man was like ohhh nooo we were meant to shut at three and its now five you need to go no more wine im very sorry and i was like aww.. but please? and he was like im sorry so i said it was ok and i went to pee before we left and when i was on my way back to the table he stopped me and was like ..just one more bottle? and i was like YES I LOVE YOU. but after that bottle we really did have to leave so we went home and got ready and went to a dress rehearsal for a play that julian was doing the light for and it was really cool and all the people kpt talking to us and one woman asked us to join the play next time and we were like ohhhh what a shameee we wont be here.. runnnn :O haha. then we went and a got superpancho [stupidly big hotdog] and this man started chatting to us where re you from why are you here etc.etc. and then he told julian to tell me that he was the president of my argentinian fan club and asked if i was MARRIED... LOL i dont think ive ever been so simultaneously embarassed and confused and flattered and tickled at the same time :O then he started getting people to take picures of me with him and i was like woah woah woah im nto getting married in argentina lets adios now and i think he was a bit peeved at me because he got his pancho and left without saying goodbye lol.
we ate our panchos like tramps in the street and ambled over to karaoke and it was so much fun :] everyone gets really into it and it was PACKED and we sung Sweet child o mine and everyone loved it and then this guy behind us sang welcome to the jungle in a proper high pitched voice like its meant to be and it was AWESOME and when he was done i was like yo, dude, song?, muy bien. and he gave me thumbs up and i was like yeah we´re friends now. and then lots of people sung songs in spanish and then we sung Bohemien Rhapsody which me and elen totally did justice air guitar solos and all. we barely even looked at the screens for the words. and then we did hey jude and i only knew the na na na na na na hey jude bit at the end but me and susie rocked that bad boy :] then this girl came over and was chatting to susie asking the usual Qs and then she was like can i have a photo with you? and we were like oh go on then, and then they took loaddsssss us with her friends one with her guy mate who loved me and susie just coz we´re blondish and it was a bit like being famous and extremely funny :] we tottled on home about half four and i took another day off today - i was meant to go to the animals but safe to say im feeling a bit worse for wear what with being illish and hungover :O.
everything at El Puma has been sorted out now basically the guy thats running it had told the others what my jobs were they just couldnt be bothered to tell me so he was annoyed with them and the lady that was well rude to me is rude to everyone so i can just ignore her coz apaz everyone else does :] so what we will call my first officaily day at el puma will be wednesday because its independance weekend in argentina so everyone has monday and tuesday off :]
Love,
Bethnal x
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Animal Sanctuary.
Monday 17/05:
Yesterday was my first day at the El Puma, the animal sanctuary. It couldnt have gone worse really. Norma [Veronicas mum] drove me over there and showed me where and how to get the bus and took me to the office and introduced me to the man that is running it at the moment. The man that usually runs it had a stroke a couple of months ago and hasnt been able to work since and it seems like he was the one that dealt entirely with volunteers and no one thats there now seems to really know what im meant to do or why im there at all. the man thats running it explained what they do there [something to do with machines on the riverside, breed fish and nurse injured animals back to health.] and then drove me to where they keep the animal and showed me them all and basically told me not to touch any of them.. theyve got these hog pig type things, ostriches, these really big birds called chuñas, loads of monkeys, a few of the furry sandwich stealers that theyve got in Iguazu, a few leopards, an owl, some skanky birds, rats and a proper gammy looking toucan. he introduced me as the new volunteer as we walked past people on the way round and no one looked as though they gave a crap, i mean, i wasnt expecting a welcome party or anything but the best i got off any of them was a grunt in my direction.
he then left me with two women who were rubbing power on the skanky birds to get rid of parasites. i basically just stood there for nearly an hour with my arms folded being ignored with nothing to do and not at all feeling like i could ask if theywanted help. one of they ladies did smile at me after a while and the other repeatedly shoved past me and looked at me as if to say why re you even here? she then left änd the nice lady started speaking to me and she got me to wash some water bowls and then fill them up again for the skanky birds and then i fed the rats. after that she told me that because it was raining there werent alot of jobs to do and that on days when its raining i wont have to go. so i left and walked in the direction of the bus stop knowing that i needed to walk down the now very slushy dirt track to the bus stop. i went totally the wrong way and ended up going in a massive circle and ended up back at the animal area. by now it was pouring with rain and i was way grumpy from the rudeness of the people there and i just laughed at my ridiculuus situation, lost in the jungle with no one nice to ask for direction. luckily my sense of direction got me through and i made it to the bus stop and getting the bus home was fine, i have to change at a bus station just outside posadas but luckily there are massive signs saying what buses stop where. i got home at around half one, after having left at half eleven, very grumpy and soaking wet and complained about my day and then went to bed. the thing i was most annoyed about though is that he told me they have 24 workers at El Puma, and that this sint enough, and i was just thinking clearly, as i have stood for an hour doing NOTHING but consider walking off, it is plently of people, and at the refuge where there are sixty children and about 4 or 5 people that help there- all volunteers, they need me a hell of a lot more.
Tuesday 18/05:
i didnt have to go today because it rained heavily during the night and i didnt feel great so i didnt go to the refuge either, so ive just bummed about feeling sorry for myself and dreading my next day at the animal sanctuary and i went to speak to veronica about it, i told her id like to give it another chance and that im willing to blame my bad day/lack of jobs on the rain, and shes going to phone in the morning to ask what my duties are/when my days will finish/what the general deal is. so tomorrow im going to the refuge instead of bumming around and itl be good to see the kids again :]
Love,
Bethnal x
Yesterday was my first day at the El Puma, the animal sanctuary. It couldnt have gone worse really. Norma [Veronicas mum] drove me over there and showed me where and how to get the bus and took me to the office and introduced me to the man that is running it at the moment. The man that usually runs it had a stroke a couple of months ago and hasnt been able to work since and it seems like he was the one that dealt entirely with volunteers and no one thats there now seems to really know what im meant to do or why im there at all. the man thats running it explained what they do there [something to do with machines on the riverside, breed fish and nurse injured animals back to health.] and then drove me to where they keep the animal and showed me them all and basically told me not to touch any of them.. theyve got these hog pig type things, ostriches, these really big birds called chuñas, loads of monkeys, a few of the furry sandwich stealers that theyve got in Iguazu, a few leopards, an owl, some skanky birds, rats and a proper gammy looking toucan. he introduced me as the new volunteer as we walked past people on the way round and no one looked as though they gave a crap, i mean, i wasnt expecting a welcome party or anything but the best i got off any of them was a grunt in my direction.
he then left me with two women who were rubbing power on the skanky birds to get rid of parasites. i basically just stood there for nearly an hour with my arms folded being ignored with nothing to do and not at all feeling like i could ask if theywanted help. one of they ladies did smile at me after a while and the other repeatedly shoved past me and looked at me as if to say why re you even here? she then left änd the nice lady started speaking to me and she got me to wash some water bowls and then fill them up again for the skanky birds and then i fed the rats. after that she told me that because it was raining there werent alot of jobs to do and that on days when its raining i wont have to go. so i left and walked in the direction of the bus stop knowing that i needed to walk down the now very slushy dirt track to the bus stop. i went totally the wrong way and ended up going in a massive circle and ended up back at the animal area. by now it was pouring with rain and i was way grumpy from the rudeness of the people there and i just laughed at my ridiculuus situation, lost in the jungle with no one nice to ask for direction. luckily my sense of direction got me through and i made it to the bus stop and getting the bus home was fine, i have to change at a bus station just outside posadas but luckily there are massive signs saying what buses stop where. i got home at around half one, after having left at half eleven, very grumpy and soaking wet and complained about my day and then went to bed. the thing i was most annoyed about though is that he told me they have 24 workers at El Puma, and that this sint enough, and i was just thinking clearly, as i have stood for an hour doing NOTHING but consider walking off, it is plently of people, and at the refuge where there are sixty children and about 4 or 5 people that help there- all volunteers, they need me a hell of a lot more.
Tuesday 18/05:
i didnt have to go today because it rained heavily during the night and i didnt feel great so i didnt go to the refuge either, so ive just bummed about feeling sorry for myself and dreading my next day at the animal sanctuary and i went to speak to veronica about it, i told her id like to give it another chance and that im willing to blame my bad day/lack of jobs on the rain, and shes going to phone in the morning to ask what my duties are/when my days will finish/what the general deal is. so tomorrow im going to the refuge instead of bumming around and itl be good to see the kids again :]
Love,
Bethnal x
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