Photos: Architecture and Silly Things
Well, i'm headed home tonight--my airport shuttle will come at 3:30am, and i'll be on a flight to the US by daybreak.
I cannot wait for a shower with water pressure in a bathroom with more space than a phonebooth. I will be so excited not to have to tip out my shoes each morning in case of scorpions. I will enjoy saying hi to my neighbors again, folks i know and see all the time instead of new strangers every day. I can't wait to do laundry, wear something besides the clothes i have worn the past month, lay in my bed, eat a breakfast without beans involved, sit on my deck under deciduous trees.
I am sad to be leaving though, and will miss almost all of my classmates. I'm excited to have made it through a semester in this writing program, and the experience has really confirmed for me that i am doing a good thing, that these courses are a good goal to pursue for the next couple years. I can't wait for next summer's classes in Scotland!
Here are some more photos, random selection of things.
Rum & coke in a can with a tallship on it. Why do we not have these in the US?
Octopus maki wrapped in plantains. Delicious!
This Jesus has actual human hair.
That freaked me out until my housemate said,
"Maybe that's just where somebody keeps their wig."
Gravity-fed fountains like this one are all over the city.
They run for quite a while after the rains.
This shrine says "I am fat and beautiful."
I love this facade.
The carved doors on this house are amazing.
Shrines like this are above street level on many corners.
Obligatory ass shot.
I cannot wait for a shower with water pressure in a bathroom with more space than a phonebooth. I will be so excited not to have to tip out my shoes each morning in case of scorpions. I will enjoy saying hi to my neighbors again, folks i know and see all the time instead of new strangers every day. I can't wait to do laundry, wear something besides the clothes i have worn the past month, lay in my bed, eat a breakfast without beans involved, sit on my deck under deciduous trees.
I am sad to be leaving though, and will miss almost all of my classmates. I'm excited to have made it through a semester in this writing program, and the experience has really confirmed for me that i am doing a good thing, that these courses are a good goal to pursue for the next couple years. I can't wait for next summer's classes in Scotland!
Here are some more photos, random selection of things.
Rum & coke in a can with a tallship on it. Why do we not have these in the US?
Octopus maki wrapped in plantains. Delicious!
This Jesus has actual human hair.
That freaked me out until my housemate said,
"Maybe that's just where somebody keeps their wig."
Gravity-fed fountains like this one are all over the city.
They run for quite a while after the rains.
This shrine says "I am fat and beautiful."
I love this facade.
The carved doors on this house are amazing.
Shrines like this are above street level on many corners.
Obligatory ass shot.
I saw that same shrine in a store in Amsterdam and almost bought it. It's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there, with that last shot.
Travel safely!