Last day here. I'll send everyone an e-mail when I get back to LA.
Observations continued, again (yes, it's redundant):
1. Latin American Idol. Yes, I saw that on TV last night. It was hilarious! Of course, it was all in Spanish until the words "Latin American Idol" were spoken and then, in the middle of the spanish and out of nowhere, everyone pronounced "Latin American Idol" like they lived in Kansas or something. It was really disconcerting. They had the 3 judges, one black guy with glasses who thought everything was "bueno," a woman with too much makeup (who sat in the middle) that cried when everyone sang because it was "magnifico," and a guy at the end who hated everything -- he wasn't English that I could tell though. The episode I saw also had them all get makeovers which was hilarious because all of the guys got their hair highlighted with foil wraps and had their nails done. It was pretty awesome.
2. The island is volcanic (my brother is saying "duh" right now). The hotel is perched on a cliff that you have to climb down and up to get to the beach below. Halfway down the steps are carved in the side of the cliff. It's cool. Halfway up they are wooden. The rock has a ton of holes in it so it was obviously lava. I wish Todd was here to tell me all about it. Of course, I would fly him in to tell me about it and then send him back on the plane immediately because I don't want him on my vacation. Being a geologist doesn't change the fact that's he's my brother.
3. Today I jumped off a cliff. As I said the hotel is on a cliff and I watched these Aussie kids climb up and jump off of it to get into the water. I thought, "what the heck," and joined them. It was pretty fun -- until I was halfway down and started to wonder when I was actually going to hit the water. We ended up having a splash contest and were judging each other under the Olympic scoring system. I didn't get above a 3 but the little aussies were obviously biased against me. I have an amazing cannonball.
4. There is an amish couple here on a honeymoon! It is extraordinary. First of all, it never occurred to me that they went on honeymoons and second, that they go swimming. The reason I found out they were amish was because the lady wore that white kerchief over her head with the strings on either side. I asked them were they were from and they said Pennsylvania. I didn't have the nerve to ask them if they were amish but I'm going to jump out on a limb here. Lucky for them, if I had gathered the nerve to find out their religion, there would have been no end to my questions. They must have left because I haven't seen them today. Maybe they're avoiding me.
5. I'm being eaten alive by mosquitos. I've taken to killing them and leaving their mashed bodies as a warning to other mosquitos that they are in danger. Sort of like those things in Planet of the Apes that marked the "forbidden zone." Come to think of it, they didn't stop Charleton Heston. I can only hope that there isn't a "Charleton Heston" mosquito on this island.
6. Finally, (I'm getting the fisheye from several people so I need to get off), I saw a guy with a "Dale Earnhart, Jr." tattoo on his harm. Apparently that fellow's car is number 8. I don't even know where to begin with that one.....
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