Into the blue... "LIFE BEGINS AT THE END OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE"

...is officially my new hero! Just spent a good portion of the night screaming, yelling, grabbing and laughing hysterically...best fun I've had in a long time (its a card game with spoons for those who are lost..). I won 2 rounds and was close on winning my 3rd (after about 9 people had been dismissed!) but decided I had better let Steve take the game...he might have cried otherwise ;-)

Bad news of the day is that Becka decided it might be fun to slice into her foot with a machete. I was at the Ministry of Agriculture with another group, but Becka swung a machete into her foot while cutting into raspberry vines at the neighbors property and is now in town after a visit to the hospital. I'll see her and Humphrey at the weekend though, as we will all be at the same hotel. One word for you Becka...DOH!

We had two groups for work today...I went with the group to plant coffee beans at the Ministry of Agriculture (nice and relaxing which was just perfect for today!) while the other group went to the neighbors again to chop vines. We didn't get back till around 2pm (as the truck meant to pick us up ran out of gas...well...we are in Ecuador...) so have had the afternoon off. Bit of hammock swinging, chat, journal writing, Lonely Planet reading and a shower...nice.

Last night we went to the bar for Marks leaving drinks...pretty hilarious to sit and nurse two beers over four hours, and watch 18 year old Mark get fairly knackered for one of his final times before heading back to the US where he needs to be 21 to drink. Jimmy-that's AWESOME-Malloy was also on fine form and decided that running back to the station in the dark, on gravel was a good idea...not so much! Bailey-like, I hardly like ever, use the word like-Boergesson was also on form...like totally ;-)

Hard to tell this morning if Mark, Jimmy and Bailey were actually sober at breakfast...am going with a no on that one. Steve, Phil and I remained pretty sober...and I would have felt pretty smug...if it hadn't been for my horrendous birthday drinking aftermath of last week!

Tomorrow afternoon I have to pack as we are heading into town on Friday...time at Jatun Sacha is almost at an end and so is my time with these amazing people :-(

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