Three and a half more days to go. I need to get out of this country before I spend my entire budget buying stuff. Bought a gore-tex paclite jacket (it weighs absolutely nothing!) and a fleece that i maaaaaybe didn't really need. But ok.
My travel companion is Heather, a wonderful American girl I worked and travelled with in the US. She's fearing her airline company might file for bancrupcy, in the wake of hurricane Katrina's evildoings (Oh Katrina, cruel woman, what are you doing to those people?). Heather will do the whole trip with me, including Brazil, but she won't do treks with me because of bad knees. She is also more interested in homestays in rural areas - something I guess I won't participate in.