Well I am leaving Porto Seguro tomorrow (at five am to be exact.) I can't believe it. Or the fact that I am leaving the country in ten days. I am excited and overwhelmed as I still have a lot of paper writing to accomplish yet the old brain is lagging behind.
Frances and I did discover a super delicious pay by the kilo restaurant with amazing food though. THEY HAVE HUMMUS. In fact it probably is lucky we found it so late because I may well have spent all my money there otherwise. And the dessert! An entire table full. Inlcuding apple cake, cocada (the wonder candy) and tapioca couscous (which may sound odd but might be the best thing ever.)
For the roving AIDS clinic that took us all over town and showed us the ropes Frances and I made dice - out of condoms. (One of the main things they do is pass out condoms to at risk populations.) It was a little difficult explaining the dice over the mirror American thing but he seemed excited. But in an effort to complete our craft we did discover perhaps why no one actually wants to buy condoms. We price checked a bit and found that a lot of them are hidden behind the counters and you have to ask. Also, when we were actually buying them and trying to decide what color to get we could hear the ladies in the store calling us prostitutes (we did buy a few packages, but still.) Not EXACTLY conducive to encouraging future condom purchases. Plus prostitutes here rarely use condoms anyway.
So I'm leaving with a partially done paper, no brain and very little sun. But I still really enjoyed this city. Hopefully someday I'll see it again.
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OMG I love tapioca couscous! My mom used to make it for my lunches in elementary school - we called it Frog's Eye Salad, which was way fun.
I hope your head feels better, you paper gets done, and you enjoy the rest of your time abroad! See you soon(ish) lovey!
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