Mon 03/08/09 14:28
Didn’t really do too much today though

Today was pretty much a recovery day, recovery from what I’m not sure, except I used the day to pretty much hang out. I went down to the resort area and looked for place to take some pics, but to be honest, it’s pretty there but not really that much to take photos of. Later on I headed to the bus station to plan out my exit from here. I think I’m going to go to Sophia next. The decision I have to make is whether I leave tomorrow or the next day. My mind is telling me to leave tomorrow to stay on schedule, but my heart is saying stay here one more night. It’s really relaxing here, there’s the beach, the weather is nice, and there are people that speak English, that in of itself is saying a lot. You never really appreciate how nice it is to be able to hold a conversation, or just communicate at the basic level until you are somewhere where the smallest thing, like finding out how much a bus ride is, or asking the time is nothing less than impossible. So anyway I went to the bus station and found out what I needed to know and headed to the city center. Right across the street from the city center is a large church, it’s very beautiful so I take a picture of it and head into the center area. Well, this area is created based on like a star, all the streets go diagonally toward a fountain or statue, then it starts over again to another star shape. It was getting dark so after walking around a bit I decided to head back, and that’s when it got kind of funny, I knew the general direction of where I needed to go so I headed that way. The problem came up when I realized I didn’t have a clue on where I was, I knew where I wanted to go, but I’d been walking diagonally for about a half hour and was nowhere near where I started. Fortunately, I had the picture of the church in the camera and started asking some people where it was…”Excuse me. Ummm.. do you know where this church is?” Blank stare. I wave my hands above me and say, “This church is around here somewhere, do you know where it’s at?” Blank stare. Remember this church is huge and beautiful, it would be like asking an Indian where is the Taj Mahal, at least from my perspective. Finally I ask a guy who’s walking his dog, and he points down the street, so I head that direction and in a short time I was there. The communication thing is fun sometimes, but other times it’s a little stressful.

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