Monico Family Travels

Some closing thoughts as we leave South America and embark on the second episode of our adventure:

South America Room 101:

• EMILY:
  • mosquitos, sand flies and generally anything with 6 , 8 or no legs
  • milk so bad that not even choco pops taste good!
• BELLA:
  • sand in the bed
  • being bloodsucked by mosquitoes
• JAMES:
  • local coffee that tastes akin to Indian chai (the irony being that the best coffee in the world is grown here!)
  • clammy pits (his!)
• CHARLOTTE:
  • soooooper crappy internet connections
  • dirty toilet paper mounting up in the bin
  • sweet pappy bread
  • taxis without seatbelts
  • hearing sad tales from escaped Venezuelans
  • bat poo in the bed

Things we will miss

• EMILY:
  • argentinian steak
  • the street art
• BELLA:
  • argentinian steaks
  • swinging in hammocks
  • all the cute stray beach dogs
  • kite surfing
• JAMES:
  • argentinian steak
  • the pace of life (very little ‘chop chop’ happens round here!)
• CHARLOTTE:
  • power cuts (love a bit of candlelight!)
  • the moments when I manage to have workable conversation in Spanish!
  • pisco sours
  • the flowers
  • the horses
  • the lushness – EVERYWHERE
  • falling asleep to the sound of the jungle or the ocean

Most of all we will miss our animal and human friends, so a huge tribute and a lifetime debt of gratitude to all those that made our first 6 months so incredibly special, and in particular:

Cute faced Tornado

Micha

Masai

Eduardo, Tatiana, Nacho, and Martin

Claudia

Ignacio, Emma, Elise and Thomas

Katherine, Andrew, and Tali

AND NOW……..

………. we are on our way to Japan!  I think we are close to perfecting the trolley train (Bel steers, Em clears the path, and I push!)