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

Silvia, Christian, Amalia, Leander

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!)