A Todo el Mundo

1. honking as you drive around a blind corner somehow manages to avoid certain death

2. you have to claim EVERYTHING you bring into Canada... even the things stuck to your shoes

3. canada is expensive. africa, and specifically Senegal, is not.

4. even bottled water can taste like smelly heat garbage.

5. everyone in the Caracas airport is useless.

6. even mothers love chino y nacho.

7. everyone knows the words to Pasame la Botella.

8. La Silencio IS IN Caracas.

9. you should never put your dirty hippy backpack on the fancy plastic couch

10. Nathan doesn't speak English

11. A random concert around the corner can always be expected during Carnaval.

1. cola = a endearing term to refer to the horrific status of standing in line after line after line. while thousands of venezuelans rushing to carnaval scream at people for stepping into the cola.

2. carnaval = the celebration of the colas

3. edmonton would be better if hugo chavez ran it.

4. everywhere is a bathroom.... everywhere is a garbage dump

5. Arena = an exotic latin american sand with magical abilities to get everywhere and stick to everything. Also able to absorb into skin and only come out days after the beach.

6. sometimes we are dirty smelly hippies that arent allowed into fancy malls

7. even if you are 7 it is perfectly acceptable to drink beer and dirty dance with older women.

8. Venezuelan Rum and Beer are cheaper than drinkable water.

9. life is just a series of strange moments put together.

10. silly string = the main instrument for spraying children on the streets of caracas during carnaval. BUT children DO NOT spray adults. only vise versa (Also throwing confetti in random people´s faces is quite acceptable).

11. we dont like the States. we stand akwardly. we feel uncomfortable. we dont know how to act. = culture shock

12. jelly fish with blue tentacles = lets go back to the city

13. Outside the bathroom on the road is a completely normal place to dance salsa.

14. sometimes its better just to never breathe through ur nose. especially when eating empanadas. dirty grossness + intense heat = the most nasty of smells

15. we have become very good at being in latin america. everything makes sense. we dont really even feel like travellers most of the time. its just like.. hanging out... at home... a mobile home... haha