Iquitos, Perú Wednesday February, 27th 3pm

3 more days until the adventure! 3 more days. I just read my first journal entry from January 7th. I wrote it while on the plane to Lima, somewhere over the Caribbean. Aside from the horrible writing and penmanship, it discussed my goals for coming down here. Listed were: learning Spanish, traveling, learning tropical medicine, enjoying this culture, volunteering, eating healthy and getting into shape, journaling, and maybe learning to play a musical instrument. So far all but two of these have been met. Learning tropical medicine and playing an instrument.

So I´ve been volunteering here, but I don´t think I´m learning tropical medicine. That takes studying, and I don´t wish to do that now. I´ve decided that I´m very likely not going to live anywhere near here, so what´s the point? I can scratch that goal.

As far as learning an instrument...I CANNOT scratch that goal. In fact, this is currently the only regret I have in life. I wish I knew how to play an instrument! I could buy a cheap guitar down here ($50), but I´m not sure about lugging it around. As far as piano, that´s out of the question. Maybe harmonica? I´ve always loved the harmonica and actually bought a harp and book to learn back in high school. But that was back before I had any discipline. Who knows? Maybe I´ll buy one, or else I´ll have to prolong this goal until the States.

Blog Point:
1. In case anyone was wondering, post office lines in Perú are just as if not slower than in the United States.