life @ 13
Monday, February 02, 2009
the world IS flat
unforatuanately, the flat world is not really full of great things to blog about. me, i'm definitely a mountain person, but it's good to take a break from the religion once in a while. there are many months of the andes ahead of me
some have mentioned that it looks like i'm having too much fun....there is a case to be made, but it's worth noting that i leave a good amount of the crap out of this (bastard descents in the rain stay, though), because the shitty side of travelling makes for poor reading.
on that note, the weather is so fucking perfect here, you can swim in the 78 degree water in the very late afternoon in all your clothes (an easy way to wash), walk around the beach for a little while, eat a tasty and filling $2 fish dinner, be dry by the time you finish eating, and not be the slightest bit chilly once. seriously, you can descend from the high mountains to the beach in one day on a bike here (no the route i took a few days ago). maybe not THE life, but it's definitely one.
was an easy ride from guayaquil to Playas...the city is absolutly dead on sunday as everyone is at the beach. not that i needed to ask, but the locals confirmed that everyone comes back sun night, so i left a little after noon, cruised about 100k and arrived well before sunset. was really flying once i left the city, averaging 27 k/hr, but my body reminded me that this is not sustainable in 95 degree weather. rained the second half of the ride, but in ths climate it's welcomed.
gave the bike a nice tune up today, evened up the number of spokes and trued the wheels...even cleaned the caked grease out of the drivetrain, which i know is largely pointless, but this time it revealed that, holy shit, i'm missing two teeth from the middle chainring and the tooth bearing all the load is badly sharkfinned. this explains the shifting weirdness from the granny ring to the middle. will have to look for one in guayaquil tomorrow (only reasonable way back is go pass through)
looks like i'm going to spend less than a week down at the coast here, but i'm glad i came. i'm reminded again that with great spirit comes incomprehensible spanish, but with incomprehensible spanish comes personal growth. in a couple days i should be back in the clouds, above 3000 yet again.
(PS more free internet for network and PC troubleshooting at the internet cafe)
unforatuanately, the flat world is not really full of great things to blog about. me, i'm definitely a mountain person, but it's good to take a break from the religion once in a while. there are many months of the andes ahead of me
some have mentioned that it looks like i'm having too much fun....there is a case to be made, but it's worth noting that i leave a good amount of the crap out of this (bastard descents in the rain stay, though), because the shitty side of travelling makes for poor reading.
on that note, the weather is so fucking perfect here, you can swim in the 78 degree water in the very late afternoon in all your clothes (an easy way to wash), walk around the beach for a little while, eat a tasty and filling $2 fish dinner, be dry by the time you finish eating, and not be the slightest bit chilly once. seriously, you can descend from the high mountains to the beach in one day on a bike here (no the route i took a few days ago). maybe not THE life, but it's definitely one.
was an easy ride from guayaquil to Playas...the city is absolutly dead on sunday as everyone is at the beach. not that i needed to ask, but the locals confirmed that everyone comes back sun night, so i left a little after noon, cruised about 100k and arrived well before sunset. was really flying once i left the city, averaging 27 k/hr, but my body reminded me that this is not sustainable in 95 degree weather. rained the second half of the ride, but in ths climate it's welcomed.
gave the bike a nice tune up today, evened up the number of spokes and trued the wheels...even cleaned the caked grease out of the drivetrain, which i know is largely pointless, but this time it revealed that, holy shit, i'm missing two teeth from the middle chainring and the tooth bearing all the load is badly sharkfinned. this explains the shifting weirdness from the granny ring to the middle. will have to look for one in guayaquil tomorrow (only reasonable way back is go pass through)
looks like i'm going to spend less than a week down at the coast here, but i'm glad i came. i'm reminded again that with great spirit comes incomprehensible spanish, but with incomprehensible spanish comes personal growth. in a couple days i should be back in the clouds, above 3000 yet again.
(PS more free internet for network and PC troubleshooting at the internet cafe)
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David!!
Life sounds really good there. Especially the 2$ fish dinners and the swimming in your clothes. I remind you that it continues to be winter in ann arbor, and it looks a bit like siberia still! So...You are invited to 2nd night seder for matzah ball soup and brisket! Doubt you will be on this side of the world by then. We will try to get Alex here ! Have fun!!
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Life sounds really good there. Especially the 2$ fish dinners and the swimming in your clothes. I remind you that it continues to be winter in ann arbor, and it looks a bit like siberia still! So...You are invited to 2nd night seder for matzah ball soup and brisket! Doubt you will be on this side of the world by then. We will try to get Alex here ! Have fun!!
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