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Chronicles of an Ant-Invaded Adventurer

I love the intensity with which the rain plummets to the scarred earth beneath! The coolness here-disregarding the poor people here who feel as though they're freezing to death-has made my transition much easier. The lack of consistent internet is sometimes frustrating, but mostly everything else has been going well. A little back tracking, due to the long-time lack of a functioning server: I spent New Year's at Norma's with a Honduran family. They sang Christmas songs together while I searched desperately for an internet signal, and then we ate tamales and cake at midnight to celebrate. The McKenneys had me over for Christmas dinner the following day, served in courses of amazing dishes, and then we went to Río Coco the following day. I happened to be wearing a skirt-(no heart attacks please)-and didn't bother to change into my suit and shorts when I tried to cross to the other side to join Hannah on some rocks. So...I had a bit of an adventure scaling a terribl