Survive (by Jimmy Buffett)

I made it ... I survived. I'm sitting here on the far side of the world, just like I said I would. I left on March 16 and arrived on March 18 ... two and a half of the shortest days of my life (with some of the longest travel ever ... go figure)! Ironically, those two and a half short days were followed by one of the longest days of my life. I got to where I'm staying at 2:15am and was taking a ride on the dreamland express by 3am. I was up by 8:30am and spent a day touring around town and soaking in the culture. It's been a day of acclimation and I have a feeling that one day won't be enough. Chances are it's going to take the full three weeks to truly allow any sincere level of adjustment. But I say that in a very good way. The people are wonderful, the weather is warm, and I'm excited to see the high country. I've taken a few pictures, but for both safety and mere technical reasons I'm going to delay posting them online here. I'll try to get a few up before my temporary return. But for now, it's 8:30pm and suprisingly it's bedtime. Tomorrow is an early day with a 6am departure for the train station and voyage deeper into the unknown ... I can't wait!