Andika

I have pretty much recovered from my illness so this morning I went back for some more to the creche and Andrea came with me. I think I have written about this already, but again I realized that this traveling thing is so great (among others), because it is so tangible that I am learning many new things. For example, by now I know how to find my way up and down the winding alleys of the Favela and the fear and apprehension was replaced by a sense of familiarity and confidence. And there are many things like that. I never had such a feeling of satisfaction while I was working at the law firm: everything that has to do with corporate finance law is so unreal and intangible, shuffling virtual money from bank to bank by creating heaps of documents cannot even compare to doing the dishes in terms of sense of satisfaction, let alone to the things that I am doing now. Anyway, I told the women at the creche today that we are leaving on Saturday to do some more traveling and I felt a bit guilty about leaving them, which is why I bought a bunch of books and toys for the kids (same tactics that I used with my young refugee mentee in London - took her to the cinema to tell her that I quit my job). (I have to confess, that every now and then I feel very touched by myself and how great I am, but that does not last long, as I can always find a reason to go back to my cynical and self-deprecating self.)

I have to also confess that the weather is pretty crap right now, although the thing that makes both Andrea and I feel better is that it is still not nearly as crap as it is in either London or Budapest (sorry). Hopefully the place that we are going to next, the Pantanal, will be drier and very warm and we will get to see lots of crocodiles and anacondas. More on that from there.