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E-ticket Ride

I mustered with the rest at 06:00 this morning, but it wasn't until a little more than an hour later that I was climbing into a lifeboat for the ride down to the water. The difference this time was that we got aboard a 39-passenger, outboard boat from a local hotel. As it rode the waves up and down wildly next to the lifeboat, we transferred across one by one. It was important to time your jump, and grab a hand or the canopy rail, and it was better than a ride at Disneyland.

Instead of 10 mph in the 10-meter utility boat, we flew along at over 20 mph, hitting a top speed of 28 mph at one point (I like my GPS). So that meant the ride was half the time, a welcome change. We did wait a few minutes once we arrived at the dock, as there were a couple other boats ahead of us that were bringing people from up the river. Some of them were patients coming to the clinic we're running at the hospital.

The weather here reminds me so much of Shell. It's a very rainy climate, and today we have a steady drizzle. Living in Boise, I miss the rain of Ecuador, so this stop in Colombia is welcome.

Posted by David at August 24, 2007 09:28 AM