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February 06, 2003
tela, honduras, on the way to the bay islands to scubadive
3 days at omoa was good enough, had fun but last night there was a contingent right outside the window of the dorm room, mainly canadians, who were bashing the u.s. a bunch and making fucking annoying homophobic comments. i decided to ignore them and read my book, but it sealed my decision to head out this morning. i'm cruising to the bay island of utila, along with some norwegians. they're fun but break into norwegian all the time, which i can't understand.
on the second bus this morning, leaving san pedro sula for here, the bus blew a tire. i count that as my 5th bus breakdown, one has happened in every country i've visited. i sat outside the bus and talked to the busdriver about the maquiladoras (sweatshop style factorys) and what he thought of them. he liked that they brought jobs but felt the jobs were crappy cause they left no time for going to school or self improvement, that they were kinda like a trap. he had a point.
finally got here and ditched our stuff in the cheapest hotel, the rooms smell like mildew growing on mildew, and headed for the beach. there were waves here and sand not just rocks like in omoa, i frolicked as i'm want to do in such circumstances, watched the sun go down, it was great. playing in the waves reminded me of zipolite, i think the ocean adds to itself every new time you see it, i can't imagine how it'll be to see the ocean when i'm 60, so many floods of different memories will come crashing back i imagine, actually i can't even imagine.
so yeah, going to catch a boat to utila tomorrow, we have to arise at 6 am to get the bus to the port in la ceiba, a few hours east of here. should get there at 10:30, hope to start the diving course the same day. this means i'll be there over my birthday, and since internet is supposed to run 15 bucks an hour out there i expect tons of happy birthday emails when i get back. hehe, just kidding.
andrew morton pointed out that ali davis, who did the real porn clerk diaries, has a new piece in salon, which is written in her excellent funny style and you should all read. this time she's working doing job interviews over the phone, here's a quote:
"Interviews like these made me decide that, like the Swiss, United States citizens should be required to do a year of national service before starting their careers. But instead of the Army, it should be a year in the customer service industry. I'd think we'd have a lot fewer jerks in the world if everyone had to pull a tour of duty at a counter or behind a help desk."
i agree 100 percent.
Posted by bendan at February 6, 2003 04:34 PM
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NICE!!!!
Posted by: claudia at September 26, 2003 01:21 PM