We had a small meeting today to discuss just about everything we need to know about the trip. Characters include: Allison- my mentor, and Natalie- my new friend. Natalie is 20 and will be working with another grown-up on the trip (like me!). I went ahead and decided that we were gonna skip 'acquaintances' and go on ahead to 'friends' because she seems legit :-). OK!? Ok. Now: The Meeting.
Allison had a pleasant little list written out of all the things we need to pack for the trip. Kinda like the lists your troop leader would give you before Girl Scout camp. So, she was explaining how the temperature would be 90 degrees and dry and no rain and snakes and we would be walking and hiking and wasp nests and this and that. :-) I got really excited when she mentioned we should bring a headlamp. She talked about the types of clothes that would work best. She gave us soooo many tips for the long bus ride up to Boa Vista from Brasilia. She talked about traveling with money. And the shots we may (or may nottt :-P) need. #MosquitoNet. She was basically getting us up to speed about what all we needed to pack. Omgggg hearing some of the details made me so anxious to get GONE! LETTUCE GOOO!
We will be staying with a family. The main character of this family's name is Maria. She speaks no English- but cooks our meals and takes care of us (we can pay her to do our laundry). She has two sons (who may or may not be in town). Her kitchen has dirt floors.
We will be staying in some extra little rooms that are apart from Maria's house. Each with like, two beds and no closets or something. Essentially- this place is a little research compound. There will be no more than 10 (I think) researchers with us, including me, Allison, and Natalie. One dude is a man from the UK. He prolly has a silly accent. ANYWAYS- let's seeee, what else.... We will be waking up in ze morn and heading out on the old dusty trail out to stalk a specific group of monkeys. They monkeys don't mind us, so I will prolly come home with about 14 billion photographs of said monkeys. We stalk stalk stalk, then walk walk walk back to the compound. And chill and deal with data and be scientists, idk WOOOO! Y'all, I don't even know why I'm being allowed to do this. Am I smart enough!?!!?
OH! - While I'm thinking about blogging- I won't be able to blog there.
Omg, calm down. I will figure it out. In fact, I already have figured it out.
BLOG PLAN: Because le compound haz no internets, and trips into town are $100 each and very rare and stuff, I will be writing blogs onto a computer, transferring them onto a little flash drive (remember those?) then sending them off with whomever is going into town as much as possible. That way, when they get to the Internet in town, they can email my written blog to one of you. Then you can upload it onto here!! WOWOWOW. That's cool. And it may be frustrating.
Also, adios FacebookTwitterInstagramVineEmailTexts. I will have none of that. For two and a half months. So people, if you don't hear from me, I'm sure I'm fine. Unless I'm not. In which case, you will continue to not hear from me.
Lol Sorryyyyyyy.
-LA
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