The Purple Patch

Trip Start May 26, 2007
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Well after the many perils of Bogota (our bus even got crashed into when trying to leave the damn place) we decided we were about over due for a lucky spree. Actually, after our many perils over the last 6 months I would say we were just about ready for a lucky spree, and finally it came.

We were a little worried about our transition from SA to London, mostly due to the fact that our clothes were inappropriate (i have one pair of pants to take to a place that is at least pants weather in the warmer months), not to mention we didn't have a place to live, nor a job. This all changed in this little patch of 2 days, hence we gave these 2 days the name "purple patch". We used our good fortune to find job interviews for the 28th, a place to crash at for free, some spare time for a gym session that i ended up getting for free, plenty of cheap toiletries, a book I really wanted, some more clothes for England and many many cheap feeds including our $1 lunches, of which we'd eat 2 a day, and our favourite all you can eat restaurant, which was amazing to see still standing after the amount of food we demolished last time.

I guess i'll also note that we had considered staying somewhere real nice for our last couple of nights on this wonderful continent but ended up opting for the cheapy (very unlike us I know) whereby we had to actually physically connect 2 wires if we wanted to turn the lights on. I wrote it off as a cultural experience (when's the next time I'll be in a country that has hotels with that kind of luxury?)
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