Mr Tea in Latin America

well, it's the night before the trip. A very quick jaunt to edinburgh to do some last minuto nonsense, a quick skate in kirkcaldy and now for some fooood in my neglected belly. It's starting to sink in a bit now that tomorrow is going to bring an enormous change in scenery, but I am still fairly relaxed about the whole deal. I've been there before, and left home on so many trips, big and small, that this really shouldn't phase me too much. Still, there is the inevitable dull ache of panic in the corner of my mind that I have overlooked something vital.

Secured my new passport by making up a cry-baby story which i am to embarrased to recount here. I was VERY lucky to get one the same day. They refused me first until I pleaded. Myt old passport is stained and stinks of superglue, and would never get me past even the most docile of customs officers. I am very relieved to have that particular item replaced.

Lost all the music on my hard drive, which I had planned to transfer to my mp3 when i got here. Been frantically downloading more, but it's not the same.

Plan is to post as many short stories as possible up here, and document thsi trip in a less traditional format. For the other kind (today we did this, and the weather was great...ha et cetera) I have another site on MSN. will email you all the adress.

hasta la pasta amigos, stay in touch.

Mark