Sunday, 26 May, 2013; 9:07 PM; the super-fancy hotel
First off, when I say "super-fancy," I don't mean the stereotypical super-swanky hotel. They don't have AC, hot water, washcloths, or phones in the rooms. There isn't phone service, period, and the electricity goes off at 9:30 every night.
So why do I call it super-fancy? Because it's super-cool! It's wood-built and run on alternative electricity - a lot of generators, sun (but not much), propane, and gas. There's electricity from 12:00 - 1:00 PM and 5:00 - 9:00 PM. At night, which falls at 5:30 (like, use-your-headlamp-you-can't-see-sh*t-it's-the-rainforest), you use candles, kerosene lamps, and flashlights. Much of it is open-air - we have no back wall in the room and mosquito nets over the beds. They have an open bar, too. I had my first proper bit of alcohol tonight at dinner. It was gross. It was Pisco - some grape-based liquor that with something like lime and maybe ginger, which made it burn as it went down. One lady in our group mentioned that, as a first drink, it was rather strong.
Anyway, the afternoon was long and interesting. I have to go to bed now, because my alarm goes off at 5:00 tomorrow.
I don't like mornings that start that early.
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