I left a pebble from our garden at home here. On one side was written my name and where I have travelled from. On the other side, "i took the road less travelled, and that has made all the difference". I wonder if it will.
Then I headed of for Dumbria, passing a nice Italian girl called Jenny in the way.
I am at Dumbria now. The Albergue looks great but does not open until 3, so I am in a bar having a beer and a mixed salad when it arrives!. The locals are friendly and have been testing me out with their Galician. I feel right at home here, like I always do in rural parts of Ireland. There must be a strong Celtic part of me, or perhaps I am Eileen's grand-daughter more than I realise.
South America is really big and I have never been there. I am leaving the safety of my teaching job to explore 5 spanish-speaking countries and to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands. I am hoping that neither the perilous altitudes of Ecuador, the ravenous midges in the Peruvian rainforest or the crazy Bolivian bus drivers will kill me... I will doubtless meet other people on the edge of sanity who feel the need to wander away from safety. I hope we can be friends.
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