This is absurd.

There are some things which words simply cannot do justice, and these things include:

- A visit to a Beatles-themed bar rocking out to the melodious voice of Jim Morrison in the middle of South America

- A rousing rendition of the Rusk house cheer in the middle of said bar with a fellow Ruskie

- Playing "Crazy Gringo Faces" with the lovely Emily Wilkes in the middle of the party plaza

- Following sketch Latin men to sketch Latin clubs (for free cover charge!)

- Proclaiming our desire to "get back to Hogwarts" through song in the middle of a Quitanian street after midnight... how ABSURRRRRD

- Waiting in a dingy bus station with a group of Colombians after midnight as one of them plays Brahms' Lullaby on the traditional Andean flute and then asks me what kind of music I like... Fortunately, my attempt to tell them that I often listen to "classical" music was interpreted as "classic rock", which saved me from being a total nerdface.

- Walking back from the station alone and realizing that though the chances of a mugging were pretty high, considering the time of day, there was really no reason to worry- I really had nothing at all valuable on my person, and therefore nothing to lose. What a refreshing feeling.

And finally, realizing that I've been adventuring so much that I'm too tired to write anything but bullet points... what a fail. Or a win, depending on how you see it, I suppose.