Be mindful of the living force

Im trying to travel up north. Just finished up a conference yesterday it was very brutal. I had a lot of work before finishing up our term before i left Mabalane so i didn't get much sleep before leaving than i had a long travel day. Followed by poor sleep in my hotel room because the bar and drunks across the street from our room were so load. Then on top of that i could see the beach, blue sky, and beautiful days outside while i was stuck in a conference.

Now a mini adventure starts, and about five minutes after getting on and paying for this bus we are broke down on the side of the road. Maybe i should try to get my money back. Ok ill return to this post later.

Im still on the same bus. I'm just reading and trying to sleep. I ran and did squats this morning and now im really not enjoying being crammed into a bus for ten hours. But i seen the sun rise running on the beach the last 3 mornings it is a great way to start a day.

Friday i had an interesting interaction with some French people. They are working about an hour away from Chokwe, maybe three hours from Mabalane. Well, Valorie and i went to go talk to this group of white people with backpacks and no car. And we had a conversation with French people in Portuguese in Mozambique. Kind of random.

There are so many cool types of trees in Mozambique. I just noticed there are trees that have a ridiculously large trunk, then the upper part or branches are normal tree size. I'll put a pic on facebook.

Friday and Saturday night we crashed weddings. The first night a group of the girls said they were invited to and going to dance at this reception across from the hotel. So Drew and i went to go hang out. And we walk in to find no American girls. But of course the two white guys are now the center of attention. We get pulled and pushed out onto the center of the dance floor. Everyone was quite drunk and this one lady especially, we called her the bulldoser. She was getting it on the floor, but she was constantly losing her balance and slamming into people. So we had to keep an eye on her. Then it was difficult to sneak out. The next night the girls actually went. It was more fun and we stayed until the music stopped. There were these cute little girls dancing, like six years old. When they left their mom told them to say good bye to the foreigners. It was really funny they gave us hugs and kisses on the check. Imagine if your'e at a wedding, a group of unknown foreigners show up and then before you go home you make your children hug and kiss them goodbye, haha. Thanks how nice the people here are. Eventually the only people there were us and a group of Mozambicans. Then i found out that they didn't belong there also and that they snuck in with us. We atleast asked permission, they probably didn't.

I'm traveling the next two weeks i'll try to keep updated on any exciting events. Peace and love Jimmy