The details surrounding Señor Chavez’s visit are murky. Most people seem to think that he is flying in and out on Tuesday, and that there won’t even be any public appearances. Buuut, the owner of my hotel has some kind of inside scoop, and assures me that Chavez is going to spend at least one night here, and thinks there will be a speech of sorts.
I met some Venezuelan governemt officials yesterday and had a very interesting little chat. At least I think it was very interesting — they were hard to understand. I do know that we talked about the global financial system or something. I have gotten very good and nodding and hmming convincingly enough to keep conversations going. I even throw in the ocassional “¿En serio?” with brow furled when I sense that someone has just made an especially interesting point.
In other news, I don’t really have anything to do here until the Islander clears customs and arrives, at which point I will make a video about it arrving to give to the people who donated $250,000 to Pachamama to buy it. So to fill the time, I started a new project: painting a mural on the wall of Aerotsentsak Airlines. It will be of a Cessna 206 soaring over the jungle with mountains in the background. I projected a photo of the plane on the wall, traced it, and am now filling in the lines with paint. Here is stage 1:
October 25, 2008 at 6:29 pm
wow mural’s off to a really good start. can’t wait to see stage 2!
PS if you do run in to my bff Hugo, say whattup for me — he and I go waaaay back.
October 27, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I recomend “si, si…por supuesto” or “no, no…que terible” as great phrases in “You are ranting about something I can’t understand but I dont want to ask you to clarify” situations.