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Traffic on Pan-Americana Highway after huge explosion, I wrote before, was restored and I decided not to go through the head hunters (head shrinkers) territory. They probably have never seen a folding bicyclist and may have a temptation to shrink my head as a souvenir. Instead I started long bus ride to Lima, Peru. However, before I will continue let me finish with Ecuador.

Travel to South America (part II)

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-22 14:07:41

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Nobody came. I pressed and pressed and pressed, nobody came. I started to knock on the wall, no reaction. When she came I lost my urge. After a few such exercises you feel like a balloon is ready to explode. However, I did not repeat my friend's mistake and as a result I have all my body parts intact.

It is such a contrast! A laparoscopic operation is performed from a computer screen through a few small incisions, without opening the body. It is a miracle of high technology and human skill. But after the operation care just stinks.

On the forth day, in the morning I was discharged and ready to go home, but my clothes as a result of a few miscommunications was not brought to the hospital. So I ran away from the hospital to a waiting car without shoes and in a hospital gown. When I called my son to tell him the exciting details of my escape, he did not laugh at this topic and said that it was just reported in the news that the Space Shuttle exploded.

This is really my last trip report. I felt the story would not be complete without this final chapter. You can find in an attachment the final map of my trip. It took 80 days and was 5,000 mi long. I visited 6 countries.

My trip reports are published at the site of North American Brompton bicycle dealer Channell Wasson http://www.bromptonbike.com/CurrentEvents/Story/TravelStories.html

At the site of Smirnov Outing Club in English http://www.poxod.com/hotline/bike.htm

In translation to Russian it is published at the site of Roman Zapatrin http://romanycz.travel.ru/citi/mumzhiu/tn.htm

Lasts year's trip report from Tunisia to Russia in translation to Russian is published at: http://www.bicycle.spb.ru/lyrics/mumzhiu/

The short story "Traveling to the youth" is published at the Internet site of my high school http://www.sch30club.spb.ru/mumgiu/ind1.html

I would like to thank all Internet site owners, publishers and webmasters for publishing my travel notes.

Thank You
Alex Mumzhiu

McLean, Virginia USA
Feb 6 2003 1pm