25th October

Better today all those who showed concern.

So were off to Otavalo! Otavalo has the largest and most diverse market on the continent and every Saturday they will trade anything and everything. Clothes, souvenirs, animals, cars and probably women too. Actually, someone told me it has the highest population of male prostitutes in South America. Not rent-boys but solely for the "pleasure" of female tourists looking for some latino action.

We leave Friday at 3pm. Babs is off to the jungle for 4 days and tomorrow will be the last I will see of her. God only knows what will happen to her there if she can't catch a bus without trauma.

There has been some odd military action here today. Lots of helicopters flying in formation and jets screaming overhead. Have read the papers but no info there.

Spent one hour of my 4 months in a bloody hairdressers talking to K who was having her hair bleached. $50 it cost her. I am off to the barbers tomorrow for a $1 cut. Aiiii.

Exchanged my Stephen King for "Coma". Do you think I could remember the name of the author! I remember it was the name of a dead politician but it took 3 goes...

"Do you have "Coma" by John Smith?"
"Do you have "Coma" by James Callaghan?" (he is dead, isn't he?)

...and then I remembered. Robin Cook.

Went back to the flat and went to the locutorio with Rosa to get more useless information about the school she is trying to go to in London. We are going to the old town tomorrow to retake the photos that were corrupted and then we'll be off to Otavalo.