Smelly and Bored (Trujillo, Perú)

I'm feeling much better than last night, fever is gone. (Thanks for your concern Mom)! Now I'm just resting up in my hostel, I'm a little weak and have a sore throat.

I'm in a dorm room with 10 beds, but I'm the only one here! It's attached to another dorm room with another 10 beds, but alas, I'm still the only one here! As of yesterday there was about 8 other people in the dorms. Maybe I scared them all away with my snoring and my germs. To be honest, I was being anti social anyway. To the point where I've used my sarong as a curtain to hide myself within my bottom bunk, my little sanctuary of solitude. Sometimes I get really bored talking to other backpackers, especially after leaving good friends behind. I'd rather connect with local people anyway, when possible. I watched a movie earlier by myself, which I have no qualms about whatsoever, and on the walk home I told myself I will make an effort to be sociable tonight so I'm not so bored. Lo and behold, there's no one here.

As a side note, it's interesting, if you read my blog from the start of my trip I was so excited to be surrounded by backpackers and with travel talk. Don't get me wrong, I am sometimes, just when it's on a deeper level. Furthermore, I haven't done a travel documentary video in a while.

I remember close to the end of my 17 month trip back in 2005, my friend Bubba wrote on my blog "you must be jaded Dean" and it was a real eye opening moment for me. He described my feelings so well with that one word. Well, that is not how I feel now! I'm just in search of other things these days to keep me interested in traveling I suppose. Hence the longer stays in places and longer, deeper relationships.

So anyway, my blankets and my pillow case kinda stink. I think it's from all that feverish sweating I've been doing the last two nights. Great. If you look at the picture and think I've got dirty underwear beside my pillow, they're clean!

I could be an ass and trade my pillow with one of the other 19 vacant beds. Hmmmmm... It's not THAT mean right?? Screw it, no witnesses... here goes...