• Greetings, comrades from the Great White North. After shedding some tears at the airport, I have successfully ventured to Macon, Georgia, in the southern United States of Amarica! I'm making a pit stop for a week to visit my Uncle Bill, Aunt Usha, and cousins Sam and Gavin while I'm in their neck of the woods.
  
  On my first plane ride from Vancouver, BC to Dalas, Texas, I sat beside a humble and lanky young fellow from Sao Paulo, Brazil! I told him that I was going to Bolivia and he said "Go to Brazil." Hahaha. A little too late for that, but a nice invitation nonetheless. Sadly I didn't get to talk to him more because I had to get up at 4:30 that morning to catch my plane, so I was pretty much asleep for both of my plane rides here...
  
  Dalas has to be the ugliest freaking dump I have seen in my life...even from a couple thousand feet up I was like "...THAT'S Dalas? Eww..." Overcast, grey, dull sky above and brown, mountainless dirt as far as you can see, littered with pavement, houses and skyscrapers. And holey hell, do Texans sure like football. Indeonapolis versus Phillidelphia was playing in the airport, and virtually EVERYONE was glued to the screen and cheering on their team...while I sat there akwardly waiting for my flight to Atlanta.
  
  Since I've been in Atlanta I've been hanging out with my Uncle and Aunt and the eager little one, Sam. Lots of fast food places here...and the greater Atlanta area is ENOURMOUS. And it's definetly Republican territory...*shudder*
  
  I'll probably update again before I leave. I'll be on my way down to Bolivia this Sunday.
  
  Sam wants to say something that he's spelt before.
  
  "yaeh"
  
  Hahha. Best wishes everyone, I hope you're all doing well!

*BREAKING NEWS*

Let me copy part of a message from my buddy Mike Palecek from Vancouver...

> Good luck on your trip! I'm so jealous! It turns out I'm going to

> Venezuela at the end of next week, but I'll only be there a week. I'm

> just going for the World Social Forum, then I'm coming right back. Any

> chance you can make it to Caracas in the next couple weeks?

*closes gaping mouth*

Well kiddies, it looks like I might be going to the World Social Forum...

ps: Don't vote Conservative.