mmmmm comida... ugggghhhh comida

AYe Yiiiaye, YIIIAYEEEEE.... coming to a close, YESSSSSSSSS!
As much as I love the cachapas, empanadas, arepas, natural juices, pastries and the rest of the food in Venezuela- it is killing me. I tried so hard the first day to not touch any of the stuff. I even brushed my teeth with boughten water. Then when I saw the empanadas I must have forgotten. I went for 2, with guasacaca salsa- of course. I was a bit disappointed when they weren`t really all that steaming hot- but how did it never even enter my mind that they would be chalked FULL of bacteria and Venezuelan parasites. It took about 15 minutes for all of my digestive system to fully reject and eject all of it. Gross. Yesterday I was sure that the bread from my favorite bread store would hit the spot, safely. Riiight, am I forgetting again that they use water to make bread????? AHHHHH! Everything, ice in restaurants, rice, pasta, everything. As ridiculous as it sounds, I think McDonald`s is probably my best and safest choice of restaurants here. Luckily today is my last day to eat here and by breakfast tomorrow I will be eating airline food. (never thought I`d be excited for that!) I planned to go to the beach while I was here, in fact it was part of my years mission statement to go back to the states with a nice tan. Now, when it comes down to it, its not really that important to go and lay on the most beautiful beach in the world and soak up some rays by myself. I am enjoying getting reacquainted with my friends here and seeing the familiar places of Caracas; the fights in the street, the rain flooding the streets that have no drainage systems (in dry season), the traffic where no one really knows how to handle the rain, the hour long lines for the buses- in the rain. Perhaps a pessimistic look, but I have been sick since Sunday and it peeked last night. All I want to do is go home at this point. I have nothing left to do here. ...ok, they might be one more present I want to buy...but I`m ready. Chao Chavez, I know you`ll be sure to get more money from me before I leave the airport- but I most definately won`t be back until you are long gone from power. (this may take 40 years or more, who knows) But Thank you, thank you Venezuela for being my first love of South America, and after a year... thank you for bringing me to the realization that there are so many other fabulous countries in South America south of you.
T-shirt of yesterday: "YOUR, YOU ARE, THE BUT BIG" ¿huuhhhh?
going to search for todays best...coming soon...