U.S. Foreign Service Officer headed to Wuhan, China

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Going bananas

Last weekend was an extra long one due to a holiday on Friday and Sean and I had planned to do a little getaway to Itacaré, a small hippy beach town about two hours north of Ilhéus. It would be our last chance to travel just the two of us before a friend comes next weekend and before heading back to the States.

"Bananas" hostel - a classy joint

Itacaré is a remote beach and jungle-filled paradise and I pictured us having a relaxing and romantic time away from it all. Not thinking, we left planning until the last minute since finding a place to stay usually isn't a problem. Unfortunately, it seemed like everyone else had the same idea that we had for the long weekend and every private room was completely booked up. Every room, that is, besides a room at a not-so-romantically named hostel called "Bananas." I was less than thrilled but since we didn't have much choice and becuase they only had one room left, we made the booking online and crossed our fingers.

In typical Bahian style, we checked in at 3 pm and were told that our room wouldn't be ready for another hour. We had some dinner and came back and when it still wasn't ready we sat around and had a beer with the hostel owner until everything was finished (7pm). Overall, our trip was fine and the slow-moving shenanigans at Bananas were just added entertainment. On our last day we started to worry about missing our bus when we had to find someone to wake up when we were ready to check out and pay. Sean and I both agree that there probably isn't a word for "Hurry" in Brazilian Portuguese and if there is, you certainly wouldn't learn it by living in Bahia.

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Wanderlust

In Mandarin: 旅遊癮 (lǚyóu yǐn)

According to my Mandarin teacher, the term 'wanderlust' can best be translated as 'a travel addiction or craving'. In the above translation, 'yǐn' has several meanings such as 'a strong impulse', 'a longing', or 'a desire'.

U.S. Foreign Service Officer headed to Wuhan, China

Going bananas

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