The Park

We thought that the sign said 2.5km because there were only 2.5km left, but then we saw one that said 4km. It turns out there were 11km left. We turned back. That was 8km.

Xiaoxia and I walked faster. Emerson made jokes about Japanese porn and other strange things. I talked to Xiaoxia a lot but I can’t remember what about all the time, except that we taught her some slang. Some phrases included bomb diggity, fo shizzle my nizzle, and word. She went down to the lake in the middle to take some pictures and got wet in the process. I made her stand guard for me because I had to go to the bathroom.

The two of us made it back to the center of life in the park before the other two, so we sat down on the grass. A girl about my age came up to us. I think Xiaoxia (who always tries to learn the local language) tried to say some things in Portuguese, but the girl asked, “So where are you guys from?” in a perfect American accent, so I explained, and then commented, “You sound just like an American.” She spent a year in Ohio apparently, which pretty much explained that. We told her that we were going around the world on a ship. She was going running with her mom. She was light skinned and thin with brownish/blonde hair and pretty cute. She left quickly. I think she told us what she was studying but I forget what it was. I wish she could have talked to us longer, but it’s okay.