The day was cloudy, and in the afternoon, the rain began. By evening, it was storming very heavily. Vincent was thinking about the descriptions he had read of the roads washing out in the rain, but he didn't say anything out loud, because he didn't want to jinx the trip tomorrow.
We were supposed to interview Gladys Males today, but our host had forgotten to arrange it. We took advantage of the situation to get a nap. For lunch, friends of Chris, Nancy and Lily arrived. Both of them young, Nancy spoke great English. She and Vincent had a great time talking about movies they had seen. Apparently, there is no movie which Lily has not seen! There was a great deal of laughter around the table as we tried to speak both English and Spanish. It was difficult to recognize the titles of some of the movies in Spanish.
In South America, the bootleg movie industry is omnipresent and pervasive. Some of them are even shot in the movie theater--you see heads at the bottom of the screen! Everywhere you go, DVD's are being sold in stalls, on tables, from the windows, literally everywhere. They cost about 80 cents each.
Much of the day was spent catching up with laundry and other odds and ends, as we leave tomorrow on a six-hour bus trip to the coast and Elizabeth, the South American manager of Minga. She has worked with Chris the longest and will have the most insight into what needs to happen to respond to all the growth of the business. Tomorrow is a long, long bus ride--we're going to bed early.
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