"You will learn, "Buy" is an important word, and you will need to know how to pronounce it correctly, many times, as you prepare for your travels".

There's a couple of things I probably should send back. But I guess I do need a camera, so I got a small durable (durable is my watchword, more so than ever) Canon Elph (used, with an additional memory card) and a spare battery for it. Trying to get a netbook; the ASUS series with the solid-state drives seem to be what I'm looking for in terms of "durable" but there's a bewildering array of models, now, and the one I -want- is discontinued so I'm hunting on Ebay. Well, again, I'd rather get something Used, anyway.

The solar array recharger thing, maybe I shouldn't have got that... But it was half-price (from $600!) and it folds up small... D&P want me to bring batteries, and I will, but if I can bring them something that'll help alleviate a battery shortage, maybe that'll be nice.

I took back the insect-repellent clothes because they felt weird. I will get some permethrin wash and treat clothes of my own, so they'll be more comfy AND kill bugs. And I'll slather myself in DEET, and generally I will be a walking cyclone of DEATH to any invertebrates. And I will get a water filter bottle and some aqua pure tablets. Yes, I am indeed the Reaper of small lives, but better to get them before they get me.

I dreamed about him again, basically just trying to explain to him why his actions meant I could not only not trust him, but I couldn't trust anyone, ever. And I was sad, but I was still going to Guyana, dammit, and him showing up wasn't going to change that. Also dreamed about trying to catch a baby rattlesnake while trying to keep cats and dogs from 'helping'.