Thanks Ailsa for this week’s theme ” Up”.
http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/01/18/travel-theme-up/
There were so many photos and interpretations I could have posted in response to this week’s theme, but I once again took an off beat idea and voila, here is my post !
Around 5 years ago I visited Central America on a 6 week oddessy across the continent. Our final destination: Costa Rica – a stunning country – a mecca for nature and adventure lovers. The “Pura Vida”.
Having spent most of our trip under what we called the travelling ” black rain cloud” , and moving through the country at quite a rapid rate, there was not a lot of opportunity to dry off or wash our clothing, quite standard for your backpacking sorts like myself.
On our last day in town, I went on a mountain bike ride to the local waterfall in La Fortuna.
Costa Rican rainforest and waterfall in all its glory.
After spending half the trip pushing my bike up the enormous hills to the waterfall and rain forest I went “hell for leather” on the decline, descending rapidly with mud spraying all over me, as in literally all over me, head to toe.
I arrived back in town looking like what my friend described as ” an aboriginal dot painting”.
Covered in mud after a rapid decline on the bikes…
I was now officially out of dry, clean clothes.
The solution ?
A genius idea offered by my Central American friends travelling with us, the ceiling fan or as I aptly named it – “The Central American clothes dryer” 
Why had I not thought of that ? Travellers improvisation at its finest.
The ” Central American Dryer ” in action
The ” Central American Dryer “
It was only upon my return to Australia and after putting my travel photos on Facebook that I recieved this comment on my pic of the “dryer” from my Columbian friend Andrea:
“We said under the fan, not on the fan!!! “
Hilarious.
I clearly missed the “under” part !
So my message to you is, if you don’t look “up” you will miss the brighter side of life, and hilarious scenes like these
January 19, 2013 at 7:48 am
this is really fun, i love it, on the fan is much better than under it!
January 19, 2013 at 8:25 am
Haha agreed ! Yes it is ! And, thank you
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January 20, 2013 at 12:58 am
Looks like a great trip. I am enjoying your travel theme interpretations.
January 20, 2013 at 1:24 am
It was a great trip ! So glad you are enjoying my interpretations Naomi
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January 22, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Haha, brilliant!