I didn´t do a whole lot for the next 2 days. I made the most of having the single room and hoped to shake off the flu by taking it easy. I had a great sleep on thursday night. In the morning after breakfast I got directions to a Launderette. By now my clothes needed a wash after all the heat and humidity of the last week. Down in one of the Plazas in the old town I came aross a military band and a detachment of soldiers in ceremonial uniforms performing for the crowd. Shortly the band struck up a tune and they all marched off round the corner up towards the main square Plaza Independencia and naturally, those of us who were tourists and curious marched off with them. They paraded up to the large ornamental tomb of an old Uruguyan hero Artigas in Independencia. A full military ceremony took place which was all very picturesque indeed. Sure it past the time anyway.
The rest of the time I spent catching up on the diary and wathing Hollywood films in Spanish. I got very little sleep the next two nights. Mosquitoes seem to have infested the room (No wonder I got it so bloody cheap) and they´re damn hard to kill if you don´t get them first time. They´re like wee sharks hovering around waiting to strike when you fall asleep. Every so often a high pitched whine would sound in my ear and I would jump up flailing all round me in a desperate attempt to get the little fecker. I killed most but always one would get away. My face alone has 6-7 welts on it from the little monsters not to mention my arms and stomach. I´ve just got over the sunburn and swollen nose. Now I have a face that makes me look like I´ve got the measles.
The rest of the time I spent catching up on the diary and wathing Hollywood films in Spanish. I got very little sleep the next two nights. Mosquitoes seem to have infested the room (No wonder I got it so bloody cheap) and they´re damn hard to kill if you don´t get them first time. They´re like wee sharks hovering around waiting to strike when you fall asleep. Every so often a high pitched whine would sound in my ear and I would jump up flailing all round me in a desperate attempt to get the little fecker. I killed most but always one would get away. My face alone has 6-7 welts on it from the little monsters not to mention my arms and stomach. I´ve just got over the sunburn and swollen nose. Now I have a face that makes me look like I´ve got the measles.
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