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Traveling with a person for an extended period of time shapes a relationship like no other experience i have had. You are both away from friends and family, away from your creature comforts, sharing new experiences together, and all the while sharing new experience together that you will remember for the rest of your life. Over the past month i have spent two weeks each with two very close people in my live and both of our relationships have grown as a result.
Up first was Jesse Choquette, the godfather of our peer groups traveling. This was not Jesse´s and I first bbq together. We had traveled for an extended period of time together two years ago and we was coming down to repay his ¨coming to see me debt¨ that he owed. Right off the bat, he was speaking Spanish and picking up where he left off two years ago. For the first couple of hours he could not wipe the smile off his face as we ate at roadside stands and talked about life and the upcoming trip i had planned ( in another blog i will right about your trips).
But this trip further deepened Jesse and I´s level of understanding of one another.
I could tell when Jesse would want to order two Fantas and two water for the both of us, when he ate at our friends chris´s restaurant in Bocus and we both looked at each other and said without saying anything ¨did we just eat that... Chris that chicken change our lives¨.
He could tell, without asking, that i wanted to order another meal because it was that good and we were that hungry.
I can tell when Jesse needs to take a break from haggling prices with cab drivers because he is so fed up with the level of collusion among taxi driver worldwide that the French-Canadian is about to get violent.
He can tell when i am so when i need shower, food, and some rest because i am sitting quietly for long periods of time looking mad.
I can tell when it is time to bring the ipod and speakers out, light up a cigar, and read some books in a nice, comfortable chair.
He can tell whether i am going to want a bottle of wine or if we are going big and get the bottle of rum for the prefunk.
I can tell when just to leave him alone and allow him to daydream for 20 minutes or so.
He can tell when i am getting excited about something because i rub my hands together.
Finally, we both can tell when i need to be a little more serious in a business meeting that we both have no idea what we are doing there and he can tell to play along with me when i am trying to add a little charm to are cute waitress because we will get better service.
Camisha and i experience was a little different. We had not had the same amount of time together and her and i relationship is different than Jesse and I´s. I feel that i now Camisha better in two weeks than if i were to spend 6 months together back home.
I can tell when Camisha wants ride next to the window on the public bus because she is tired of having guys and little kids look down her shirt.
Camisha can tell when i want to dance in front of the gay guy because i am tired of gay guys acting like they are the only was can dance and i want to prove that i can cut more rug while still be interested in girls.
I can tell when i need to buy another burger for Camisha because she said she only wanted one bite and she is now asking for her fourth.
Camisha can tell when i need spend less money because even if it is not mine i hate to overpay for hotels and activities.
I can tell when Camshia needs to dance because Fergie is being played in the disco.
Camshia can tell when i need her to start handing people shots because a girl is much more effect than a guy and i love to get people drunk.
Finally, we both know when it is time to sleep in together rather than try to hike because spooning in a nice air conditioned room sounds much better than going on a 8 hour hike.
The two trips were different because they are both two different people and i have two different relationships with them but both trips were fantastic.
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