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While some people may freak out at the thought of having to host a parent, I had a fantastic time with my mum. The reason I’m focused on this is because I’ve had friends of mine retell horror stories of having to pass any time at all with their parents. While I haven’t quite figured out why it is we seem to get on so well, I have taken a stab at guessing. And the top 3 reasons I think we do are…

1. She’s loads of fun and a very funny person in general. It’s really hard to not like her. As far as her liking you back…Best of luck!

2. We don’t get to see one another often enough during the year to really fight with one another.

3. She’s my mother. It takes a lot of pressure off thinking “geez, I wonder if this person actually likes me.”

So, anyways. The mystery guest was mumsy. If you think it’s crazy to get one person in my family in Latin America… try unleashing two. And the icing on the cake? ….the fact that she doesn’t speak the language. An absolute riot!

While I won’t get into all of the details of what we did and didn’t do, I will mention that she had a lot of lovely, kind, pleasant comments about the similarities between this developing country and the one we originally hail from (Nigeria). Come to think of it, there are a lot of more superficial similarities as well. Their names, their proximity to the equator, some flora and fauna, as well as the general disposition of the people…’tranquilo como camilo,’ as they say around here. I like to think of it more as ‘needing someone to light a fire under their rears.’

Anyways, we had a week-long slumber party and got to do some site-seeing. And while mumsy wasn’t very thrilled about the ignorant comments coming out of some people’s mouths when we strolled about Granada, she did get some perspective on my experience here. Which goes a long way when you’re trying to describe your day to some who is some several hundreds of miles away.

Long story short: it was nice to have her around.

I had a couple of lovely photos to share but, as my luck dictates, I can’t share them until another time…when either the cable is functioning or the computer agrees to accept the XD card. Bahumbug!

In the meantime, here’s a random photo…

Hiking in the muddy mud mud of Ometepe

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