Desperate times.....

1. Going commando, not out of choice but because of lack of underwear.

2. Blow drying underwear, so you don't have to go commando.

3. Using pink and fuzzy hostel blanket as a towel, so we can wash the travel towels that smell like mold.

4. Running through torrential downpour in Buenos Aires, seeking Bloody Mary fixings after staying out clubbing all night, so can enjoy Ava's last full day in B.A.

5. Pandora-ing Christmas carols on Blackberry multiple times, most notably at the top of Lion's Head in Cape Town.

6. Chicken instead of Turkey on Thanksgiving.

7. Seeing Lua Nova in Sao Paulo, instead of sightseeing.

8. Washing underwear at Namibian bushman camp.

9. Taking a fiber pill. And then taking 3 when 2 no longer work!

10. Reading "Blazing Star" and "Breaking Dawn" on a truck called "Frank."

11. Wearing New Years dress for 48 hours and every laundry day without underwear.

12. Washing Calvin Klein/Gap bra twice in 3 months. Only HAVING one bra each.

13. Losing 1 of 5 pairs of underwear. Leads to bigger freak-out than having ipod stolen.

14. Tears over leaving single pair of pants in bushman hut.

15. Sleeping on floor of hostel. Results in getting face sat on. Still better to getting rained on.

16. Sleeping in threadbare cocoon with myriad coats draped over us. i.e. using rain coat as blanket. Comes in handy when tent floods.

17. Three of us lying naked in tent on trek to Machu Picchu because clothes need to dry.





..... lead to desperate measures.