Megagrammeter (n.): moving one kilogram one kilometer. I rode my 100 kg bike at 10 km/hr, for a thousand megagrammeters per hour. After an hour I rode a gigagrammeter!
Rode to the town of Monte Cristi!
Tons of beautiful desert. Smooth ride. The bike I traded for works way better for me. It's far faster, easier to maintain, more fun, etc.!
Weird desert, with banana trees and rice paddies!
Getting into town, had a rice-based meal. Then quickly found AC & wifi. Now going to work!
Asking people makes things way easier, especially in Latin America. If you're like me, often preferring to figure things out on your own, then it's extra worthwhile to figure out how to ask for help instead of just doing things your own way.
Looks like I now have a very small area in which I want to prepare for Haiti!
Since I still don't have a phone (maybe get a new one here in Monte Cristi), here's a picture from the internet:
