Six hours north from Santa Cruz
Arriving alter dark
Where Howler Monkies greet the dawn
And you can show'r with Aviram
It's Ambue Ari Park
Four nights sleeping in a quiet town
Though sometimes I heard
And even though my gear got damp
I was finally glad to move to camp
And Ro's " 'morning Cochabamba"
A monkey peed on all my clothes
'cause my door someone LEFT OPEN
Stung over and over by fire ants
A scorpion's crawling inside my pants
What's the worst thing that could happen?
At half an tour past six o'clock
The comedor calls out dinner
Hot peanut soup, we eat and talk
Four to one Paper, Scissors and Rock
No plate washing for the winner
Hot water is on, the candles are lit
Writing info on my cat's form
Then time to chat, a book to read
Werewolf, chess and Junglespeed
Unless you're cool enough for Skydorm
Morning translations with Omer and Sev
Anuncios when you're finished eating
Don't bring outside your cups nor your platos
Be careful with the wind and your gatos
Alter 6 months, Duncan is leaving
Our sick monkey's lost in the Amazon
Then lessons on ecobanos
It's movie night, five B is the cost
And once again Chantal has lost
Something in Guarayos
CLOSE THE DOORS and don't hang your clothes
On any of the flora
Cat I has said that she will stay
Noemi's Hero of the Day
For removing Bora Bora
It's Friday tonight, let's all go to town
Flo's taxi is for hire
Get out your best shirt and pick off your ticks
Put Pios to bed and dinner's at six
Then Dave and Potable and fire
Two miles from camp, the mud and the bugs
Ru's runner with Ben and Johnny
San Pedro where we swim and run
Santa Maria's auc-ti-on
Gill says we raised lots of Money
So many memories I take away
Like that bird, what gave me a gash
Not knowing what's worse, the smoke or the mossies
Rugby abuse from the French and the Aussies
Or a festering tropical rash
Hitchhiking for hours just to use a computer
First it's pouring, then it's blazing
The bugs are biting, while the fish are not
It's really quite humid, but at least it's hot
Yet all of it was amazing.
Futbol with Sandro, Oso and Iver
CLOSE THE DOOR and please use the lock
Da-me Cho-co-la-te and birthday cakes
The sound removing a Pitohu makes
And Roi's Bokel Tov Matok
Nick and his ringworm, jungle Walking Trees
Potatoes, Mike and his guitar
Monkey vandals and starlit skies
Talking with students, the fireflies
Weeks spent alone with my jaguar
For seven weeks I tried to give
A better life to Ru
Climbing, running, construction, stalks,
Licking, feeding, siestas, talks
He bettered my life too
It's a difficult thing to say goodbye
For I'll come back who knows when
I worked and helped, was sometimes sore
Yet Chantal and others did so much more
I hope we meet again
I wanted to say to you so much more
Before I left at ten
The camp, Ru and you will stay in my head
I-ron-ic-a-ly the last thing you said,
"The Door Here is Always Open"