Trip to Barnnual

I have no idea if I'm spelling the names of the cities I'm going to correctly or not. Today we left at 10:30 on a bus headed south. The trip was uneventful until we stopped at a roadside stand for a bathroom break. I've been trying to take pictures of all the different toilets I've seen but I jsut don't have enought film. I guess I forgot I was going to Asia and I had heard about the way they use it. We had to go to an out house. It was just a hole in the ground with some wooden planks around it. I just couldn't do it. I didn't get a picture because I was sick. I mean I have a cast iron stomach and I couldn't do it. We went on to a place for lunch and we had to pay 10 rubbles which is about 33 cents and it was well worth it. This place didnt' have toilet lids, but did have a rough paper. So I was able to make it the four hour bus ride. We watched a cartoon in russian and russian music videos. This town is about 700,000 people and when we saw our hotel we started jumping for joy. We got to our room and we have air conditioning, a Real bath room. a jug of spring water in the bathroom. Wow we are in heaven. They will even wash our clothes for us. We went walking and stopped at a coffee shop. I asked for hot chocolate. After I took a drink, I looked in the cup and they had put melted chocolate in my cup. Like pure hershey's syrup, just hot. It gave me a buzz. Life is Good. I forgot to mention dealing with the nats. They are swarming around our heads like crazy at times and then they disappear and return whenever. I'm great with the money. I've been helping everyone else figur it all out. You know I have my own system that most can't understand but it works for me. I've got to go for now. Love to all.