1. friends in Pucallpa
2. friends in Lima
3. speaking Spanish all the time
4. being in a place where I can live more simply (like without hot water)
5. cheap public transportation/ not having to drive
6. living inside a park
7. working with people who share my values and passions
8. cantaloupe juice
9. watermelon juice
10. guanábana juice
11. my juice shop and the folks who work there
12. knowing where to go to buy random things like pot handles or rolls of foam
13. seeing Shipibo women in town in their traditional dress
14. walking the dogs without leashes
15. pool weather 365 days/year
16. an economy where I can easily afford house help
17. apple bananas
18. slow-paced living
19. a relationship-oriented society
20. being away from the draw of consumerism
21. Wednesday night prayer meeting
22. knowing my neighbors (hopefully I can make that happen in Charlotte too)
23. generating less trash
24. tropical flowers and birds
25. being able to hang my clothes to dry
26. aguaje shambos (pumpkin pie popsicles?)
27. chifles (fresh salty fried banana chips)
28. buying $5 seconds of all the softest and most expensive T-shirts in the world
29. feeling like it's okay to "make do" 
30. torrential rain

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1. Tara on March 16, 2010 at 7:36 AM

   you'll be a new you - again - when you leave. I'm dying to know what some of these things are, esp an apple banana. I have a really funny mental image . . .
   xo

    
2. Anonymous on March 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM

   ..... or things you vow to bring with you to Charlotte -- even if only in your soul ......
   Holding you in my heart & my prayers as you process the departure,
   Love, Martha