This is where we are headed once we finally get out... The picture above is from last year. Mark & I are headed out to pick up our laundry. We found the laundry mat by jumping into a cab and holding our nose and pointing at our clothes. I think, however, that the cab driver understood just by looking at us. We are getting a bit ripe after a week in the same stuff (the rest of our gear is already packed on the cargo plane).... We are still trying to convince our friend from Ireland to go to the same laundry mat.... If we are not on the plane headed south by the middle of next week things look bleak for a return by Christmas. Mark and I just decided that Christmas with our family wins hands down. It is not even a close call. So keep your fingers crossed. If we are not on the plane by Wed we are headed home without the race.