Oh sure, he tells the doctor bravely, I can do it, and they speed off to the farmacia. Soon after he takes the medication, Hayes falls asleep. In the morning, milagro of milagros , Hayes is chasing ducks and kittens like nothing ever happened. We rinse out a large pile of bed sheets and baby clothes and hang them to dry on the roof. Then we are suddenly starving.
Breakfast is magenta watermelon and sunny pineapple, flautas, chilaquiles, eggs with salsa verde.
Throwing himself into the action Travel does have its discomforts, though they are usually outweighed by its pleasures, at least if you are old enough to know what you are doing and why. On the other hand, if you are so young that you have no sense of place at all, it makes no difference whether you are traveling or not. You sleep on the bus, spit out the food, don't even know the tour guide exists. Hayes is at a tricky age between these two states. He is certainly aware that he's not at home, that life is not going on as usual.