Farewell... Mi Gorro

Thus far, I have lost a lot of trinkets on my epic adventure. It is hard to say how I lost most these things… well actually it’s easy to say how I lost the stuff I did, because 9 cases out of 10 my items have been left in a hostel bathroom, dorm room, or common room.

Here is the Damage:

3 Pairs of Sunglasses
2 Bottles of Shampoo + Conditioner, the hybrid.
2 Towels
2 Locks
1 Mate Straw or a Bombilla
Lots of Socks

Although losing all these goods didn't make me happy, I really did not care about any of my lost possessions until... I lost one of my favorite belongings, my Size 7 ¼ all black Rockies hat, that after weeks upon weeks of sitting on top of my head, fit my the contours of my dome piece perfectly. This hat had become part of my Identity… I wore it almost everyday. Mostly because I don’t like to shower in the morning and when you put on a hat people really can’t tell if you have showered or not. Except now all of you know that when I am wearing a hat, most likely I have not showered that day. Also, when I wore this hat people could tell I was an American rather than a German, Dutch, or Swiss person.

As you can clearly see this hat made me very happy.
Side Note: I also lost the sunglasses displayed in this photo.

Either way, losing my hat was 100%, cien por ciento, my fault. After packing up all my stuff, including my hat, before our 10 o’clock check out. I decided to take my hat out of my huge backpack, because I didn’t want it too lose it’s shape, which was shaped perfectly to my head. Well… I somehow managed to never put it on my head or in my bag, thus the hat was left in Iguazu. I would normally not dwell on losing a hat as much as I am right now but there are a couple reasons I am sad my hat is no longer with me. 1. I have to shower more often 2. Now most people think I am German. 3. If I want to get a hat by the same company down here, it will without a doubt be a Yankees hat, because the Colorado Rockies are a terrible baseball team. 4. That hat seriously fit my head so nicely.

Clearly you can see I am sad without my hat

Chau mi gorro, me he disfrutado el tiempo hemos pasado juntos.