Jeff’s Blog

Yesterday, I went and saw the new King Kong movie with my parents, my cousin Lisa and my aunt Suzie. It was definitely an intense 3 hours. Of course the story line was nothing new and they did make some changes (both for the good and bad) from the original version, but I did like it. Like Lord of the Rings (done by Peter Jackson, the same director), the pacing in this movie was slower than most which has its plusses and minuses. On one hand, the action scenes just kept going on and on which was exciting but fatiguing. Other scenes seemed to drag on for too long, but it wasn’t really that bad. Afterwards, we grabbed some dinner (sans Suzie) which was nice too.

Today I’m devoting all my effort to finish my packing for Nicaragua. I sent Sarah a slightly concerned email last night because I think all the warnings given to me by the travel clinic about scary diseases are starting to freak me out a little. Still, I’m trying to remain calm and I’m sure I’ll be fine once I get there. I was also asking her about how much money I should bring and this line was part of the response (emphasis added by me):

There is an ATM machine in Granada which usually works, so if you would prefer not to have that much cash on you, then you can use the ATM when we get there.

Methinks I should make sure to bring enough cash (: