This afternoon I share with you a simple photograph, very common and normal, there you can see me sitting in the dining room of a very special house, it is a somewhat improvised photo and it came out a little dark, but what makes it very special is the context and the experiences that this humble photo of this server contains.

The photo in question is from August (between the 5th and 10th of that month) of 2007, in the dining room of the house of a lady named Gladys, sister of a colleague and friend of mine at that time at the Bella Vista Educational Unit, my coworker Sixto Medina, who in those days of August had the kind proposal of inviting all the staff to an excursion to the state of Delta Amacuro, a state here in Venezuela that is very far east of the country and at the same time is very close to the Guayana Esequiba, which for the last few months has been heard a lot here in Venezuela and in other places as well.

That house of Mrs. Gladys is located in Tucupita, capital of the state of Delta Amacuro, a very kind and helpful lady, who offered to host the staff that was going to go on a trip to that region of the country, because I tell you that many of the colleagues at the last minute could not attend, among other things because of the distance and remoteness of the place, since by bus it would be 12 to 13 hours of travel, and well many did not go for that reason, and others in those days could not attend for other reasons, including personal and health reasons. In short, the only one who attended that special excursion was this server, and that trip was scheduled for 2 days, and since no one went except for Professor Sixto, I ended up staying at Mrs. Gladys's house for more than a week.

The excursion was practically cancelled due to lack of staff, but since this professor had to go for those couples, he told me and I went with him and his wife and their 3 children, and well, the attention of Mrs. Gladys and her husband was very attentive.

But for me it was the furthest I have traveled here in Venezuela, and in fact that personal record has not been broken, as it remains valid until today, January 2, 2025. I tell you that a month before, my sister, my dad and I bought a 12-foot frost-free LG refrigerator, and when I went to Tucupita in August, that refrigerator was literally full of food, imagine, I mean, we bought a new refrigerator, filled it and still had money left over to go on vacation for a week in the east of the country... Incredible but true.

You won't believe me either that that photo was the only one that survived from 2 rolls of camera that I took for those beautiful vacations, because we bought the rolls and the camera that my sister-in-law lent me had problems and due to fate, that was the only photo that survived from those days, remember that in those days cell phones didn't have so many accessories, including a camera and those that had them were somewhat expensive, so you had to use the old camera for those moments, but soon after that became widespread in a veriginous way and now it is rare to see a cell phone without a camera.

Well my dear audience, this is where this post ends, I hope you like it, your friend @cayitus63 says goodbye to you, Blessings to all... Happy New Year 2025... A big hug...!!