Rain delay

Well, right about now we were supposed to be getting to Puerto Napo and turning off the main road and heading to the Waorani community of Meñepare...but we have a slight delay...it seems the recent rains have damaged one of the bridges leading to the community, thus leading to the oft repeated phrase that has been the bane of many volunteers´existence of late: "no hay paso." Soooo.... this means we must wait until the road and bridge is repaired before we can travel there. I guess the good thing is that we are forced to wait in Puyo rather than on the side of the road (always the optimist). Since the problem area is along the oil road, the company is usually good about fixing this sort of thing, but we still have no good idea how long it might be. Sooooo....the waiting game begins. Some of the students are catching some zzzz´s, others are catching up on news from home, and others are hanging out. I left my house full of hungry Peace Corps Volunteers...
I am trying to put it all in perspective to the students (who have been awesome through the whole preparation). These things happen. It is part of everyday life here. I mean, the last few times I have travelled adentro, there have been delays of varying kinds...from gas shortages grounding the planes, to communities renting our reserved canoes to higher paying people. Asi es la vida. We just have to be patient and wait...