Day 13. Leaving Paradise.

Wake up was at 345 am. We loaded up the bus and headed off to the airport in Santarem with everyone. Not to much happened, we were just waiting around for our flight to leave for Belem. The entire team was on this flight so no good byes just yet. Once we got to Belem the Canadians had to rush to their next plane and the Americans had a lot of down time. Saying bye to everyone was so sad. After only a little over a week of knowing these people I felt such a bond since we had been through so much together. I wanted to cry, but instead just smiled because I knew that I had made some great lifelong friendships along this journey and thats nothing to shed a tear over. Plus I'll see all these crazy people at the fun run anyways ;) The Americans waited around for awhile and finally we were en route to Manaus. We only had about an hour, which is just enough time to get a cheese burger at the airport! I was so excited to see "Bob's" because I had been craving a cheese burger since day one. Granted this place didn't have the best burgers, but it defiantly satisfied my hunger. Our flight back to the states was about 5 hours and we got a tiny dinner served to us, with a brownie as a dessert! Obviously the traveling home is what made me gain all the weight I had lost back. I was so excited to get into Miami and not to mention that the flight in over looking the city was astounding. We got through customs relatively quick and before I knew it were were back in the same plaza that we had all ate at before we left for Brazil, but this time Italian food. The shower I had that night was one of the best in my life. Getting that clean after that long felt amazing. My hair actually didn't feel dirty anymore and I felt like a girl again. I called my parents and was so happy to talk to them! I also called my room mates to hear all the drama that happened while I was away, although we saved all the details until I got home. We went to bed semi early since we had to be up early to catch our flights the next day.