Faro and the twilight zone...

Theres almost too much to tell here, i dont know how to tell the story. Ill make it short. Basically, i missed a train in Faro so i had to spend the night there. So, i bought a bottle of port wine and went to the plaza to have a drink and make some recordings. Once there, i recorded some live music and children playing. Then i headed to a distant park near the wetlands to finish off the bottle, record some birds, and sleep. Im not sure i ever recorded the birds...i woke up on the ground next to the bench covered in briars and nearly late for my train. so i go to the train station and get on, the conductor comes to me and asks for my ticket, i go to get it....nothing, no recorder, no coin purse = no money, passport, train ticket, ID...nothing...shit. so i get booted, then head to the police station, ive been stolen...I make a police report, get in touch with the American embassy, they tell me to find a way to get to Lisbon and then once there, get 100 dollars to get a new passport. THANKS AMERICA FOR THE ASSISTANCE BY THE WAY.....ummm yeah ok. So the police officer asks why the embassy wont help, then dials 144, an emergency number there in Portugal. 2 hours later the red cross was there to rescue me, they took me to the train station, bought my ticket, took me to restaurant and bought me lunch, coffe, 2 waters, and then gave me 50 euros and told me to be safe and good luck, adios, no questions. so hell, i lost my passport but i can now get to Lisbon and i have money to eat and get a place to stay, and i still have my bike....speaking of which, i still had 2 hours, so i thought to go look for my stuff one last time, to retrace my steps....i get 15 meters from the station when a man in a big green van hails me down with his horn. He hollars something in Portugese and then holds up my audio recorder...im freaking out jumping off my bike in joy, and he pulls over to the side of the road, then proceeds to give me my recorder and my money purse, complete with passport, id, credit cards, cash etc. AWESOME! the guy told me that he had seen me with these things the day before, then found them somewhere, knew they were mine, then spent 2 hours that day driving around trying to find me, which he did. Then he offered me lunch at his restaurant, so i accepted, free lunch and a hug for the very nice man....wierd how chance operates i guess. so heres the photo from Faro...

Tranquil.