Hello all … I´m sorry I´ve been so MIA - I wish I had a decent excuse, but alas… none is forthcoming so I won´t try to make one up.
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I know some of you dream of Genie . . .
. . .I dream of Turkey. . . .
No no, I´m really not joking. I woke up this morning just having ordered the turkey sandwhich of my dreams!! And then. . . well. . . I woke up. (more…)
I think Mom is the Head Angel in Heaven.
My new life is so absolutely wonderful she MUST be pulling strings!
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It´s official ! I´m a real LIVE US Peace Corps Volunteer !! You should all be seriously concerned that I am now YOUR face and representative here in this country ! (more…)
Hey all,
I know you´ll all be so happy to know that showers are still the things of dreams, and the highlight of July 4th was eating real cheeseburgers. . .yes yes, with REAL burger meat and REAL cheese (both rare commodities down here) but life in general is going extremely well ! (more…)
Oh, soooooooo Carnival - let me explain the coolest thing I learned today. During Carnival the ENTIRE country turns into a Water Balloon WAR zone. I mean it´s ALL out guerilla warfare . . . ppl hang out of trufis & taxis (trufis are little vans that function as public transport) and do drive by´s . . . favorite targets include Gringos & women. . . so a few of us PC ladies are already strategizing. One pcv just told me how she and two friends made a 3 - man sling shot . . . and their balloons went over a block and a half . . . so yes, we will be prepared . . . we will be armed . . .and NO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS WILL NOT APPLY !!!! ( and YES they do sell super soakers here. . . !!! the possibilities are endless) I´m soooooooo psyched !!! Apparantly it ¨really gets bad¨when women on the street sell big bags of filled water balloons for 1 boliviano (it´s $1 to the 8 Bolivianos). You MUST come visit during Carnival !!! There´s also a bunch of dancing, drinking, & eating . . . basically I must find a way to spend every carnival here !!! (more…)
So we’ve been here a month and I’m sure you’re all just DYING to see how a REAL LIVE PEACE COPRS TRAINEE really lives!?!?!?!
I know I know, the excitement may be too much to bear – but below you’ll find pix of my dwelling. (more…)
Hola todos !!
Life is wonderful down here in Bolivia. I get a suntan during the day, and am sure my water bottle will be frozen when I wake up in the morning . . . but at least my trusty insect net keeps me safe - even if I do feel like I’m getting into a spaceship each time I get into bed 
As always I’m a bit on the run . . . but the pix from top left to right are : (more…)
HEy all,
Got to run - only 1 comp for 31 PCt’s . .. just so you all know my address down here is : (more…)
I´m here safe & sound - I´ve just spent the last 3 hrs sleeping off some of the trip and I feel much better. we were met in La Paz at 5:30 am by a bunch of the folks that are support staff & they helped get us through customs and the long layover there before flying with us the 30 mins to Cochabamba. It was amazing to get off the plane this morning in Cochabamba - as my new friend Sydney & I were walking off the plane, on the tarmac, towards the terminal - all of a sudden up comes this huge ROAR . . . from an elevated deck looking down to the tarmac . . . Sydney & I turn to see what movie star just got off the plane & then we look confusingly around . . . until we look carefully at these screaming strangers - turns out they´re our ´welcoming committee´ - fellow PCVs who have travelled (many longer than 8 hrs) to come greet us. Wow what an entrance. After getting our baggage we literally jogged through a guantlet of screaming, clapping, laughing, smiling volunteers . . . I´ve sure gotten out of practice of having screaming fans greet me where I go (jk) - but really what an amazing foot to start off on. (more…)
Hey all !!
I’m off to Bolivia in T - minus 48 hrs !! Off we go . . . and where we’ll land at the end of all this - NOBODY knows (more…)
