First things first....the Packers won the Super Bowl!!!!
Yes, I had to sacrifice watching it as we were at 30k feet on a plane for the duration of the game, but in the end it was worth it if it meant that the Lombardi Trophy would be returned to its rightful place. My search for a bootlegged copy of the Super Bowl began the minute our plane touched down in Cochabamba.
Just a quick update...
After a brief 2 days in Lima and an enjoyable 6 hours of "sleeping" in the La Paz airport at 13,500 feet, we are now getting settled in Bolivia with 4 days under our belt.
Our host family is extremely nice and we've already learned plenty about the country just with a few meals between us. The weather has been perfect (forget the 5 hour downpour on Friday) and the people have been extremely nice.
Of course the only hitch has been Gillian's broken/sprained ankle that obviously has limited our ability to really explore and get to the know the city. Having many months to do that, it will all work out in the end but at least we have begun to master the taxi-trufi network out of the necessity of limiting our walking to 4 o 5 blocks.
We start our work next week and we'll see what kind of programs we'll be involved in; Gillian with the public health clinic Cerro Verde and myself with Mano a Mano. Hopefully it will be meaningful work both for them and for us.
As our "trademarked" slogan for our travels through unpredictability states: "vamos a ver"
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