Este y Ese

I realized in shame that I haven´t shared perhaps the funniest thing that has happened to me since I have been here. There is a small, really nice park near my house. I went there the other day to read and instead of reading, I pretended to read while really watching a 6-man pop-rock band record a music video. I wish I wish I had my camera. They had wardrobe changes and everything. There was a lot of just dancing in place in a few different locations. There were 2 singers, a guitar, a bass, and almost best of all the drummer played an electronic drum pad and best of all a keytar. Ridiculous.

I also wanted to note that I have gone to Tai Chi a few times since I´ve been here. One of my academic advisers runs the Tai Chi school of Cochabamba, its in the bottom of his house. This is not really a Bolivian thing at all. Its really like it but its muy tempraño, 6.15 am, so I have a hard time going frequently. you never know what you will find in Bolivia.

I feel like I have learned an immense amout about a lot of things in the past few weeks. It has been incredibly surreal. We have met so many influencial people through SIT and even the conversations with my family blow my mind sometimes. I´d also like to note, I am getting better at ´gim´our card game and I even won 2 Bolivianos this weekend.

On Sunday we leave for La Paz, which will be an incredible experience in itself, but then we go right into our rural village homestay. We are going to a small Aymara village of 24 families en Lago Titcaca for 5 days. They have never sent a group here before, so I´m sure it will be crazy. I have no idea what it will be like, which is one of the reasons I am so excited.

Salud.