So I've already been here for 10 days, but since I've been awful with e-mailing I thought I would try this so you all know I'm alive and well in Bolivia!
Where to begin after so much time...
I'll do a quick day-by-day breakdown to make this easier.
Day 1
Uneventful plane rides, but had some great conversations with my Bolivian seat-mates. Learned their perspectives on Evo Morales, had my first insight into the hate and anger that Evo instills in those who don't support him. Interesting conversation.
Arrived in Santa Cruz late at night, went through customs (took about an hour), and I was thus inducted into the Bolivian inefficiency club. Purchasing visas was an hour-long process in which 7 people's paperwork was collected, and then subsequently misplaced, they took $100 dollars from us, gave us someone else's passport, and then eventually sent us on our way. Ahh, welcome to Bolivia. We lugged bags of medications, gauze, romance novels, and other supplies right through customs- no questions asked- and were on our way. Drove erratically through Santa Cruz to the house where we're staying, located the filtered water, got nearly pounced by the house dog D.J. (Don Juan) and cat Juanda, and learned that toilet paper in bolivia does not, in fact, go in the toilet but in the garbage. OH- and yes, the toilets flush counterclockwise.
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