Day 14: Sep 20

I woke up this morning feeling homesick. I talked to my parents and that made it better. It was pretty much the first time I felt homesick so it was hard. Once the day started I was fine. For the first time in a while I took a really nice hot pressurized shower.

After our group went to these rock gardens in La Paz. They were really pretty! It is basically rock and sand that is shaped by the wind and rain to make these cool looking formations. Below in the picture you can see. It looks like a dripp sand castle you make at the beach.

Marolyn, one of my instructors who lives in La Paz, invited us to her house for lunch. We walked from the gardens to her house; it was only like 4 blocks. On the way we picked up some delicious chicken that was roasting under fire. We got to her house, or actually it was her mom´s house, there were little cousins running everywhere. One of the girls was really funny. We ate a DELICIOUS meal! The chicken was fabulous and we also had rice, amazing vegetables, carrots, fried bananas, and some other stuff. It was just SOOO good. It was one of my first legit meals in a while. When lunch was over we piled into a yellow public bus. It was definatly a squeeze, it is always funny when 15 gringos pile into a bus!

We got back into the main part of the city and got some yummy ice cream. Now I am here at the internet cafe writing this blog! Tonight we are going to have dinner with Chris´ dad who is in La Paz on business...what perfect timing! He is so nice to take us all out for dinner. After dinner we have to pack for Lake Titicacca and our hiking trip.

I am SUPER excited for Lake Titicacca but obviously nervous for the hike. We are carrying all our food and gear on mules and are cooking our own food...which will be fun. We are hiking to about the same height mountain, 17,000 feet, but we won´t do it as fast. I am hoping that I will be better acclimated to the alitiude. Fingers crossed! I won´t have great access to internet so you probably won´t hear from in until a couple days... 10 maybe. I hope all is good with you and wish me luck up on that mountain!

xoxo