Sunday, November 22, 2009

November 22 Update

I just want to apologize on how sorry I am for being so behind on my blog! I have been so busy and been having so much fun that it has been hard to keep up. Recently I stayed in a Afro-Bolivian homestay family in the Yungas and it was an awesome experience. I helped my mom pick coca leaves in the morning, under the scorching hot sun, and played with my adorable 7 year old brother named Henry. It was cool to live with the afrobolivians becuase they have adapted to much of the Bolivian culture but have their own rhythm. Sophia and I were together and stayed at the house for 4 nights. The last night they taught us their traditional african Saya dance that was just tons of fun. Their music really gets you going! Anyway, I had a grea time in Tocana and it was probably one of my favorite homestays.
PERU!
Tomorrow I head to Peru and this is my schedule:
-Homestay in Parque de las Papas for 4 nights. We will learn about papas (potatoes), textiles, trek, and get to know another family.
-White water raft for one day near Cusco
-"Trek" to Maccu Picchu!
-Isla del Sol for orientation
-La Paz Dec 7
-Home Dec 8

That is my schedule and I am going to work on updating my blog but it will be hard. I am really sorry and want to update it but it might not be until I arrive home until I can thoroughly finish it. For now, I have been having so much fun and I can`t believe there is only 3ish weeks left...crazy! I will leave you with some of my highlights the past couple of weeks:
1. Being attacked by and alligator during our night safari in the Pampas (everyone was safe it just rammed our boat)
2. Seeing an anocanda
3. Having monkeys come within feet of us! I love monkeys.
4. Homestay at Tocana but in particular going down to the river with some of the local boys. At one point on the way down they grabbed old plastic bottles better known as trash and rode down the rocky slope on them... rock sledding. They didn´t let me do it though haha. Also: climbing trees and picking the mangos from them, talking with my host mom, and dancing in the Saya
5. Fishing for Piranas
6. Discoteca Saturday night in La Paz. We got to see a popular local rock band it was so much fun!
7. Jumping on a trampoline during a fair in El Ciebo with Sophia, Helen, Kate, and Anne. It was absolutely hilarious and I hadn´t done it for a long time.
8. Seeing the El Ciebo chocolate factory and eating a lot of souvenir chocolate after.

That is all I can think of now but I will be sure to add more....there are too many highlights that I can´t think of them on the top of my head.

Paz y Amor
Natalie

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