Plaza Bolivar in Quillacollo 
Hello Familia and Friends! Well I am back in Bova=Bolivia once again writing what I hope is the start of many blog posts to come! I am having a great time so far and everyone in my group (B-45) is really nice. Most people are in their mid-20s plus we have 3 married couples so it's a good mix of people. We arrived in Cochabamba but quickly moved to our training/host family sites which are about 30 mins. to an hour outside of Cochabamba depending on what you take to get there and how long you might have to wait. Everyone is living in a little town outside of Quillacollo. I am in a section called Florida and am very close to the girls in my class and my friends-yes I already have some friends : ) I have Spanish class in the morning for 4 hours from 8:30-12:30 and Technical Training in the afternoon from 2:00-6:00. I am in the advanced language class and we are being given the opportunity to do projects in the city as well as learn another indigenous language over the next 3 months. It's a wonderful opportunity and I'm really looking forward to getting started. In Tech. training I am with the group of Integrated Education volunteers and we are all learning to plant gardens. We are going to be planting our own gardens in our back yards. It's an activity that is supposed to get the whole family involved as well as training volunteers on how to grow food. I spent 2 hours today digging up dirt but that is just the beginning. I'm gonna be working on it more tomorrow and of course over the next 3 months. Each day is pretty tiring but it goes by fast so I must be enjoying it! My host family is very nice. I live with a couple in their 40s, their daughter who is 15 but will be 16 soon and a little brother who is 3. Every family has animals and mine has cats (one is blind), dogs (one has a HUGE tumor between it's legs-scary!), a parrot (he speaks Quechua!), chickens, ducks and guinea pigs. They eat the guinea pigs here but I think my family sells most of theirs. My room is very nice (tile floor) and I have a flush toilet and shower (also tile) so I have a pretty nice set up! I am very happy and not sick...yet. Well that about wraps up my first post. I hope my pictures come out!Love,
Alana
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Alana,
Your blog looks great. The photos show a pretty nice house and patio. Do they cook outside and what are you eating? You have a lovely room. It reminds me of Robin's birding camp room that we had near Santa Cruz. I see the mosquito net. Take more pictures and of your family and friends, trainers, etc. I sent your blog to everyone so you should be getting some messages. I didn't send it to your friends as I guess you'll do that but the entire family and our friends have it. So glad you'll be learning Quechua. Tell me about the project sites you may work at.
So I'll wait for the next one but you can also email me separately. I'll buy a speedy card so let me know when to call.
Love you,
Mom
hola chica!! que rico que la estes pasando bien. Que tal esos muchachos bolivianos? Aqui estamos listos para la playa--una calor tremenda.
Sigue enviando fotos. (De donde es la montana?) Glad you're not sick. And don't say yet. Just boil your water :)
Abrazos!
Alana, you--along with your mom--are the best antidotes yet devised to Bush & Cheney's foreign policy. Best wishes for an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
Rich and Rise
wow! looks great! i cant believe u are there at last. is it getting colder? its getting hotter by the minute here and i dont like it. i hope u dont see any llama fetuses. >.< ew!
btw, postre is thriving. he's very happy and he's so cute! whenever i appear in the morning or afternoon to feed him, he swims out and hang around the top so he can get the food. he catches it or swims after it. he's got to be one of the coolest fish ever, but i keep thinking he needs a lady friend or something. oh well, btw he's not making bubbles so i think he's ok.
hope ur having fun!
love,
jennie patterson
Thanks for the comments everyone! The mountain picture was taken from the plane when we first arrived! I don't even know the name of it or if it has a name just that people we taking pictures of it :) The weather is lovely here! I'm glad to hear you all are liking the blog. Check out the latest post!
hey girl I think you are having a wicked time don south in the jungle. Anyway hope the garden grow well, but from experience of a garden at home, the pumpkin plant wont have enough space to grow. Um as for the rest good choices, low maintenance but you remember to water them. Oh i forgot that's how you killed your orchid the semester we lived together. Haha remember that? or did you just cut off the flowers? urgh i miss ya much. Don't be eating random stuff. That is just so "evil" to be eating those cute guinea pigs. lol anyway hope all is well
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