Went to Punata, Cliza, Tarata, and somewhere else south of Cochabamba

Things in Bolivia are great. Everything (except US-imported stuff) is SUPER cheap. If you come visit, bring $$ to buy some stuff. I went on a trip all day today to the Campo (or countryside, basically) which was technically 60Bolivianos, or about $9. But it was actually paid for by Maryknoll, the missionary group I'm workin for. I'm looking up bus routes/fares to La Paz, which is about 6 hours north, and they're lookin to be about $25 B's... or just under US$4. (US$1=7Bolivianos btw). I'm goin to Santa Cruz next weekend for 3 days for $130... airfare included. I wouldn't bother with a plane and would rather take a bus, but the tour is with the Maryknoll Language Institute here... so I kinda hafta. My goal is to make it to all the countries that border Bolivia... so Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brasil. Looks like I might be goin up to Lake Titicaca in two or three weeks. The people here are AWESOME. Well, the Americans who are here are anyways... everyone is either studying spanish at the maryknoll language institute, is a priest, sister, or lay missioner... or on their way to being one of the above... so all people who seem to care about humanity in general. It's very cool. I tried to upload pictures a few days ago, but it didn't work... so we'll see what I can do. I think Tuesdays I will be at the maryknoll language institute, so I should be able to Skype then... starting in the early afternoon. But we'll see. Still getting my schedule set up, etc. I just picked a team of kids from the Nueva Vera Cruz escuela de apoyo (support school for poor kids in the parish where I live) to compete in a competition of area neighborhoods. I've got about 2 solid weeks to train them before games start. We'll see how it goes... first practices are tomorrow. Liz got sick last week with Amoebas... kinda surprising cause we all thoguht she'd get some communicable sickness like the flu because she works at a childrens' AIDS clinic. But she's better now. Such a sweet girl... Gettin to know the folks at the MKLI (Maryknoll Language Institute) better now... there's about 20 or so people I now know at the school... plus the McDade family... the parents are taking classes and the kids are... having an awesome couple of months in Bolivia. Freakin sweet. Remind me to do that when I have kids... Gotta Run Folks... Hasta Luego.