So I've steeled into ny second homjestay quite nicely. The family has three kids, and the younger two are super outgoing. Within the first 10 minutes mof my being there, Meredith and I had gotten into a water fight with Mari, the younger girl who is 11. The living conidtions are very simple, but we have real beds and elecricity, so it's better than I might have thought. The one downside is that there is no toilet, not even a pit, so you have to go in the fields with the cows, which is a little awkward during the day.
We also started our first volunteer work site this week. We have been working for only two days and my hands are killing me. The first day I was working cutting rebar so the saw workj made my hands all itchy, and the second day I was hammering away extra plaster so we could put down stronger cement. My hands are so sore I can barly make fists. Fortunatly, I'll have today and tomorrow to recover.
We had a blast today at the big parade here in Cochabamba. Dancers from all over Bolivia come every year to the big parade that starts in the morning and goes for almost 24 hours. The first groups we saw were all dressed up in costumes. Acording to our guide Jean-Carla, every person who is in the military school has to preform in this parade for the first three years. One year of service is mandatory for all men, but optional for women.
Then after that came all the traditional dances fron all over the country. There was one that was super popular that reminded me of river dance. They all had bells on their boots and were dancing so they rang. There was one really famous touring group that had over 5,000 people in it from all over the country, and that was only one of the groups that cane to dance and preform. I took mover 200 pictures in the 5 hours we were there, so hopefully I'll have some time to upload a few things tomorrow.
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