hot and happy :)

here i am hot, it is so dry ive had a continual bloody nose for two weeks, my feet are SO dry and dirty i dont even look at them, i have a mattress on the floor that might as well be a brick, i often step in sewage and most toilets are out of toilet paper, i buy food and i have no idea what it is or what is in it.

but yet i am so, so happy. this is my element :) this is truly where i thrive. this is where i was meant to be! i keep begging everyone to come visit because i am so overjoyed at the experience. the experience was a dream of mine and it is certainly living up to those expectations. i love being challenged and living uncomfortably. i could honestly live in south america my whole life.

anyway, here are a few pictures! i haven't taken many but there should be more fun ones this weekend. ericka and joel (two FINCA volunteers from Canada) and i are going to, on Sunday, "pick a random mountain and climb it." yep. thats our whole plan. there are just so many around the city and there isnt exactly vegetation up here...so thats our plan!

Aqui estan los fotos, aproveche!

Me near Plaza de Armas on the way to FINCA.

Cute little buddy waiting for his mom at FINCA.

Political things...

This is FINCA!

The soccer stadium for Inti Gas. It is really funny seeing the barren Andes in the background. You can't see any homes so it feels like they built a Stadium in the middle of nowhere!