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so it has been a little while since i have written but alot has happened. I ain´t goin into it all but i will tell alot. First i am now going to live in Villamonte. A town much different then where i thought i might go before leaving the US. i did not pack thinkin i would have electricity. so i am now goin to a town of 20,000 people. we have electricity, hot water, telephone, and you guessed it a freakin cell phone. to think i was so happy to leave that at home. But i am actually very happy about all of it. i can now keep in touch with home a lot easier and there will be restaurants and supposedly the best fish in bolivia. my site is going to be like arizona by being really hot (100-120) and really dry. but i think i can hack it.I am really pumped about bein able to keep in touch with everyone and believe it or not but ya´ll are a huge support network for me. I am also going to have a site mate. the guys name is peter and i get to meet him next mon. WOOHOO!! he is in basic sanitation. The really freakin rad thing is that i have a veryyyy good possibility of getting a horse for my transportation. so i also get a best friend. that would be really bad ass!!

Well tech week was cool but too long to talk about. we went to some places, saw some things, were cramped into a scooby doo van, and did alot of work with bolivians (which was alot of fun). Two pretty exciting things was that our van was on the national news down here cuz we got stuck in a blockade for a while and the news channel drove by and and was recording. so scooby doo van is famous. oh yeah they have blockades in the road for if the people aren´t happy. It is really awesome cuz the people express theor opinion so much and so actively here. if the gov. ain´t doin right then they blockade the only road leavin and all traffic stops. it can last for days also. The other interesting thing is that i had to give a presentation to a group of people. that group of people was the bolivian army of engineers. so that was interesting with lines of camoflaged people listening to me and matt. other than that i think i might bore some folks. oh yeah we also built some irrigation ditches out of old 2 liter bottles. by cutting the top and bottom off and forming a pipe.
it is always good to hear from everyone and i thank ya´ll for checkin up on me. for graham the lovely of bastards: you should be able to get in touch with my dad by his work number which is toll free it is 1-800-277-8966. the cell number is 1-205-908-0302. i could be wrong on that but the work number is right. so everybody try and not prank call him but if it happens it happens. chow and love you all.