photos. score. :)

So there has been a lot going on.

And I can´t catch you up right now, because I should be writing a mid-term essay and trying to register and email my parents (btw, mom, dad, your emails aren´t working).

But, to make up for it, here, finally, are pictures. :) yay.

The view of the Andes near La Paz. Not the lack of anything growing on them, and the way the fog is in the valleys. I´ve never seen anything like this.

Here we are the first weekend at Carnival. Amazing. :) And wet. It´s like Mardi Gras (I´m told) except instead of throwing beads everywhere people throw water balloons (¨globos¨).

This is me and Zareen (from Pennsylvania, goes to Pitt State) up at El Cristo looking back on the town of Cochabamba.

Here we are at the school where I became a Bolivian brick mason.´[The Bolivians in the picture are the real masons who made sure we didn´t screw anything up. :)] Note my super awesome, obviously genuine Puma shirt, which I bought in La Cancha for less than 3 bucks.

This is Carolyn (from the Outerbanks, NC), Matt (from Pittsburg) and I in front of a riverbed that could, at any point, flash flood (oh my!). Again, another one of my highly fashionable 3 dollar shirts. This one bled that pretty blue color all over the rest of it when it was washed. :) Free tie-dye.

This is me and J (from Florida) eating massive hot dogs. (Yes, they have hot dogs in Bolivia... surprise!)

This is after a hard day´s trek through the silver mine in Potosi, where I contracted the black lung. (Just kidding, but I did get a cold)... Please no comments on how I look like a village person. Thank you.

This is the inside of the mine, and the leftovers of a celebration to honor Pachmama (Mother Earth). Apparently, the presence of me there (a woman) upset her and could have caused bad luck for the miners. But it was a miner that took us in, so I didn´t feel so bad. Plus, I found some silver in there and brought it out. So, technically, I´m a miner too.