Fri 19 Feb

Today I woke up early and met up with Javier so we could go to La Paz. We walked down the mountain and picked up the car and we were off to La Paz. Once we started driving, I found a CD with a bunch of Bolivian music on it and Javier and I jammed to it all the way to La Paz. Javier especially liked the song Loba by Shakira and I think we must have listened to it about 15 times throughout the whole trip. Once we got to La Paz, we went to the bank to take the money out. I had forgotten my passport so it was extremely hard to get the money out. After going to about 7 different banks, I got out about $800 so we decided to go with it. After some searching we found the store and bought two weed whackers for about $360 each. With the rest of the money we first purchased spare parts for the weed whackers, then safety equipment for the students such as leather gloves for working, safety goggles, and breathing masks for dust in the wood working shop. After our shopping spree, we took a taxi back to our truck and we were on our way back to Carmen Pampa! Also Shakira was also a big hit on the way back and we must have listened to it another 10 to 15 times. When I got home, I was just in time to have a quick dinner, then go to the dance the University has hosting to welcome the new students. When I got to the dance, the students were in their ordered line dancing but I didn’t let it get to me this time. This time Sarah and I went right into the middle of the line and started dancing until the lines were messed up. The music was great and my friends taught me how to dance the Bolivian music. Later it started raining but the students kept on dancing until the party was over. We were soaked but I had so much fun!! After I took a shower then went to bed.