In Santa Cruz

So I´m in Santa Cruz. Its really hot, but I like the vibe of the city. It kind of reminds me of Miami. So I just got back from visiting my site this week. It was an interesting experience. I´ll be working with the mayor´s office and a regional government agency called Mancomunidad. Its kind of like a regional government with 7 municipalities in the section that I´m working in.

I told my counterparte that I have an administration degree she she wants to take advantage of that. I´m pretty happy about. I´ll still be doing some environmental ed stuff, but I think I´ll be working more with artisenian groups and local ecomomic development committees. I´m glad that I will be able to work with the local governement since that´s what I want to do in the future.

My living situtation there is nice. Warm showers, and flushing toliets are a plus. I never imagined this as being my Peace Corps expierence, then again everyone´s Peace Corps experience is different. Some people in my group don´t have showers and toliets, it just depends on the community. My host family is very friendly and helpful. In three weeks when I start working will be the big change. But this afternoon I´m going back to Cochabamba for two more weeks. It´ll be nice not having the sticky sweaty feeling for two weeks, then I get it again at my site.

I thinking of setting up a mailbox at the city thats about 1 hour from my site. Otherwise all the mail at the Cochabamba address will be forwarded to me in Santa Cruz, but I´ll get the Santa Cruz out there next week when I have access to it.