Yikes!

So... I leave for Bolivia in two days! I am pretty stoked, pretty nervous... all of the above. The anticipation is killing me. I have finished packing my monsterous backpacking backpack (if only I was as hardcore as it looks) and my school bag ( which is bursting at the seams). Congratulations to me, I am going to throw my back out.

People have been asking me what I want to get out of this. Why Bolivia? Well for starters, I am not setting my expectations too high or too low... travel and life is very unpredictable so I am going to take advantage of every moment and take it as it comes. I chose Bolivia for its diverse beauty and culture. I chose it because I wanted a challenge; both personally and academically. I chose it because my gut feeling won.

I will be living in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is known as the city of eternal spring with average temperatures of 75-80 degrees. I will be thinking of all of you stuck with mounds of dirty snow and chilling temperatures ;). I will be staying with a very nice family of 5 in the heart of a city of 800,000 people. Isn't that bigger than South Dakota's population?

Anyway, I am very excited to embark on this new portion of my life. I will miss you all dearly and will keep in touch when I can.

More later...