Well. Here we are. A few days shy of the beginning. As this is my first blog, I don't really know what to expect from myself and my readers, but I figure we can explore this road together. As you may know, my post-graduation 'plan' leads me to Cochabamba, Bolivia, where I will be working as the Acting National Director of Environment Las Americas for about 2 months. I will be working on issues of Climate Change and Trash burning, work with university students and fellow advocates, as well as help organize a weekly radio show. As far as I know (read-wikipedia and word of mouth) Cochabamba is a large city (3rd biggest in Bolivia) and Environment Las Americas a non-profit eager for help.
For right now, I am trying to savor my last few days of clean toilets, drinkable water and salads you don't have to think twice about. And come Monday - who knows what I am in for. I am now standing on the edge of great change - peering out onto the horizon, but however hard i squint, i still can't make my future out. Yet I can already taste the smoggy air, the fresh orange juice from the street vendor, feel the micro (bus) sway under my feet, and feel my lungs strain for air in the high altitude. Bearing a typhoid shot in one are, yellow fever in the other I am ready to conquer the unknown.
Cheers - to new adventures! Salud - a nuevas adventuras!
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