¡Estoy Aquí!

Got lost in Sao Paulo airport (wrong terminal... fun rush to the right one!) but apart from that everything went smoothly. Got picked up and taken to my host family's house (actually a flat but it's GIGANTIC and has two floors which I'm childeshly amazed by) and got to unpack all my things (in the two wardrobes I was given and a load of drawers... good job... I've filled them all up already) and just chill out. Met the family and the 'helper' who both have gorgeous daughters. BABIES! Love it :) No one in the house speaks very much english which means I've spoken at most 5% english. Are you proud Sra Amoah?

So that's the house... Now for the city. Cochabamba is massive but everything is really easy to get to becuase of the crazy transport sytem they have. You basically stand on the side of the road and stick your hand out and get on, pay 15p and it takes you where you need to go. Then when you want to get off you shout 'A la esquina' (at the corner) and it stops wherever you want. Even on the highway, but I've not tried that yet! If you don't want a bus and would prefer a taxi you walk about 2 steps and one beeps at you and then you walk another 2 steps and another one beeps at you. So there is no excuse for missing the bus or saying you have no way of getting to a place! It's also really hot... I'm currently using factor 60 suncream so I don't burn (which I'm sure you'll be glad to hear Heidi!).

I've been to La Cancha... a masive market selling everything you can possibly think of! There were chicken feet (yuck) and even cows feet I think (which was an even bigger yuck!) and I dont think I've ever seen so much fruit in one place. So colourful! Today I went on a little walk around the area I'm in and am currently sat in a little internet cafe out of the sun for a bit that costs 20p an hour. Everything is so cheap here! Me and the fam went out for a meal yesterday for lunch (3 courses for 3 people and a baby) and it cost 76 Bolivianos which is about 8 pounds. BARGAIN! A litre of beer is also 40p but unfortunatly the drinking age here is 21... which is a mega FAIL!

Anyway... that's about it for now. I start my placement on Tuesday so I'll let you all know how it goes!

A x