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Saturday, Mama Lou Lou was in bed with hopefully her final bout of Bolivian Belly, otherwise it´s off to the hospital for a parasite test - yuk. Actually, there were a few large drinks the night before, so could have been that! Sunday we went to a footbal match with a bunch of other volunteers from around the globe. Cost near Man U prices at 2.50 (no pound sign on this keyboard). Bought our polystyrene squares so we could sit on the redhot concrete terrace - it was up in the 90s - but as all physicists know, polystyrene conducts heat, so we sat there sweltering, as the sorrounding crowd sangs their chants to the the tune of ....you guessed it, Bonnie Tyler!!! and Rivers of Babylon, before hurling shredded phone book pages and fireworks around. The game was shockingly bad, but sitting with the mountains around us and vendors calling out thier wares, between the bands bands and singing, it was a great experieince. The hilight though, was when the riot police who had been protecting the corners from debris, had to surround the ref and assist him off the pitch at the end of the match, as he disallowed the away team's final goal. We headed off to the bars to celebrate the 2-1 victory and watched as the fans commited every ASBO breaking celebratory act that they could.
We were awoken Monday morning by the usual megaphone wielding fruit man, then the icecream horn honking man, then the loacl street dog howls. Who needs an alarm clock? Tio (uncle) Tennis y Mama LouLou worked in seperate houses, with Tennis providing play activities and LouLou preparing lunch for 30 kids. Cutting up watermelon as someone serenades you by pan pipe is a good way top spend a Monday! Then it was bread selling again. Lastnight we went to a traditional dance festival which was v entertaining and would easily win a dance off with a Morris dancer.
The rainy season had so far failed and the maize planting is delayed and water is on the verge of rationing, but lastnight there was the mother of a thunderstorm and there were moments when we thought the roof may fall in with the crashing! This morning the only evidence of the torrential rain was a few small puddles and the clouds so low you could touch them, as hopefully the pic shows, we really are very high up here!
Worked this morning and were left with a class, so they got paperchain men, aeroplanes and snowflakes. LouLou went to Spanish and then sorted a possible link with a sex work project. Hope to also get to visit some of the prisons - intersting, but a bit scary! We have just done our stint of cooking at the main house and Thursday we are bringing apple suace for the massive Thanks Giving dinner. Hmm, celebrating the founding of America, not sure that is one to be proud of! Tomorrow there are some lawyers doing a talk on the new Bolivian constitution, but all in Spanish, so not sure what we will uinderstand.
Made good friends with some older volunteers, so now have a group for socialising with. Work is interesting, but think we need to get out into the city in the evenings and weekend, to get a feel for the place, as playing ¿Que hora es Señor Lobo? doesn't really capture the sociopolitical landscape!
So, will write again soon, missing you all, but not the weather! Love to friends and family
L&T xxxxx
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