Well, I am FINALLY leaving for Bolivia! Shortly after I received word that my visa had been approved, I got the call. I am leaving from Logan at 2:45pm on Thursday. Although I am not a big fan of flying, I get to fly down with Rachel, so hopefully having company will make it slightly better. It's going to be a long day of travel. First, we fly to Miami, where we will have a 5 hour layover, then we will be leaving to fly overnight to Bolivia around 11pm. We are stopping in La Paz (the capital of Bolivia) for a bit, then continuing on to Santa Cruz, and arriving around 8am. We get to hang out at the airport for a while in Santa Cruz, and then at 2:30 on Friday afternoon we get on a plane for the final flight to Cochabamba. So when all things are said and done, we will have traveled for approximately 24 hours. Please pray that we will have smooth flights, and not miss any connections along the way!
Although I am excited to go, it has been a little weird saying good-bye to people so far. I went to a wedding yesterday (which was a blast, congrats Matt and Ashley!!), and it was weird to think that I will not be seeing any of my friends for about a year. Thank goodness for technology such as skype and email! I am not looking forward to saying bye to my family on Thursday, but I know that once I do, I will be fine.
In completely unrelated news, I have a little story about an adventure that I took last Friday. My friend Lauren and I went hiking up Wachusett last week, and it was a day filled with pain and agony. I pulled my groin somehow in the first mile of the hike (which in total was about 7 miles), and gutted it out for the rest of the hike. Being out of shape did NOT help the situation either. About halfway into the hike I also realized I had a nasty blister which was slowly getting larger and more painful. My friend Lauren was also in severe pain throughout the whole hike, as she most likely was feeling the effects of some amoeba or parasite that she picked up while in Cambodia. Needless to say, we were pretty much silent on the way back, while I limped and felt like I was going to die, and Lauren was trying to hold back from being sick!! After it was all said and done, I was pretty dehydrated despite my best efforts in hydrating myself, and am still in pain from both my blister and groin injury. I don't think I will be hiking again anytime soon, even though it was a beautiful day and amazing to be outside!
Please keep in touch!
-Sarah
HAHAHA!!! Some how I missed this post before :) You loved every minute of our little adventure- don't lie! Now the Andes await you! Should I have the opportunity to visit, I'm dragging you with me!
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