Day Two, Cochabamba

Well we landed safely last night in Santa Cruz, where we met Ivan from CBM. We took taxi to the hotel and we all felt like we were on the Amazing Race. I was in a taxi with the three teens, and Ethan kept telling the driver Jose Carlos Vroom Vroom and he would start passing everyone. He was pretty cool, even though we could not speak Spanish and he could not speak English.

We got to the hotel we were supposed to stay at and the reservations were mixed up, so we then had to go to another just up the road. The first one was a three star we were supposed to stay in, and we ended up in a four star hotel instead. Before anyone gets excited, can anyone say the old White Spot in Kentville. That would have been a four star hotel in Santa Cruz, lol but we survived and were up early again to catch a fight to Cochabamba.

The we made our way to the CBM guest house which was not far from the airport. It is a court yard that is totally surround by walls with a great big date tree in the middle of it.

We had a great breakfast of eggs, toast, yogurt, and fresh Mango’s that taste nothing like you can get at home. They were definitely the highlight of the meal. We then went to church with Ivan, which was the Spanish service, and he did his best to interpret for us.

He then took us out to eat lunch at Puerto Madero's which everyone enjoyed and it was an adventure to try some Bolivian food. Ethan, Marcie, Emily and I tried the cows tongue and deep fried bananas to name a few. We spent the afternoon just catching up on some much needed rest from the last few days. Tonight we will have our orientation to the county with Ivan, which will be nice to get under way.

We are headed to Mizque tomorrow morning around 10 for a week. It is about from Yarmouth to Liverpool away from Cochabamba (150 km)but will take 3 ½ hours of driving to get there. We are not really sure what the chances for an internet connection might be, but will do our best.