It's been awhile...
2008-02-26, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hello everyone. It has definitely been awhile. I yet again have been busy with training things. We just got back from our week long technical trip to southern Bolivia. It was HOT HOT HOT. I can o...

My weekly update
2008-02-20, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

First and foremost, my apologies to everyone for not keeping you guys up-to-date with Peace Corps Bolivia. I have been here for a little more than two weeks, but it feels like a month. Training is p...

I'm still alive.
2008-02-16, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hey guys, I have been really busy with training these past two weeks. It's hard to write long entries because i have to plan ahead and write them and then get into the city to find an internet cafe. ...

Food in Bolivia
2008-02-08, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

So I have been pretty lucky in the fact that I haven't gotten sick from the food in Bolivia. However, that doesn't mean that the food is good. So when we first got here, we were told that women tend...

Carnaval
2008-02-05, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

So the past few days have been pretty slow because of the holiday, Carnaval, which is like Mardi Gras. Here they like to throw water ballons and shoot people with water guns. I have only been shot a...

I have arrived!
2008-01-30, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hello everyone! I am alive and kicking in Cochabamba, Bolivia. That is in the mountains of central Bolivia. Bolivia is the size of Texas and California put together, so that is a lot of land mass t...

I m traveling once more, in another city
2005-06-28, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: mynewlife

I find myself in a city thats smaller but warmer in Bolivia called Cochabamba, I found an old school friend I hadnt seen in 7 years. He brings back old memories of school and the young life. I will st...

A change of name
2005-04-27, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: bleschu

From now on on my travels my name is Louisa...The blank looks, puzzled faces and looks of horror when ever I say my name is Kirsty to a Bolivian is starting to get to me!

You`re in the Pampas Baby!
2004-11-12, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: viajeros

For three days the theme song was none other than "Welcome to the Jungle".... Although we were only nearby the jungle, and actually in the pampas, it was everything one would imagine the jungle to ...