Have me in your thoughts...

I'm leaving for Cochabamba, Bolivia tomorrow afternoon. I fly into Miami, then Santa Cruz (in Bolivia, no California), and then reach my final destination of Cochabamba early on Sunday morning. I'm a little anxious but mostly excited... it's going to be hard trying to speak Spanish again and being surrounded by people who won't understand anything else... I worry about my own safety and health. But I know it's going to be an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience. When else am I going to be able to just go somewhere for three weeks because I felt like it? Plus I'm getting academic credit for it!

I'm going to certify my rank order list today... again, some anxiety but more excitement...

Stay tuned for stories from Bolivia next time...

(here's a picture I took on the airplane at the Denver airport, of a most stunning sunrise...)