The last couple days have been very uneventful and relaxed. A bit of a theme is developing here...luckily it's not going to last long. My Spanish lessons were moved to 11:30 and I got a new teacher, Lis, for my last 2 Spanish lessons. We've mostly been focused on the past imperfect tense - so basically how you say things that happened regularly in the past as opposed to happened once/were one event. It's a lot more fun to talk in this tense, mostly because -ar v...

Just 5 more days in Bolivia. 5! In a week's time I'll be in Lima! Time goes by so quick and a big part of me can't really imagine leaving this place. La Paz feels so much like home now. I feel so familiar and safe in Sopocachi and the surrounds. Whilst when I first arrived in this city I felt unsafe walking around, now I feel like I can walk around the whole city. La Paz is a much better city to live in like this than visit as a tourist. I'll miss how cheap it is...

Today's been another interesting day. Got my first draft back from Caro, with as expected a few negative comments. I need to rejiggle the article, and make it less descriptive. I headed down to Mercado Rodriguez, walking past the notorious San Pedro prison. It's a local vegetable market and a great little insight into local life. After having lunch in the street food market of Mercado Lanza, I took a minibus back to Sopocachi. Later this afternoon me Marion an...

Yesterday La Paz was cloudy and moody, meaning my visit to La Paz's largest park, Parque Metropolitano, was a tad depressing. The place had the feel of a Northern beach town in December, and largely consisted of empty theme park rides. That evening we went to another barbecue, this time at the house of a friend of former long-term intern Anna Grace, once again in La Paz's swanky south although this time in the neighbourhood of Cala Coto. Compared to Friday's ...

The last few days have been very chill. Very. I pretty much collapsed into my bed when I got back from the jungle and fell asleep at about 8pm. I feel my stomach illness has now been replaced by a cold, but at least I can eat! Having done my first drafts, I'm just waiting for what happens next really as everything seems to be going slow. Guessing next week maybe a bit hectic. Last night, me and fellow intern Charlie (from Kiribati but grew up in Ethiopia) hea...