What did you do yesterday?Well, for me it had a pretty normal day, for a volunteer in Park Machia.In the morning I helped construction work, expanding the turtles fenced area from 5X8 meters to 10X13 meters. We even built a pool for them! Then I helped the girls working at the birds quarantine to scare off a loose monkey who tried to get into the cages and harm some birds or steal food. After that I picked up a machate and chopped coconuts off some trees in the j...

Bus station - exactly the way you imagine itOk... I know that I already wrote an entry today, but apparently - when you travel all alone you find yourself stuck in boring places from time to time with no one to talk to. So now i´m at the bus station, waiting for my 18:00 bus to Cochabamba to leave, hopefully it will drop me off in Villa Tunary as promised.At first I heard that it´s 6 hours drive, then it became 3. Now the person who sold me the ticket said that...

Hello friends!Finally was able to upload some pictures... will try to make my next entry interlaced with pictures as always.Take care!Gilad.

Santa Cruz - just for stopping by...It is boring in Santa Cruz... If you´re here for more than 2 days - make some plans!It´s my fourth day here and I feel like a local already. I still could get lost on the streets, but I know how to get to the Plaza Principal (September 24th Plaza) and back to the hostel with no problem. Yesterday I spent a whole day with 2 Australian friends - Elle and Tiffany. We had a wonderful time at Biocentro Guembe - It´s a park for bi...

Hola Señor, necessito nuventa diás por favor! Soy voluntar en el Machia parque.These were my first words in spanish, spoken to the Bolivian officer at the border control a minute before he granted my request and gave my my 90 days Visa in Bolivia.Apparently, you automatically get 30 days unless you ask for more (in spanish of course). Unless you come from the US - then you pay 100USD for a visa... They don´t like americans around here (just because the US trie...