malcorancho

so i just finsihed a week in the rural pueblo of malcorancho. ill admit i was a bit worried at first, all the natives i spoke to gave wierd looks when i told them i was staying in the pueblo for a week. but it was awesome. and beautiful. every home owns their own feilds to grow their own crops and every family has their own cows or chickens and geese. huge hogs wander the fields and the dogs roam the streets in the day. the colors in the campo are beautiful. the fields and so green, and the sky so blue. and like clockwork, its sunny and hot until noon, and then huge thunder clouds come over the mountains and cover the sun for the rest of the day. giving us workers a huge relief. i prefer the cloudcover. i almost think it makes the colors of the earth look even richer. and i loved my host family. there was a 4 year old daughter, a 14 year old daughter, and a 23 year old son. the parents are so nice and welcoming. and sarah and i, my roomie, became really close to andrea the 14 year old daughter. they feed us so much lol. they just want us to be perfectly content. and our house...cant complain. we have a toilet and shower....enough said. so we got into the routine that every day we would wake up and leave to walk 3k to the school in a neighboring town called viloma. there we would slowly but surely build the classrooms untill 12. take an hour break for lunch, and then get back at it untill 3 30. its very demanding but very satisfying work. the clouds provide such a huge relief from the sun. and then we would go home, shower, eat, and sleep. the week went by so fast. i couldnt believe it. o and one night we all met up at the leaders house and ahd salsa lessons!! they were great. its actually not that hard. well for me it wasnt lol. that was a great night. and another night we all got together and just chilled and watched a movie. group activities are very fun. i got sick the last two days from dehydration, i know stupid me, but im all better now. i just have to remember to drink lots and lots of water on the work site. o and another thing. the kids at the school are teaching us a native dance. we have to perform for them on tuesday. quite nervewracking. we practice at the school during lunch with a few of them. the kids love to watch us work. its so funny. and they love to watch us eat. they wont talk to us, just stare while we talk and eat and work. there are a few who are brave enough to talk....but not many. but they love to help out. a 3 year old came with his mom and tried to shovel cement. it was the cutest thing ever. today the group is relaxing at an eco spa. and tonight we head back to malcorancho for two more days to finish the classrooms. untill la paz!!