Hello everyone. Today I had a day full of needles...it began with me having to learn how to test myself for malaria, which required me pricking my own finger with a needle and squeeze the blood out onto a slide. It was not my cup of tea. Then I got 5 shots in the afternoon for vaccines. The good news is I'm all done with needles!

We were able to go to the cultural center today and saw some amazing traditional sand drawings and the tour guide played a wonderful song on his wooden flute. The culture and traditions here are fascinating. It is wonderful to be surronded by people who value what they have and do not waste any of it.

Things I'm finally getting used to:

1)All the people who ride around in back of thier trucks. I thought they were going to fall out at first, because the drivers go zooming around the corners. But, so far so good! It's just cool to see because it is illegal in the states.

2)The over population of dogs. They are all over the place, but you just have to pretend you are not scared of them and they will go away.

You should hear more from me tommorow. I am trying to use the internet as much as I can this week. Lots of love from the Pacific!