taking it in

If you have watched the news, perhaps for a second across the bottom of your screen there was something about Bolivia.  In the past week there has been violence in the eastern provinces, road blocks and casualties.  Oh and the U.S. ambassador was ousted. Tonight they have declared martial law in one province where the violence escalated.

I am fine. La Paz is under no threat, which everyone here says is a surprise because usually the action is here.  I hope things will continue to settle and that the different factions will come into peaceful dialogue. 

In other news life here is swell. Right now I am taking it all in;  the people, the politics, the colder weather, the food (too much of it) and the beauty that lies in being in a new place.