So its finally here, my last day in La Paz, and true to form I have slept through most of it. Last nights celebrations were a little exhuberant and I was very grateful to have cancelled my last morning spanish class. This last month has gone by way to fast and I when I was wondering how I wanted to spend my last days, the first thing I considered was making a list of all the things I wanted to do and making sure they got done. But then I realized my experience here hasn´t really been the kind that you can check off as you go. Saw Monkeys, Check. Froze in Uyuni, Check. Played alot of peekaboo, check. Ate Salchipapas, Check. just doesn´t really cover it.
So I said screw the list and decided to bask in living in La Paz just as I have, for all its bizarre transportation rules, affection for organs as food, sliced hotdogs on fries, and breathtaking altitude. The last two weeks I have been on rotation at an orphanage outside the city and have been having so much fun. Gone is the pretense of work as a serious medical student, now I can just play like I have been wanting to for six weeks in the hospital. I am actually headed back there now, to get in a few short hours of fun before I jet off at 3:45 am tomorrow morning.
I didn´t expect the lessons that Bolivia has taught me, and while its hard to say how this will affect my decision to go into medicine, my time here has definitely been some of the most challenging, exciting and entertaining of my life. Thanks for listening and I hope I get to hear about some of your adventures to new worlds like Bolivia. Beso y buen suerte.
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