First Days in Site

counter part day. friday april 9th. we met our future "co-workers." immediately there after around 5:00. we, sarah (my new site mate that works in water sanitation) paul (fellow volunteer that was jaloning a ride), and myself head off to santa rosa in a pick up. through mountains and winding roads. . . forgot to take my miracle pill . . . "dramamina," but didn´t manage to get sick. . .thank goodness. . .santa rosa, a beatiful quaint city with cobble stone streets, a fairly large city, but with lots of personality. from my understanding, there was a major overhaul couple of years back to "beautify" the streets. neon signs and crappy advertising are not allowed. you won´t see TOO much trash here either, which is pretty refreshing. to my surprise, this morning on my way to get me a baleada (you should try them they are fantastic) as i was eating a banana (yes, i was eating on my way to go eat hee hee) little old lady that was sweeping the street asked for my cascara (my banana peel) to put in her little garbage box. i was in shock but pleasantly surprised. i gave that little old lady my banana peel and walked away with a big grin. taking buses, walking down the street, people watching all you see is litter, people throwing garbage. . .bags of it right out the widow. the glow off the mountainside in the obscure darkness from trash burning. the choking fumes. . . so as you could imagine that little old lady and her "deme la cascara" MADE MY DAY.