Parte 2

Alright... so now I will attempt to write about some of the actual work we did during tech week. We stooped by a current volunteer´s site and filmed a little tv spot with the local school kids about environmental issues. I was really impressed with the kids. They were ready to go with scripts and had all of their lines and roles ready. The kids in the Chaco were also a lot more outgoing and extroverted that the kids we have spent time with in the valle of Coch. I know now I´ll never have a problem finding school boys to practice my Spanish with! It´s really great to practice with kids. You definitely feel like less of an idiot.

So we spent the afternoon going through a couple of practice rounds and filming. Then we spent the rest of the evening madly scrambling to edit the film in time to air it that evening at the school with the kids. We had some frustrating technical difficulties and unfortunately had to cut a lot of the footage, but we managed to include the most important parts (the kids skits). Luckily, nothing really ever happens on time in Bolivia so we didn´t feel to bad about the spot airing about an hour later than we had originally planed. But all the kids came back to the school and we all watched the spot together... 3 times in fact. In small towns there´s basically one tv station that is controlled by one guy and he pretty much decides what the town gets to watch. So we took over the station for the evening. The kids loved seeing themselves on tv and didn´t seem to mind that we had to cut some footage. We learned an important lesson - that it doesn´t have to be perfect to work.

The whole time we were in this little town this crazy guy always seemed to be where ever we were. Right as we walked into the hostel this guy comes out of no where introduces himself, shakes peoples hands, except for me... I got a sloppy kiss on the cheek. Then he walks into the bathroom, soaks himself under the shower. He walks back out and rambles on about something. Then we start to realize he´s kind of koo koo. Anyways, he was everywhere! As we were filming footage around town, in the school (no teacher ever told this kook to get out of there, why I can´t understand), standing by our table while we ate. After the screening of the spot with the kids we´re all clapping and getting up out of our seats ready to wrap things up and leave when he comes up to me shakes my hand and I can tell he´s going in for another kiss so I back up, but he´s still holding my hand so he awkwardly manages to kiss my shoulder. And everyone is watching this totally awkward scene. All the kids laugh and I try to get away as quickly as possible. Even as we where packing the car getting ready to leave town he appears again! This time with a latex glove on one hand and a stethoscope around his neck. I got into the car and closed the door. Man...I always manage to attract the nut balls.