Cochabamba... I made it!

Hola...
1 chipped tooth, 2 nights before I leave the country, X hundred pounds in emergency dental treatment (yip, still hurting... the purse strings that is!) and 4 flights later... I am now in Bolivia! Phew!
Man alive, could only happen to me, as if I´m not enough of a worrier already!
But never mind, I made it. Although there were definitely a few moments when I wondered whether that would happen.
The night in El Alto, beside La Paz airport was certainly interesting, yip, good word.
Definitely not a touristy area, when tring to find food I was ´helpfully´ warned by a local boy not to go anywhere alone as it was really not safe, good stuff! Then, after a pretty sleepless night (Bolivians love their car horns!) the following day held an 8 hour wait in the airport again for my continuously delayed flight to Cochabamba, to say I was tired would be an understatement... I could barely function!
But so far it has definitely been worth it.
La Paz has ´snow-topped Andes´all around it, literally. And my new home of Cochabamba is dwarfed by huge green hills - a national park aparently - can´t wait to explore. Today is a ´special´day for the city as no-one is allowed to use cars, buses, or any transport at all except their feet or bike to raise awareness for the environment. It is so peaceful! And was pretty cool to see so many people out and about in the streets. I think I´ve been very lucky with my Bolivian family, they are lovely. But my Spanish will definitely have to improve!
As I have not been able to have my induction to the city or my new work until Monday this weekend has been a strange one. Not really knowing my way around Cochabamba, or being able to communicate that well with anyone I´ve had heeps of time to contemplate my life... na just joking, I´m not that deep really!
But I have braved a walk alone today and thought I´d say a little hello to this new blog thing and anyone who fancied reading it.
Hopefully the next few months of my life will be action packed and full of new experiences. Maybe I might even be able to raise a few smiles with my Bolivian children, if nothing more I´m sure my attempts at the language will give them plenty to laugh about!
Hasta Luego... better get back to the Spanish dictionary! x