alright.....i´m slowly figuring the computers here out. also, i was smart today and i bought myself more time.

i apologize if i repeat things. i forget between my journal, this blog, etc where i´ve written what.

san pedro is an interesting area. i´ve found the electricity goes out randomly and often normally for an hour or so. i woke up this morning with no electricity. i think the no running water thing is permanentñ however, i´m looking forward to my boss getting here so i can be more certain of the things i´ve sort of figured out through weird language barriers. the doctor i live with, milagros, and i are a funny couple sitting at the kitchen table both of us with dictionaries in hand.

yesterday i went to the grocery store and found that much seemed familar. they ahve small tiendas here similar to those in guatemala but also stores similar to meijers at home. a boy that i met here has sort of assigned himself to be my translator. he´s studying english and seems to be in love with everything american. everytime i spoke english his face lit up and he leaned forward to try and understand what i was saying.

the funny part of yesterday was visiting a dance school run by a friend of the family that i know here. the guy wants me to come back today to show him what i do, and then he wants to put me on a tv program. can you imagine? i´m kind of hoping it doesn´t happen. i think he also wants me to teach some dance there. this could be very interesting. i guess we´ll see what happens today. we also have many things to do to get ready for my boss and the group of people that he is bringing on saturday.

last night as i was reading i heard drums and singing coming from outside with a caribbean beat i looked out our window and there was a building across the street with the doors open and people singing. the doctor i live with told me that it was a church, but she wasn´t sure of the music. i think that here that kind of music is not for christians. i´ve also been told that christians here don´t dance.

yesterday we went to downtown san pedro. there was a small park in the center. also, there were many stores. a very large and beautiful catholic church....a beautiful fire station and most interesting to me was the city hall. it was very different. there were several very small offices with people doing paperwork in them. also two very large rooms with a table at one side with people working on paperwork. hperhaps the oddest thing for me was that anyone could just walk in. it seemed much more casual.

those are some of my first impressions of san pedro. the more i learn the more i am able to figure out which impressions are wrong and which are correct. it will be nice to have someone here soon who speaks english to help me sort through everything here.