South America

Hi,

I havent posted in awhile so I just wanted to write a quick one until I have time to upload some pictures and the daily chain of events (maybe Tuesday or Wednesday).

Since the last post, Scott and I travelled around the southwestern part of Bolivia and northern Chile for about 5 days. The trip was pretty awesome and we have a lot of good pictures. If youve seen Scotts pictures then you know what I mean..... if not I will post them soon.

Ive been in Santiago for the last 5 days or so and Im living in Scotts appartment at the moment. We are taking 4 hours of Spanish classes every day and having a good time. After Spanish class is over at 1PM I have a lot of time to wander around, relax and read. Ive actually been reading quite a bit lately. I read Deception Point by Dan Brown and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Right now Im reading The Broker by John Grisham. Its pretty easy to kill a 400 or 500 page book in a day or two when you have the time I spent a lot of time last week looking for 2 books that I really want to read. One is called Marching Powder and is about the life in San Pedro prison (see below), and the other is called Shantaram about a guy who escapes from prison in Australia, moves to India and becomes a doctor in the slums (i think). Anyone read either of those?

Holger sent me the below link....thanks Holger. Its about the San Pedro Prison that I talked about in my last post. There are some pictures and some information about how crazy life is in the prison. Check it out!!.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/
picture_gallery/06/americas_inside_a_bolivian_jail/html/1.stm