We are here.

We have arrived in Kyrgyzstan!

First things: We have been doing 10-12 hour days of training and tonight we move in with our host families. It has been a lot of work so far, good work, and we expect a very busy next few months as well as we keep training for 6 days a week. The country is amazingly beautiful. Right outside our hotel is this snow-capped mountain range that is quite a sight, especially since there is nothing of the sort in Florida.

Interesting notes for our readers:
-The TP here is stretchy and gauze like. Somewhat rough but not to bad. It is brown and you don't flush it. Ever. You put it in a waste basket or bucket next to the toilet or outhouse hole.
-The Kyrgyzstani people drink tea (chai) with every meal. This has actually been quite good and all the volunteers have been very pleased with this arrangement.
-We had spaghetti for breakfast this morning. Odd... Even the trainers were surprised by this.
-The morning beverage to go with tea is some sort of sour yogurt drink. (I can't remember the name.) It is good with three spoonfuls of sugar. But not otherwise. I think Thomas and I are the only ones that actually really really like it though.

Our teacher and trainer is great and we are both having a really fun time. We are safe and enjoying ourselves here and learning a lot. Hopefully we will have more opportunity to call others and speak with you all soon. We will be getting a cell phone sometime soon.

Bye.