Saying whats up to the homies....

Although I have not updated my journal in almost two months things in my site are finally beginning to improve. The relationship that I have developed with my host family since arriving in Sicchez has relinquished any and all desires I might have had about returning to the states. While life in a foreign country (be it a 3rd world country) remains difficult, I have finally become accustomed to the relaxed lifestyle and the inexcessability of goods/items that I once took advantage of in the states internet access, Directv, phone service...on my parents dime of course...and a variety of foods). In exchange for the technological services that I once viewed as second nature are the stories of my sister, the books from the Piuran library (& books sent by family members) and the phone calls from people close to me. While not having reliable internet access, satellite television and phone service inhibit´s ones ability to stay in contact with news and more importantly friends and family, the electronic limitations of my town have not (yet) been the source of much frustration.