Red and white blood cells look COOL!

Today has been a pretty good day actually. After sorting out a whole load of chaos with the people on the health project ("but you´re doing eco-tourism, aren´t you?!?"), and stumbling along in Spanish, I finally got placed, in Es Salud in Calca, about 25 mins away by combi. Tuesdays I´ll be working in the lab, and Thursdays on a project surveying the correlations between gastro-intestinal cancer and abestos in the water supply. Sounds wicked cool. So today I was in the lab for the morning, examining blood and urine samples for infections and anaemia, which was REALLY intersting! Normally I´m only allowed to look at stomata with a microscope! And I got a groovy lab coat and mask - pretty hot though.

After yummy lunch (rice soup, rice, something yummy and chicha - and papaya with lúcuma yoghurt - mmm...), went to Spanish class and learnt much new stuff - sure by Monday will have forgotten it all though - oops.

Off soon for dinner with los otro voluntarios, possibly out for a few later, but not too much as have to make a ring tomorrow.

Ooh, and British peeps, you should listen out for the "Gasolina" and "Tengo Una Camisa Negra" (yeah, Alex and Rachel! It´s playing now!) songs on Radio 1 - wicked!