We arrived!

Well after months of planning and anticipating we arrived in Bolivia Monday morning around noon. It was a very long day of delays while traveling but we were just happy to be here. Total travel time was 27 hours from when we left home until we were picked up at the airport.
We met up with a girl in Miami and traveled the last flight with her. When we got to Santa Cruz she didn't have any of her luggage. Fortunately we had all of ours and she received hers the next day. We were picked up by a couple and their daughter and taken through the city a bit to a waiting brunch. Santa Cruz is set up on a Circular ring system so we were on the 6th ring and it is the newest so my first impression was wow construction. The closest city I would compare Santa Cruz with is Cairo, Egypt. There is trash everywhere and the traffic is a wild ride to say the least. We ate a wonderful brunch and met everyone in our compound and then they showed us our apartment and we crashed and slept.
After a long nap we woke up and I looked at Grants digital watch upside down and panicked because I thought it was 9 o clock but it was 6. Our neighbors had us over for dinner with the two other newbies. We played cards and talked until late. It was a little overwhelming but once we had slept everything looked a lot brighter. Overall a good adventure and nothing to complain about.