Santa Cruz

Finally, a place thats hot and I dont have to always wear a jacket, and theres palm trees! We arrived in Santa Cruz yesturday afternoon after a half hour flight. Our firt stop was Dumbo's ice cream shop. They also had one in La Paz and most of the group had been to that one and loved it but a few of us hadent tried it yet. It was really just a big ice cream shop with lots of flavours, it was no Marble Slab, but it was nice to eat ice cream instead of hot chocolate. Then we chilled out and went to dinner at an Irish pub.
Today Chloe and I decided to go to this butterfly farm thats 30 minutes outside of town. It has the largest butterfly sanctuary in the world. They also had lots of orchids. We planned to go for about 2 hours and then come back to town and go gocarting with everyone, but once we arrived we knew we were going to stay all day. We went to see the orchids and butterflies. It was a fun game trying to get good pictures of the different butterflies. Then we went and ate lunch at the resteraunt there. We met a couple from Bolivia, but they've lived in LA for the past 20 years, and then another couple from the USA who were missionaries. There were these pools there that were really pretty with waterfalls and stone steps and stuff. So we spent the rest of the afternoon in our bathing suits lounging by the pool reading, tanning and swimming. The rest of the group was really jelous when we told them, and they thought it would be boring!
Tonight is our last night in Bolivia. We have to fly to the border at 1 in the morning, then arrive at 330 AM and take a 6 hour bus ride. THEN take a 6 hour PICKUP TRUCK ride into the Pantanal, which are Brazils wetlands.Its going to be a lONG day. Were going to spend a couple of days camping and sleeping in hammocks and wildlife watching. This next week is really busy and we'll be in remote places so, Ill be out of touch for the next week.