Mood: chatty
Now Playing: just had a great vegie lunch
Topic: Venezuela Trip
we were going to be doing a winter soldier event today but Chaves is returning so no one would of gone to it
we were still thinking of doing it but their onsite organizer had passed away yesterday so that led to a cancellation
we are all having a great time
we visited the ministry of education today ...i filmed him speak to our group in a very fancy office...
and now we just got back from a vegan lunch
Chavez arrives today and we are joining the crowds who are going to watch him drive by
I love their politics here
I am inspired by their social values and the importance they put on Humans before capital
it is super cool
it is smoggy ...and humid.... they drink most their liquids warm
TP is rare in many bathrooms ...better bring your own
no one puts tp in the toilet ...due to bad plumbing
no one from our group has gotten sick...just a little burned out
they have shoddy electricity ...wires exposed etc...and I do see some compact fluorescent bulbs in many places but it has much room for improvement
many people are selling stuff on the streets all over
they have phone call cell phones all over too
its a person sitting with a stack of phones ..that you just pay for your call
last night a lady let me and the lady organizer go into her own apartment to use her phone to call the states ...for free..wow ..
nobody has any video cameras unless we are near or at a TV station...they are rare
I am having a great time...if it wasn’t for the interpreters i would be lost
we are staying in a barrio which is a poor part of town ...
hope all is going well in the states
I return on a 8.20 am flight on Monday
LOVE - SOLIDARITY
joe anybody September 11 2009