As Di Bambino

Bam Bam was second in his class on Wens in VT! And then yesterday he won his class. We are very happy with him. he comes out everyday and tries harder and harder!

YAY for Elise and Katrina

Elise and Katrina had good days on Danny and Splouchie in the middle adults yesterday! they got ribbons in every class. it seems Danny had a change of heart from friday where he was well i won't say! Katrina won both her equitation classes on friday! Saugerties must have a good vibe to it this weekend. Hope they do well today. I'm still waiting on test results. Hoping to fly home on tues. the dr is doing the best with what he has here. i just want to come home. i'm upset i missed the party at the archaeological site last night, but my health is more important. i'll keep you posted. good luck katrina and Elise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

medical care sucks

Did you know you can buy valium, zanax, sleeping pills and anything else you can imagine but no pain meds stronger than tramal over the counter but not percochet? they don't even keep pain meds in the hospitals. I had to go to the hospital for severe abdominal pain, did they draw blood, do a cbc? take a urine sample to see what is wrong. no they gave me 2 unknown shots that missed the vein and now my arm is huge! pushed on my abdomin and said that is really painful isn't it! 3rd world countries! the owners of my hotel are the best, they check in on me and make sure i have everything i need!They just sent me on my way. thankfully the doctor in huaraz is trying to help me, calling my doc at home and trying to get me a pain killer. he even ran tests. i'll keep you posted. can't wait to come home! hopefully dr grana willl help the situation and i can get the right meds and be pain free! I'm going to the site for the final day regardless, want to hand in my completed work and say goodbye to everyone. hopefully i will be back next year. i really liked working with all of them! there are GOOD people in this world

thai

there is a great thai restuarant in huaraz! can you believe it? tomorrow i return to the site, dr premitting. my lungs are congested again, yuck. thanks god for elise and ebay! i am able to replace the jackets i destroyed here, oops. i forgot to tell katrina my rite of passage at the new site was pot sherds. yuck and double yuck. cn classify ceramics with my eyes closed. how can you tell from a tiny little sherd what a vessel looked like. don't think you can but who am i? trepinations and culturally modified craniums! YAY!

PIA Wanduy

I have pheumonia and it sucks! The new site is beautiful, two of the tallest mountains in the Blancas are in our back yard. Huascaran is actually the tallest mountain in the Andes 6778 meters! Wanduy is the other, it's actually the mountain we are studying. Kevin and Alex are wonderful and very professional. Actually everybody involved is great, th girls are very friendly. i had to come back to Huaraz to get my laptop and see a doctor . who happend to tell me I have Phuemonia and have to take 3 things including Dexamethasone.... I'll be happy to get back tomorrow, hopefully. I'll stay in the lodge nearby and then move back into the house when I am well. Here some pictures. i miss Napoleon and Bam Bam!

gottwalds!

i walk into a camping/ climbing store in huaraz and saw caroline and her dad. i think they were as socked as i was. it was nice to see a face from the horseshow world. they are here to climb near where i start excavating with the columbians tomorrow so maybe i will see them again. yep it off to freeze in a tent for the next 10 days!

green cranium and butterfly vertebrae

I have been working with a group from university de los andes, bogota, columbia on a set of remains from the chavin culture. they are a little known culture, especially from a skeletal and funerary aspect from long before the inka, moche, wari, etc. the remains contain alot of subadults, infants and fetuses. lots of pathologies too. here some pictures