Wow this place is ablsolutely fabulous. I really didn´t expect to love it this much but i do. Today we started shadowing and there are two trainees following one Volunteer, he has been here for almost 2 years. he took us hiking up a REALLY tall mountain, we didnt hike the whole way, occassionally you get rides from people and just hop in the back of their truck. its nice becasue you dont have to pay them and its a nice breeze. from the top we could see another island, the one with the volcano called FOGO. we have now come back to the capital for one night and thecity is absolutely crazy. MUCH different from the small town we have our training. i will post pictures of it when i get a chance to transfer them from my computer. i took the public buss system here in the city and everything is so cheap. for a half a chicken some fries and a coke it costs about 450$00 escudo which is roughly less than $4.00 and the food is delicious. there are a surprising number of french fries here and they are so good, but i never thought i would get that many here. these islands are growing fast and they are slightly more europeanized than mainland Africa. I like it, i look forward to travelling to the northern islands to see what its all about. well i need to go, i will post something again soon!