I arrived in Lima at about 11 pm (they are in the same time zone as Minnesota in case you are wondering) and my bag was the LAST one to come off of the conveyer belt. Omar (the cab driver that Katie always uses) was there waiting for me with a sign with my name on it and he brought me to Katie's (and now my) apartment. As I turned the corner out the elevator on Katie's floor, she ran up from behind me and tackled me. I guess she was excited to see me too!
We stayed up for a while hanging out, but had to go to bed relatively early because I already went to work today. I went to meet with Dr. Bob Gilman, a doctor who does a lot of public health research down here. I sat through about 7 hours of meetings (mostly in Spanish...) before going back to his apartment with Katie. I am going to be doing a few rotations in the lab, where I will work with scientists studying tuberculosis, HIV, and chagas, among other diseases. I will also follow my roommate Miranda to Arequipa and also up north to see how the field studies work, and after that I will meet with Bob again to figure out what project I will be working on for the remainder of my time here.
After the meeting with Bob, Katie and I met up with Miranda and Beto to eat Anticucho (cow's heart).
I'm going to meet with another doctor tomorrow to figure out how I can shadow him for a few weeks to see how orthopedics is down here. I will continuously update my pictures on picassa, so feel free to check out all of my pics by clicking on the link to the right.
I hope all is well back home... don't forget to come visit me!
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Hi Dan,
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you made it OK. I had to smile at your airport comment as my flight to Valdivia had been cancelled at the last minute, alerting me only an hour before, and I had to beg Delta to transfer my ticket from American to their ariline. That's why, in Atlanta, the plane was held for me for the Santiago flight! Have fun and stay safe ( a mom spoeaking)
Pam