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We're going to Nueva Segovia, in the North, a tropical savanna with fertile land and temperatures between 75 and 80 degrees F all year round, supposedly. They grow corn, beans, and sugarcane there, as well as raise cattle for milk.

Kris is still fighting this virus off. She gets fatigued extremely easily. She´s going to get more tests done in Estelí tomorrow, since she had diarrhea twice today. Her host mom takes fastidious care of her. She worries over Kris amlmost as much as her real mom. Kris gets the day off tomorrow to rest.

It looks like more rain is dues oon. Hurricane Wilma is smacking the Yucatan (the 4th Carribean hurricane this year, I might add). They say this is the rainiest season in 30 years. Lucky us. I read in Newsweek about the destruction of New Orleans by Katrina. I'm not sure what to think, exactly. It's terrible, the damage caused. I don't really understand the scope very well. What can people do against such devastation?