Some people are just hanging on the street dying. It's chaotic to say the least. Instead of curbs on the streets they basically just have a long line of trash burning up and down the streets. It smells worse than anything you can imagine. You can just smell the country rotting as the streets fill with trash and people. Just about every structure you see has some type of serious damage, most are just complete rubble. Families wait outside their broken houses for people like us to come dig out their posessions. Could you imagine? I can't. Now, let me walk you thru what I've seen..
The minute I step off the plane I Start dripping sweat. The heat is easily in the 110s as far as index goes. The sun feels like it's so close you could high five it. I had a shuttle I setup from the airport to camp and that was when I knew.... This is gonna be wild. I had a man driving me in a beat up jeep. The windshield completely smashed and he didn't speak more than two words of English. They drive like maniacs. No such thing as lanes here. This guy was cutting off everybody to get me there. I didn't realize til I got there that it was because of a high chance since I'm American I could be kidnapped. Mopeds own the road. Everyone is just honking as they drive and you rarely get over thirty km per hour. As you drive their are millions of people with baskets on their heads. Selling drinks to people driving and people will just stop in the middle of the street to buy them. As you drive, you just see poverty like you can only imagine. I felt like Leonardo dicaprio in body of lies in the middle east. It was a surreal site. I am still in shock. I got to the base, which is a half built nightclub that got ducked up during the quake and now live inside of it. No roof and constant farm animal noises. We have a backyard with roosters that cocoa a diddle doo all fuckin night. It's insane. My first night here was slow. Just chilled. Met a few people. Sweat alot. Puked once and called it a night. I didn't realize what I was in for the next day when I signed up to do rubble. I'll tell you what happened next time. Love you all, miss my friends and family. More importantly. It gives me the chills right now in this 100 degree weather just to tell you I'm so grateful for everything I have at home.....
God bless and pray for me.
Weiss. Out
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