Around the Country in 2 weeks
In and around Bolivia
It´s hard to believe the last time I wrote was so long ago and I´m sorry it took so long. I have a bunch of blogs on my laptop waiting to be posted but will have to wait till we are at the Grays. This is not a laptop country for sure. I´m at an Entel right off the main plaza using one of their computers. Anyway, today is August 2nd I think and we´re in Cochabamba, all healthy. The three older ones had music lessons this morning in quena and zampoña. The boys are doing really good and I´m coming along too.
You guys can look forward to hearing about our adventures in Sucre, Potosi, Uyuni, and La Paz. The altidude here seems so nice in comparison and the nights don´t seem as cold either.
HUGE PRAISE- Mom´s passport is ready to be picked up tomorrow! Uncle Carlos helped out and then yesterday and this morning Mom made the rounds of getting the missing birth certificate, ID, and marriage certificate. The passport was a major concern and now we can be confident that we all get to leave the country together!
As far as homesickness goes, on long car trips my mind definately is mostly in the States, I´ll be really happy to be back. 6 weeks is pretty long.
Tomorrow we´re possibly heading to the Chapare, the jungle area closest to where we are. This is an area our grandma Pilar pioneered in the area of selling merchandise. We´re spending the night there and then returning, so it´ll be a full two days.
August 12th right now is our next big date. That is when all of mom´s relatives will trek to Aunt Lucy´s house for a salteñada that we´re hosting. It´ll be an afternoon full of music. Our cousin Tito, one of Bolivia´s best charangists, is bringing a friend and they´re playing, the Tapia sisters are singing, Sarah is dancing, we´re doing our music, Jonny his magic, and we may even have our music teacher, Luis Rojas, come play with us on the Bolivian instruments. He also has a studio where he says he wants to record us. Man, we need to practice.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Karatona
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Donde Estan mis guapos?
Thursday July 20, 2006
“Donde estan mis guapos?”
Oops, I mean, “donde estan mis guantes”!
Spanish is coming along slowly but alwa... Continue reading »
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Sick in Sucre
Sunday July 23, 2006
This is a bad thing. The last time I wrote was Thursday and now it’s Sunday and we haven’t left Sucre yet. We did spend... Continue reading »
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Potosi
Potosi:
We were able to first-hand experience a Bolivian blockade. Gotta love it when you ask the reason and the people don’t know. We saw a... Continue reading »
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Content to Sing the Same Song over and over
Uyuni::
We talked with a 33-year old social-worker/nutrition researcher in the hotel. (Damiella?) It was very nice because she knew English s... Continue reading »
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Better and Update
Thursday July 27, 2006
We are now in Copa Cabana. We have been traveling since midnight last night from Uyuni, on a very nice train, to anoth... Continue reading »
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The Rest of the Travels
Monday July 31, 2006
We’re back in Cochabamba! It’s nice to be back, I was ready to return from all the traveling. Uncle Carlos is returning... Continue reading »
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The note from Jonny
I just had my hair cut for the first time by a "professional". It´s now really short. Continue reading »
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