So, we had fun in La Paz. It`s a big city... insane, dirty, chaotic, and culturally very mixed. Cholitas mingle with business men on cell phones, men run around in funny colored hats not giving people like me a second look. I didn`t get altitude sickness, but was super duper tired. We saw the monoliths at Tiawanaku...aMAZing. Unreal the kind of precise angles and designs these ancient people could make with only the simplest instruments.
We went to Copachabana (totally a hippie town) on Lake Titicaca... the lake is an unreal blue color (not at all like the murky green I was expecting) and we went to Isla del Sol. A long, hot hike, but definitely worth the gorgeous views of the lake. We then returned home. I felt like I spent a lot of that weekend in a vehicle of some sorts, but I guess you have to enjoy the ride as well, right? It can`t all be waterfalls and dinosaurs.
After a whirlwind last week in Cochabamba, seeing all those I wanted to say goodbye to, visiting all the restaurants I couldn`t live without, saying goodbye to my John Brian and other children, seeing one last futbol game, and having a great big goodbye weekend, (oh yah, and writing some final papers.. haha), we`re in Samaipata, Bolivia (Santa Cruz - the beach without the sea) chilling for a week. I`ll try to update when I can!
Oh, and, by the way, I somehow completely lost my voice and now sound like an old man.
That`s what Bolivia will do to ya, I guess. :)
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Hope you're feeling better by now. I know it must be hard leaving a place you've lived for 4 months, but we are soooooo looking forward to seeing you! Can't wait until Tues. night (or Wed. morning) :o) Have a good flight. I love you and am praying for you. Mom
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