Blogs from Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 28

My last day in sucre, and although sad I am excited. It is el dia de la madre today, because in 1812 or something the mothers rose up when their men had been killed and fought off the spanish. go madres! I woke up this morning at 7 (to set the scene i have been ill for 2 days, and hadnt eaten in 48 hours, because was too scared of the horror!), was forced out of bed by my host family, taken to the grandmothers house (who is a tiny bolivian woman, always laughing, loves to be the centre of everything, loves to have the 4 generations of her family around her), and was faced with so much pink food my stomach turned. Plates full of biscuits, icecream cake, cream, some horrid lurid pink angel delight ... read more

Viimeinen ilta Potosíssa toi matkailijoiden elamaan hieman jannitysta ja epamukavuutta. Meilla oli suunnitelmissa menna yhteen opaskirjan mainostamaan ravintolaan syomaan meksikolaista. Jo ennen tuohon ravintolaan paasya oli meidan mentava ohitse taydessa varustuksessa olevien mellakkapoliisien. Ravintolassa ei kuitenkaan ollut lupauksista huolimatta meksikolaista, mutta siella selvisi syy kadulla oleviin poliiseihin. Yliopiston vaella oli kuulema mielenosoitus, mutta sen pitaisi olla ihan rauhallinen. Me paadyttiin vaihtamaan ravintolaa, koska ekassa paikassa ei ollut sita mita haluttiin. Seuraavaksi me mentiin torin lahella sijainneeseen 4.060 ravintolaan, joka oli ihan taynna. Paatettiin kuitenkin jaada eteiseen tuoleille odottamaan poydan vapautumista. Siina hetken istuskeltuamme henkilokunta tuli sulkemaan ulko-ovet, silla mielenosoitus oli tulossa lahistolle. Hetken paasta nena... read more

After 24 hrs of flying and stopovers, we´re finally in Sucre. It´s such a beautiful city but it IS quite dirty as apparently garbage cans let alone recycling are few and far between and most people just drop their garbage on the street. However, the mountain scenery and the culture are incredible. I´ve already taken so many pictures. We´ve been touring around the city the past few days as this is our only real touristy time until our projects start next week (except our summer retreat where we´re going to Lake Titicaca). THere are quite a few museums and we saw this one that had many different types of masks used in dances from all different parts of Bolivia. Also, today we went to a dinosaur museum. ALthough partially cheesy, it was the largest site for ... read more

On Sunday Tristan and I returned to Sucre, leaving lisa and galen in puka puka to finish sorting out their toilets! It is frustrating, for both tristan and I, because we do not speak spanish well and all the communication, teaching etc with the villagers is obviously done in spanish. So we got a bus back to Sucre, via tarabuco (a little town). There was a market here, and we bought chuspa (?think thats how you spell it!), little hand woven bags to hold our coca leaves in. Then got in a truffi (shared bus/taxi) for the long, hot, dusty drive back to sucre. It was rather squashed, somehow the driver managed to fit us, 7 bolivians and a parrot in his taxi. When we got back we wondered the streets of sucre, trying to ... read more

Well we arrived in Sucre yesterday in the afternoon after a short, smelly, 3 hour bus ride from Potosi. Havent seen too much of the city yet, but I like it. There are alot of nice, old buildings, lots of pictures to be taken. The weather is also alot nicer here, warm and its not as high so I dont find myself short of breath. Im about a month and a half into my trip now, the first month was very, very slow but things are speeding up now, which is nice. Im still up in the air about what to do when I get home, go to school or travel again, I guess I have lots of time to make up my mind, it would just be alot easier if there was a clear answer. ... read more