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December 18th 2010
Published: December 24th 2010
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Rano jsem Kacku brutalne vzbudil s tim, ze je uz 11 dopoledne, nakonec se ale ukazalo, ze se jen zblaznil budik a bylo pouze 9. jako vzdy prvni den je behani po meste a zjistovat vylety atd. Zasli jsme na vyhlidku - alias park pro deti, pak do mistniho vezeni, ale rozhodli se tam nakonec nejit - jednak cena, pak i fakt , ze tam v dlouhe rade stali manzelky, milenky, dcery veznu cekajici az se budou moc s svymi blizkymi setkat a nam to nejak neprislo vhodne. Misto toho jsme zasli do mistniho Muzea koky - tedy kere, listu tolik spojeneho se zivotem lidi prakticky v cele Jizni Americe - hodne fotek, hodne historie a navic jsem si jeste "zazvykal" tak jak se ma - jako navstevnikovi je vam nabidnuto...Pak jsme si koupili jako obed vynikajici saltenas a empenadas - plnene pecivo masem, syrem nebo zeleninou, dali si vybornou bolivijskou kavu. jen tak se toulali po meste - kostely, prezidentsky palac... Vsimli si, ze se tu hodne zebra - zatim asi nejvice co jsme videli. Spousta zen s malymi detmi sedici na chodniku a prosici o mince nebo babicky jako ta vase doma-Kacenka jim neco dala,jako vzdycky. zamluvili jsme si vylet na Huayna Potosi.

In the morning i woke Kate up saying that its already 11 a.m, but it turned out that the alarm clock got mad and it was 9 a.m. As usual 1st day in the town is about getting it know, finding out trips etc. We went to see the town on the mirador that turned out to be a kids park, then to local prison open to public but decided not to go in - it was quite expensive and mainly when we saw the massive queue of women waitng outside to see their husbands it just didnt seem right to go in. Instead we went to Museum of Coca - plant so much connected with the life of people in Latin Am. lots of photos, interesting facts and more as a visitor you are offered to have some coca leaves and i could not resist it...Then we bought ourselves delicious saltenas and empenadas as a dinner - pastry filled with meat, cheese or veg, tasted great bolivian coffee. just wandering through the town seeing churches, weddings, palaces. We noticed there were lots of beggars - usually a woman with kids or old granny sitting on the pavement with the hand lifted begging for a coin and as usual Kate gave them something. We booked our trip to Huayna Potosi.


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