Journey to the Andes: Parrot in his own Sauce

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Parrot in his own Sauce

So Copacabana has been pretty fun. It´s a really special little place...and the people seem to be very happy here. And it´s a very poor town as well...and it´s been nice to get away from the westernization of La Paz for a couple days. This morning I climed to the top of a mountain and watched the sun rise over the city....it was probably one of the physicially hardest things I´ve ever done. Imagine climbing up giants head mountain, except with half as much oxygen as you´re used to, running on 3 hours of sleep, and totally out of shape like myself. But it was very beautiful and very worth it. I hung out with my buddy Carlos yesterday again...he´s the one who travels around South America selling necklaces and bracelets to tourists. He introduced me to his nice english-speaking Russian friend, who was super nice. We all went to the bar last night and danced to the salsa music, it was great fun. But despite Copacabana´s awesomeness, I´m ready to head back to La Paz, as I havn´t had a lot of people to do things with often. I start spanish lessons on Monday, and I´m really looking foreward to not looking like a stupid gringo whenever I try to order food! But things are, overall, going well so far. Talk to you all later, take care!

posted by Ben @ 4:11 PM

4 Comments:

At 8:11 PM, Anonymous said…

Parrot in his own Sauce?

~Reid
At 9:44 PM, Andrés Paz said…

yeah, what's with that parrot?

Dammit, I hadn't checked this blog in a few days, looking at all the fricking stuff i missed, just for the record:

Patricia is Fucking Hot!

Seriously, it's great that you've got someone like that done there protecting your ass (or grabbing it), at least we at home can sit back and know your not getting tangled up in some local revolution or something, the pictures are drop dead gorgous, it made my day seeing them, it really did.

I like the hat. Very fitting for a gringo such as yourself...

Haha, ben, get in shape, should've seen that coming... ah well, now you know...

Cheers mate!

Oh, and to Reid, drop me a friggin line sometime! your life may not compare to ben's but so far I've heard nothing! Come on man...
At 10:47 PM, Anonymous said…

Well Ben, you've been in South America for 2 weeks and have managed to do quite a bit already! How about some more pictures!!! AS always....keep safe and have fun. Love Mom.
At 10:33 AM, Ben said…

Oh yeah, so, Parrot in His Own Sauce is the name of a nightclub in La Paz...it´s probably the best name I´ve ever heard, so I dedicated a blog entry to it.

Chow.