| Saturday, June 17, 2006 |
| Todavia soy de Potosi...CARAJO!!! |
| Ahhhh! I'm still here and I love it!!! I went to a concert the other night with my bud Zélida, and it was freaking awesome. After 2.5 hours of waiting (Bolivian time, you see) the concert started, it was in this big soccer field and there was about 2000 people there, I being the only tourist there. Bolivian folklore bands played there, as well as a dancing group from Tarija (the south of Bolivia). They have such a strong culture here in Bolivia, it's so freaking cool. "We in Bolivian, we're not poor, look at all this culture that we have!" said the lead singer of Kala Marca, a band from Bolivia. The audience cheered. Everyone was dancing and jumping along to the music, and there were people in cultural dress dancing in front of the stage as part of the performance. It was one of the coolest experiences of my trip so far. I'm going to go out and buy some Kala Marca CD's right now, actually!!! I have until Monday here in Potosi and then I sadly have to leave to La Paz...then to Cochabamba, and then maybe back to Potosi for a few more days. Because of my dumb visa I have until the 30th in Bolivia, and then I have to go to Peru. Less than a month left... |
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less than a month left, eh? That kinda sucks, you'll have to get used to life back in the okanagan and find some work for, what is it, a month and a half? I'm sure you can find some picking work.
Remember your alergies last year? Well Robb and I have gotten them, both of us for the first time ever, this year. It really fucking sucks. I'm blowing my nose every five seconds. And Robb gets so congested that his face swells up and he can't do anything. It blows. (I think it might be from our cat, or maybe from all the white fluffy pollen floating around, whatever it is it generally is only really bad in the morning, go figure.)
When you get to Peru are you staying there the rest of the trip or are you just gonna stay there one day and then head back to Bolivia?
Have fun whatever you do, love Ellie
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less than a month left, eh? That kinda sucks, you'll have to get used to life back in the okanagan and find some work for, what is it, a month and a half? I'm sure you can find some picking work.
Remember your alergies last year? Well Robb and I have gotten them, both of us for the first time ever, this year. It really fucking sucks. I'm blowing my nose every five seconds. And Robb gets so congested that his face swells up and he can't do anything. It blows. (I think it might be from our cat, or maybe from all the white fluffy pollen floating around, whatever it is it generally is only really bad in the morning, go figure.)
When you get to Peru are you staying there the rest of the trip or are you just gonna stay there one day and then head back to Bolivia?
Have fun whatever you do, love Ellie