HI Hostel Versalles Cochabamba

... community way out in the sticks. In simple mud brick homes we dropped our bags again with a new set of farming families, ready to sink our fingers into the earth. While the homestay situation was similar, these families were much poorer and often without running water or the amenities you and I so often take for granted. The toilet in my homestay was a good stone´s throw from the house flanking the neighbor´s potato crops, and each night we laid our ...

... them when they cry ,etc so u become v emotionally involved. it will be v hard to say goodbye. but i knew this was how it was going to end. it was meant to be my last day at the orhanage today but as i am ill i could not go so i will go in on monday as my last day and say goodbye to them and give them some things that i bought them for example aprons for when they do painting ,etc coz usually they get it all over their clothes and then ...

... saying all this they are regular children and children always seem to be able to play and smile despite the situation they are in. <br><br><br>i have so much to say and it is hard to write it all down!! the culture here is facinating but obv v hard to adapt when u are used to luxury like everythin we have in the uk. but the ppl here no nothing else so they dont necesarily find it as hard!!<br><br>Lots of love!!!<br>

V Cochabamba jsme zustali jeden den a mesto neni vubec pekne tak jsme ztravili cely den v kine a na kuzelkach. Film Andele a Demoni byl dobry. Na kuzelkach jsem jedno kolo vyhrala ja a druhe zase Martin. Z Cochabamba jsme jeli nocnim autobusem do Sucre.<br><br>In Cochabamba we stayed for one day. The city is not exciting. We spent a lot of time in a theater and bowling. We went to see Angels and Demons. By the way, it is good movie. We took a night bus to Sucre.

Okay so this is an incredibly long overdue entry.. however i will try my hardest to give you all an account of my past two weeks in Cochabamba. Well i arrived with minimal trauma (other than the usual case of not sleeping on buses and being incredibly tired), was picked up in a main square by John, one of the workers at Sustainable Bolivia, the organisation that i was to be volunteering through for the following month. All went well with the pick up ...

... in the countryside... Nog wel `s avonds een protest meegemaakt (deze was tegen de verhoging van de prijzen van het openbaar vervoer). Overigens ook in Potosi (voor schoon, betaalbaar drinkwater, en openbaar vervoer) en Sucre (geen idee) werd er al geprotesteerd. Wij hadden echter niet heel veel tijd om hier te blijven kijken want we gingen ...

... mixed in with some more mirror-like reflections and pink flamingoes. Another 2 lakes, then the Inca's pass, a huge bobsled track-like passage through Brown hills dotted with yellow plants, and with the White andes looming to the left! It led us right into the desert de Siloli. Dry, dry, dry...but with...yup!...the Andres looming to the left! Incredible contrast! Short stop for a group photo and to check out some kind of local long tailed rabits, and then onto the Arbol de ...

... or something March 21 - 26 Ver de Mar Chili Beach area up to Santiago March 27 - 31 Work our way up Chili in Peru April 1 - April 7 Southern Peru (Arequipa and Ica - apparently literally an oasis town with sandbording) Get to Lima April 8 - 16 Galapagos Diving April 21 - In Cusco to get ready for Trek April 24 - 31 Trek in Peru May 1 - 5 Lake Titicaca Area in Peru and Boliva May 6 Flight From Lima to Toronto!

... ha..pretty sure that little 3 yr old girl has a better spanish level then I do! Otherwise...hmm....what have I been up to, Some hiking was done today, about 6 hours and reached a total of 12000 ft, meaning that we (Hal, Carrie and Jason and me) climbed 3000 ft. Just over in one of the national parks close by in the mountains. View was amazing, definately felt the altitude climbing tho. So so weird, when we hit the 10km mark there was this huge playground area, the ...