Hotel Aranjuez Cochabamba

... leisure. Despite sleeping well at night, it was routine to have at least one rude awakening by the neighbor´s heehawing donkey and a daily 5 a.m. wakeup call from the arrogant rooster. Ahh, to live life free of MTV, facebook and SUVs...<br><br> Our work was done at a nearby school, by which I mean a 30 minute walk every morning to the next town of Viloma. The colegio (primary and secondary school combined) was home to about 500 students and sat in a ...

... and seeing people on the streets and children as young as two working for money but one thing is for sure that i will never forget Bolivia and it has taught me so much! even if i havent enjoyed all of it! but then again this experience wasnt really about the enjoyment factor, sometimes it´s healthy to take a step back and to see what really goes on in the world, and Bolivia has definately enlightened me! for which i am very grateful xxxxxx<br>

... i dont think its him, despite it being a good airline, i am sitting in economy! im no longer worried about being robbed in south america as i have already been stolen from having only been in heathrow airport 20 minutes!! paid for my magazine and drink at whsmith and gave the chavy girl my money (more than the total) only for her to reply that i was 1.50 pound short (which i wasnt coz i had already counted it and put ...

... Needless to say, even this didn't turn out as expected, as after our initial tour of the hospital i was informed that in order to volunteer on the adult ward as i had hoped, would mean paperwork and processing time... just more waiting time that i no longer had. Therefore after seeing the remainder of the hospital wards it was decided that i would instead be working with the paediatric burns patients. Whom broke my heart, and i ...

... to hang out in Cochbamba for a day or two then head to Sucre early. There wasn't much to do in Cochbamba but I immediately liked the feel of the place. Plus the weather was fantastic, very warm and balmy. The main highlights of our stay were eating at a delicous Italian restaurant and going to see the largest "Jesus on a hill" statue in the world...yup even bigger ...

... to then reduce these hours and commence volunteering the following week. Unfortunately timing appears to never quite be on my side, and it is also Bolivia, a country where the concept of time is not usually the same as the one on your watch, and things just happen when they happen. That being said, it turns out that spanish lessons were able to be done the first week, that was all okay, come along to week two and its all organised to take a tour of ...

... to go to Santa Cruz as they are experiencing a Dengue fever outbreak there. It is a nice city though, Steve and I walked through a huge car market, where they were selling some American cars for pretty cheap prices. Mike and Jo got to go to the Teleferico (the tramway in Spanish) as they are in love with trams dating back to their Jasper days. Other than that, we just walked around markets, played cards and relaxed. As it has been about a month since I have commented on our ...

... in the lake, along with the reflection of the mountains. The White masses are bórax, another mineral exported off to Chile. We finally made our way to the next guesthouse, which was more of a guest house in the middle of nowhere tan a villaje really. And that night we got a bottle of wine with dinner! Hurrah! After 2 sips I felt quite tiddly to be honest! The owner's kids came to sing us a few songs (I have never seen such unmotivated musicians in my life!) but the company ...

... this specialty of cow heart grilled on a bike spokemind you, with a peanut sauce, amazing really! But yes last night, nothing crazy, went to a bar for a few drinks, cool little band in the place when we were there, a couple girls playing pan pipes, two drums and a guitar. You can get a Litre of Beer here for 15 Bol...or $2...awesome. Since we got a free drink to start with and the altitude here makes me a lightweight I definately only spent $2 last night! Otherwise ...

... dagen etter, og all kollektivtransport kom til aa staa bom stille. Likevel, det var ganske seint, og bekmoerkt, saa jentene tok sjansen paa en natt til med meg for saa aa dra videre dagen etter. Og dagen etter gikk vi langt og lenger enn langt med de tunge ryggsekkene deres, og fant bussene til Villa Tunari. Ikke noe stress. Ingen hadde hoert om noen streik... Det var litt rart aa gaa aleine tilbake til hostellet, og enda rarere aa bytte rom, til et knoettlite enkeltrom hvor det ...