Hotel Cesars Plaza Cochabamba

Hola Amigos, <br><br>Well, we have started our new tour and headed from La Paz to Cochabamba (Bolivia´s third largest city). We can see the difference with Bolivia straight away as it is very poor and not really catered for tourists like Peru. When we got to Cochabamba we found that there was not much to do and calling it a city was a loose term. So we decided to do an overnight excursion to Toro Toro National Park which was about 5 ...

... to make their Christo 33 meters and a few centimeters, arguing that Christ lived for 33 years and a little bit. It really does look pretty cool, but it is hard not to laugh since it is such an obvious rip off. <br><br>Anyway, we wanted to head up to the statue which would afford us a grand view of the city. Unfortunately it was Monday, the one day of the week that the cable car does not run. Shucks. We were also told that hiking up would ...

... sleep a rare thing and i also have a broken window so it gets v cold in my room at nite!! but i need to stop complaining as im only living like this for a month, this is life for them; probably forever. Its just hard for a foreigner to adapt when you have experienced the good things. For them they know nothing else. I try to bare this in mind when i work at the orphanage coz it can really get u down. The worst thing is that there is no basic hygiene and ...

... through the palm trees. Another great sight from near and far is that of "Cristo" the mighty statue of Christ. Joerg drove us up the winding path to this impressive landmark on a hill that stands more than 2800 meters above sea-level. Finished in 1994 this statue had to stand higher than the famous one in Rio de Janiero. The stats are impressive - with the distance between the two hands measuring some 32 meters and the ...

... to 2 hours each day, and thats the parents that dont have numerous other jobs and children to look after, who actually have the luxury of spare time to spend there. So tomorrow i begin the task of feeding and cleaning and amusing/distracting poor burnt children (of whom im not entirely sure how many are accidental and how many are abuse cases), whilst at the same time trying to not be completely overwhelmed by the sadness of such a scenario. Wish me luck...

... a lot of other questions, I'd also asked for that day and a half off here, so I would have time for self-directed learning. I had received a response saying "that will be fine for both placements"...but on arrival discovered that the doctor hadn't actually read my email!! So I then had to come to the compromiso that Saturday would be my self-directed-learning day. Woo hoo! Ok at first. But it's gotten long and hard to keep motivating myself, especially while doing nothing ...

... But... My bus ended up being late (surprise surprise) and the last bus to Uyuni half an hour earlier than the silly bus lady had told me. So I was stranded in Oruro at 10:30 at night, no idea where to stay (knowing that you should book about 2 weeks in advance if you do want to stay there) or where to go. Fun! After half an hour of panicking and then calming down, I was approached by a guy asking if I needed a room, chatted for a bit, and turned out he was a Medical ...

... for aa bli i Cochabamba med dem, og billetten til Sucre ligger (dessverre) fortsatt ubrukt i lommeboka mi... Det var veldig hyggelig aa ha selskap igjen, og vi feira med aa dra ut og spise en altfor dyr middag og drakk oel i hostellets bakgaard etterpaa. :) Lene spaadde oss alle, saa naa vet baade Elin og jeg alt om fremtida vaar!! (Ja, Kyrre. Du blir verdenskjent rockestjerne!!)Dagen etter gikk vi helt bort til den andre plazaen, Plaza Colon, en litt finere del av byen. Der vandra ...

... are not recommended to walk up the trail to the statue anymore, as the area is dangerous and should be visited going with a taxi to the top. Many, many tourists have been assaulted walking the pathway up - sometimes worse.<br><br>The guys, Jaime and Ruddy, took my out for some drinks that night in Cochabamba. We went from a bar, to another, to another where we went to sing karaoke - not me of course, since I'm just about the worst singer there is, and ...