Sunday, October 14, 2007

Many views of Bolivia

The following pictures are from the last month of training. In the last few weeks, we have really seen alot of Bolivia. We visited the Cristo in Cochabama, visited the colonial town of Tarata. We also spent the last week traveling to Semipata, Pukara and Vallegrande for training. The following pictures are from our trips.



The sun setting over the Bolivian countryside.


A picture of Vallegrande


On the way back to Vallegrande from La Higeria the guys had to get out and clear some large rocks out of the way. Its pretty typical that there are landslides, especially during the rainy season. Yes, the road is meant for two cars and we were in a bus.


Us at La Higeria, the place where che guvara was killed. It is only 2 hours from out site and Mike will be promoting tourism for the Che Guvara trail.


A group of Bolivian youth sitting on top of a mountain. As part of our training, we helped these kids and a current volunteer maintain a hiking trail to incan ruins. At 10,000 ft its important to take breaks


Our group went on a hike during our time in Semipata. It is a one of the touristy spots where the amazon meets the Andes.



The views from the road, people in Bolivia farm on the side of mountains.



Mike with his birthday presents. A tradional bolivian hat chulo and a tradional handicraft.



The colonial city of Tarata. A person from our group will be working to tourism.



Mike and the Cristo in Coachabama. It is actually bigger than the cristo in Rio.


A cholita (traditional Bolivan wowen) looking down over Coachabama from the Cristo.

2 comments:

Blaise Stahly said...

Hola from Montana! Wow, Bolivia looks amazing! You guys will be so cultured when you get back. Have a great time and let me know about any exotic wildlife that you see in South America :) You are missed.

Love,
Blaise

Patte said...

HI kids,

I love the pictures and comments. I went to another PVC's blog and saw your picture under the waterfall. Pretty cute!
Miss you. love you,

Mom