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Bolivia,Landscapes, food,
people
Bolivia, from the books Wikipedia:Extension: 1,098,500 Km2
K Population: 11 Million
No such thing…
Wikipedia made this
up!
Bolivia compared to Canada and Nova Scotia
Elevation profile
Now, some pictures(enjoy the ride…)
Houses in Nova Scotia aren’t walled
Take a look this walled houses…
In a different neighbor, same story…
Important celebrations:New year
Important celebrations:Carnival• Carnival is everyones’ celebration.• Usually people belongs to groups that the only and main reason of
existence is celebrate carnival.• The costumes on how to celebrate it vary according the regions• In the Andes region, It’s a more religious/cultural celebration.• This is how they celebrate in Oruro, a small mining town which
carnival parade had become ‘famous’ lately:
Important celebrations:Carnival• In the lowlands, celebrations are little bit less cultural.• Again, people get together and form groups and associations to
celebrate carnival. Usually, all of them are friends.• This is how people wear and look before the three days of carnival:
A quite common scene in the streets on any given carnival day…
Same spotRegular day vs. celebration day…
All downtown is closed to vehicles…
‘ALASITAS’ fair
‘ALASITAS’ fair
Other important celebrations:Fexpocruz
Of course, Christmas celebration
and then get ready for New Year’s Eve…
Some street shots
Busy streets, rush hour…
Micro buses, the way to commute…
Inside views…
Riding a bus…
Street foods and snacks…• She is selling soft drinks
and local beverages.
• Sausages, fries and tomatoes • “Pororo”. Regular corn, made pop-corn
Low budget, high cholesterol,l delicious food…
Same food, indoors restaurant.
Here we would call this ‘kabob’
More street food…
Fresh bread spot
Yummy snacks…
• Big bags of “Pororo”. Regular corn, made pop-corn (remember?)
Soft drinks: api (made out of dark maize)
Soft drinks: somo, mocochinchi.
Sweet spot: sugar cane jelly, and other treats
Trout fishing at high mountain
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