Bolivia: Food, landscapes, daily life

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

Please click here:http://arcg.is/2gQOk2x

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