Paula`s Big Adventure

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Adventures

The best thing about living in Bolivia is the access to an amazing array of cultural events and natural scenery. Over the last couple of weeks I have been busy experiencing these things.

Cerro Tunari
For those of you who have been following my adventures, you would know that I have climbed the highest peak in Cochabamba twice (5050m). One Sunday some friends and I decided to go to the other side of the peak for a picnic. Here, at around 4,000m we picniced and drank wine and generally enjoyed the incredible scenery.

Here we are having the picnic! The landscape of the altiplano is barren and cold. There are a scattering of villages and llamas. At times its incredible to think that people can live right out there, but they do.


Chernobyl
The wonderful place of Chernobyl was named after the Russian city which had the nuclear diaster. Legend has it that on the same day this particular bar had a fire which destroyed it. Hence when they renamed it, they called it Chernobyl. This place is somewhere you can go to drink chica, dance with the locals and generally have a good time. We went off course, heres the proof. This is Ceildhe, she likes chicha!