Welcome to a very picturesque town in a nice green valley. This place is great if you have no desire to really do anything but sit around and vegetate. Good thing too as we may be stuck here for a while. One day we went to see the dino tracks, a local tourist attraction where you go see the Guiness World Record’s longest preserved dinosaur tracks. Rather interesting, but made much more entertaining by the fact that a couple guys from New Zealand were making their own fake documentary and had lots of humorous comments for us, most of which are poor Spanish guide did not understand.
Aside from that we went to see “The Fog” quite possibly the worst horror movie in existence, which was seen in the worst movie theater I’ve ever been in. We also went to this bar/lounge that shows movies and saw “City of God”, a fascinating, and harrowing, true story about Wilson Rodriguez growing up in Rio de Janiero. I’d heartily recommend it if you can sit through excrutiatingly violent movies.
Also took a cab to the nearbye town of Tarabuco and saw their famous Sunday market with lots of authentic handwoven goods. Didn’t buy anything though.
Other than that we haven’t done much but eat, drink, and be merry in this little town. Did run into our friends Sam and Katie from England very briefly. We probably would have left by now except that May 1st is Bolivia’s Labor Day, which they take rather seriously. There were demonstartions and music and speeches in the main plaza this morning along with a few firecrackers. The buses also seem to have shut down for the time being either due to extended holiday or possible bus union strike. Either way we may not be going anywhere for a bit. When we finally due it will be either to Cochabamba or straight to La Paz. Peace all!
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