Recent Fun in Cochabamba

Our time in Bolivia has begun to feel very short now that we´re nearing October and have already completed one of our three excursions. We will be traveling for two and a half weeks of October and then we´ll be on our own for independent projects in November, so all of a sudden I´m clinging to the time that I have in Cochabamba! I would like to conduct my independent project en el campo (the countryside) to experience the other side of life here...

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Excursion to Sucre and Potosí

Sorry for The delay in posts! The speed of life here has picked up steam, with friends to hang out with, essays to write, and independent research projects to plan. But I will try to give a review of our first excursion here, and then share about what I've been up to since in a following post. Well, I didn't expect to be so excited to come back to Cochabamba after a week away! But it's amazing how much my attitude has changed about the city...

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A Reminder of Home

This weekend brought me a special surprise, first in Cochabamba and then in the city of Potosí! The surprise: Nora Randolph!Nora, my friend from Williams, has been traveling in South America for seven months now, backpacking to the end of the continent, dancing tango in Buenos Aires, and taking a back trail in to Machu Picchu. After a month of trekking in Peru, she needed to return to Argentina for her flight back to the States in October, so why...

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Día del Peatón

Sunday was The Best day I have had in Cochabamba, and that I probably will have! This is because it was the Día del Peatón - pedestrian day. On this day, all across Bolivia, pedestrians and cyclists rule the streets and no automobiles are allowed until 6pm. How fantastic!Setting out for the day at 8am! The tradition began in 2000 in Cochabamba, and has since expanded to be a nationwide event on the first Sunday of September and a thrice-annual...

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