Now that we are in Peru, let's summarize Bolivia

We came in Bolivia with great expectations,we liked Evo Morales, the scenery is fantastic...
The first look at La Paz is surreal, it is a huge brown city in the middle of the mountains.
The way people are driving is our big problem here. Car drivers would not stop for a pedestrian. So, it is always a sort of adventure to cross a street.
The food is a good surprise! We were told that in Bolivia, it is rice and bean everyday, with an egg on Sundays. That cannot be more wrong. First of all, we never had beans, and the food was very good, even on treks. In La Paz, there is an excellent restaurant named ¨La Comedie¨, the owner, Bernard, is a french expatriate who has no will to come back to France, loves to live in Bolivia and makes good food.

The people in La Paz appeared to us as timid and distant. We did not feel that in Cochabamba for example, we were told that it is common for the people from the altiplano.

Our experience as volonteers in the CAICC was great. I am glad we did that because we had a real, warm contact with Bolivians.

The Salar de Uyuni is spectacular! We were with 2 frenchs on a world tour, Elo and Paulo, http://www.aufeuagauche.com/

Potosi was our next stop. It is famous for its silver mines. We discovered the way of life of a Bolivian miner, chewing coca, drinking a 90% alcool, smoking non-filtered cigarrette, and using dynamite instead of having lunch. Surprisingly, I do not fill the job requirement to be a miner, I am too tall, "c'est la vie!".

We finished Bolivia with the Lake Titicaca, I felt impressed when I saw this huge lake so high in the mountain. The little hike we did on the Isla del sol was beautiful.

Heading to Peru, the Bolivian customs succeded in extorquing 40 Bolivianos to me because I stayed 3 days too much. I gave them a kiss and say goodbye.

Now we are in Peru, some other great adventures are ahead of us...