Our walk on they way to school every morning....the walk there was always nice; however the walk home was slightly uphill to put it lightly.
The Main Plaza
Woman selling fresh orange juice
The Main Plaza
There were always pigeons around and always people selling bird seed. The birds were afraid of nothing!
The Main Plaza
Many times during the day and in the evening it was packed with people.
In the Main Plaza
The Main Plaza
A stand selling fruits, candy, drinks, etc. These were all over the streets and the parks in Sucre.
"The Basketball Court"
The school we were at was pretty good about taking to do different things in the evening. Twice they took us to play walleyball. However, we told them we liked basketball and they took us to this court! Literally a raquetball court that they bring two portable wooden hoops into. It was awesome.
"The Basket"
Me in Front of one of the many Churches
There were tons of churches here; all of them painted white; more than 99% of Bolivians are Catholic I think.
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| The Mirador |
A short walk from the house at the top of the hill was an area called "The Mirador." This is the view from there during the day.
The Mirador
This is in the same area as the view from the previous picture; if you turn the other way there was a large plaza area. During the day it was fairly empty. In the evening and at night (in this picture) it was turned into what I think of as a "fair." There were probably at least 100 foosball tables set up, there were fair games along the wall, merry-go-rounds and children's rides, and even gambling games. We played some foosball....needless to say I was no good.
The Mirador
As it got darker they set up strings of lights above all of the foosball tables.
The Mirador
In the evening; you can see a jumper set up with Bugs Bunny, a trampoline, and to the left an airplane ride set up for the kids.
At Dinner one night
Next to the Mirador was a nice restaurant/hotel that we treated ourselves to one night....and by treated ourselves we both got dinners and drinks for both of us for under $20. There was a great view of the city behind us.
The main plaza at night
Dave with our host Mom
At the Airport in Sucre
This is where the drama began. We had a flight for 1:30 Friday afternoon. When we got to the airport we founds out that our flight, along with the other four flights for the day (the airport was very small, in total they only had four flights the whole day) was delayed. They didn't know how long but they continued to state that it would be delayed. Finally, they told everyone that the plane would definitely be leaving at 5:30! However, at 5:25 they come on to make a new announcement; the flight has been canceled for the day and is rescheduled for morning due to "problems getting the flight in" (no other details were given). Now, normally in the US if this happened they would have a representative from the company come and speak to the people, possible provide other options, maybe food and a place to stay; people would be grumpy, complain, and then do what they were told. Here, however, no representative came, people were given no other options, and told to leave. People were clearly not happy with this and within minutes a full out mob had developed, people stormed the desk, jumping over and around it and screaming at the workers. They workers shut down the computers, fled to the back office, and locked the door. Eventually the police came, we stayed around for another half our to see if the people would get what they demanded (a flight that night) and when it was clear this wouldn't happen we returned to Sucre for the evening. Definitely and adventure.
Okay last blog about Sucre....now we are officially up to date on the blogging!
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