Bolivia - Altiplano - Nov-Dec 2006
Far away, we see a nearly dried lagoon. We stop, it is very hot and dry ... The water for the meal doesn't heat quickly because of the altitude.
We exchange some good adresses and informations before to continue our way ...
Behind them an other lagoon with pink flamingos ...
When we restart our journey, we take a wrong direction. After some km, we hesitate to go back and finally we decide to continue ... Usually here, all the tracks cross at a moment or another. ... It was a mistake which will cost us some extra hours and above all some stress ... The track followed is completely deserted, no one in sight of us ... We come down to the valley and arrive in front of a river. Daniel tries to see if it is possible to cross it and bore the bottom ... The depth seems OK but we hesitate about the quality of the ground as air bubbles are coming out ... We are alone, we do not have winch, ... no right for a mistake. We start with the low gear and it goes perfectly well ... Daniel is happy when we have crossed the river.
The day after, we discover a small village with 120 families ( 500 inhabitants ) ... We decide to stay there for some days.
Our children make the school surrounded by their new friends ...
It is the celebration of the end of the school year ...
We visit the Necropolis dated from 1200 years BC. The momies are in their cave built with mud...
In the evening, we take our diner and bolivian children come to sing typical songs ...
The quinoa supplies a big part of the food of those people but not only, as it represents the most important part of their revenues.
When we leave the village our children are sad ... they would have appreciated to stay longer.
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