Travels in Bolivia: May 2005

Don´t look now

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The gringos in the background (in yellow mining helmets and grey overalls) can�t bear to look as the second llama gets the chop.

Llama Sacrifice

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Two down. Two to go. Note the blood spread above the entrance to the mine in the background.

The real thing

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Coca leaves for sale on the typically large scale, Potosi, Bolivia

Reinforcements

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Always super cool...

Bullet holes

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This building is also in the main square and the bullet holes are from the October ousting of the last President

Downtown La Paz

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La Paz Mirador

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Illimani in the background

The Morning After...

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Yes, not a very flattering photo, but in the interests of fame I though I should put this one up of the boys from Kyarkas. The concert finished at about 12 or 1am and the whole town seemed to go out afterwards, and here we are at the airport the next morning (8am).

Kyarkas Concert - Sucre

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They are the most popular band in Bolivia, although I suspect that they can most closely be compared to the Dire Straits of South America

5 gringos and 15,000 Bolivians - Kyarkas Concert, Sucre

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Bolivia

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Isla de Sol on Lake Titicaca

Bolivia uyuni

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Pretty quinoa fields- an edible grain

Bolivia

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Locals decorate their llamas. Pretty cute.

Bolivia

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A rest stop on the Salar De Uyuni trip

Bolivia

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Isla de Pescal

Bolivia

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Isla de Pescal - Fish Island on the Salt Lakes of Uyuni.

Bolivia

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Street scene in Potosi

Bolivia

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A parade in Sucre

Bolivia

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A parade in Sucre

Bolivia

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Mummies in a museum in Sucre. These 2 females had their hearts ripped out.

Tear Gas in the Andes

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Carnaval SF

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Charlie.

Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Bolivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Boliivia

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Laguna Colorado - Uyuni, Boliivia

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Charlie - halfway to highest point.

folk music in the streets of Buenos Aires

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apparently, representing Bolivia, Argentina and Peru (judging from the flags).

calle Florida, Buenos Aires.

The Cult of Che - Don't applaud The Motorcycle Diaries. By Paul Berman

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The cult of Ernesto Che Guevara is an episode in the moral callousness of our time.

Lake Titicaca

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View of the Andes from Isla del Sol

Bolivia faces a new revolutionary wave

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Young Bolivians Adopt Urban U.S. Pose, Hip-Hop and All - New York Times

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Young Bolivians Adopt Urban U.S. Pose, Hip-Hop and All - New York Times

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Jovenes bolivianos que cantan hop hop en aymara y espa�ol

New Uprising In Bolivia

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Fight for nationalization of natural gas in Bolivia

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The Leftist Dream - A General Strike Without End in Bolivia

From http://www.anarchogeek.com/articles/2005/05/24/the-leftist-dream-a-general-strike-without-end-in-bolivia:

"The leftist dream of how you can take power is a popular uprising culminating in a general strike until victory. Today the bolivian left has embarked upon such an adventure."