Someone tried to buy my Polaroid camera.

Someone tried to buy my Polaroid camera.

From Sara m.:

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So there was this amazing outdoor market a few blocks from our hotel

where you could find absolutely everything. Seriously. There was the

artisian section, toys, cleaning products, shoes, clothes, hats and a

ton of produce. I would have loved to take more here, but most of the

people selling are more the indigenious type, and dont like their

picture taken because they think the camera is taking their soul. Some

of them even quickly covered up their food when I brought out the

camera.

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Our drive to Lake Titicaca was only supposed to take 3 hours max from

the airport in La Paz. However, there is this town along the main

highway that wants representation in Congress (or something like that)

so they decided to close down their section of the road. We ended up

having to turn down this dirt road to bypass that section, which added

another 3.5 hours to our trip. Id say it was worth it though because we

got to see a lot of smaller villages and some amazing scenery. At some

points we had to get out of our bus and walk while the driver tackled

some pretty sticky situations (large rocks, big ditches, steep hills,

sharp turns, etc.)

So that is an overview of Copacobana, the little town that we were

staying in on Lake Titicaca. The lake is huge! Its something like 100

miles long, 50 miles wide and is at something near 13000ft in

elvevation (highest navigable lake in the world). By the time we

finally arrived we were all exhausted and hungry, but we were still in

shock that we were actually there. I mean how many people can say they

have been to Lake Titicaca?

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This is from our last day of working on the house, and as you can tell

by the scaffolding, we got pretty far. There were a lot of crazy things

we had to do and deal with, but I can prouldly say that I have a new

appreciation for the roof over my head.

These

adorable girls are Carol and Karen, two of the three kids from the

family that we were buliding the house for. Carol, the younger one, was

totally amazed by polaroids and I ended up giving her a few. Seeing how

much she cherished those photographs really hit me with a new wave of

motivation for the work I want to do with kids and photography.

Well, those are just a few from the trip to Bolivia. More pictures and stories to come after I pick up my 35mm film tonight.

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