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The group from yesterday were rehearsing for today’s ‘entrada’ of the Anata Andina. The Anata Andina takes place before the carnival and is a procession of the indigineous people from the area around Oruro. They thank ‘Pacha Mama’ (Mother Earth) for the agricultural production, thus it is kind of a harvest festival. Today dozens or … Read more

I’m in Oruro for about 5 hours now and already had my first encounter with carnival feeling.

Alright, this one could also be called ‘Isla del Sol’, but so could part I be called ‘Copacabana’ – whatever… this blog has intros, so I fill them 🙂 So we got to the island around 3.30 p.m. and started climbming up the ‘Escalera del Inca’. Of course with all our luggage we got pretty … Read more

Left La Paz six days ago for Copacabana and La Isla Del Sol. Now waiting for my bus back to La Paz, will pick up some left luggage at the Hostel and go to Oruro tomorrow. The last entry was one week ago, time to catch up a bit. Wednesday morning (23.1.) I was picked … Read more

Yeah well, rain season in La Paz is a bit frustrating… You might leave the hostel with sunshine, but on your way back it could be pouring like hell… until now I was lucky and didn’t get caught by the heavy rain. Not too difficult though, since I don’t leave the hostel too often. First, … Read more