Saturday, May 19, 2007

Pictures as promised!











The last is the courtyard in my host family´s house. I took the picture from the door of my room. The gate is the gate out of the house. As soon as you step outside that gate you are surrounded by spinach and fruit trees. Actually I found chou-chous in the neighbor´s yard. I don´t know the word in English so I was confusing everyone, but they forgave me I think :)

The fourth is the view of my open room door from the entrance of the house. You can see the courtyard from the other side. It´s pretty cool right?

The third picture is of my bed. Yes, I sleep under a giant green mosquito net, 2 wool blankets, and a sleeping bag rated for 30 degrees F. It´s quite cozy and free of mosquitos. Of course the first couple of nights I would wake up and freak out about the net, but not anymore!

The second picture is of the Saint Isidore Labrador parade I described in the post before last. It was a nice parade and everyone got covered with paper confetti.

The first picture is of the dancers in the saint parade on May 15th. I think they were dressed as turkeys but I´m not sure. They looked really neat though.

Also, as I´m sitting in this internet cafe in the city (Quillacollo) another Saint Isidore Labrador parade went by though it was smaller.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the pictures. How about some pictures showing the gardens -spinach, mandarinos (?) etc.
Pretty neat.... mommy

Prakash said...

Great pictures. Post some pictures of your hosts and folks that you mention. The house kinda remind me of Pata/Pati's house. Don't forget pictures of yourself too.

-Prakash

Geetha said...

Nice pictures! Good to hear about all the exciting places and people you get to visit and the new culture you are experiencing!

Khanh said...
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Khanh said...

meera, glad to see that you are having a good time (and a safe one!) in bolivia. we miss you here in the states. love, emma.

Anonymous said...

Hi Meera,
What a nice picture of you! haha! What a beautiful home to stay in. The whole courtyard is nice and seems so peaceful! The mosquito net really goes with your .....eyes....yeah that's it! Can't wait to see more!

love you,
emily