sábado, junho 09, 2007

in the company of a brasilian, his german girl, and a frenchie from toulouse, we took a 4x4 through the high volcanic desert that links chile and bolivia, passing through the world´s largest salt lake, sleeping in a hotel made of salt brick, and finally ending up at uyuni, bolivia, whose sole tourist attraction is a train graveyard.

we bussed our asses out of there fast and got to la paz, which makes rocinha look puny but caters well to tourists. we saw evo morales´ palace and the coca museum and an adjacent lowlit restaurant filled with intricate imitation-antique woodcarvings of demonic spaniards and demonic angels and the recurring image of a penis with wings. the llama we ate was delicious.

this is the last evening of a 4 day tour of the bolivian and peruvian sides of lake titicaca, the islands of which hold various indigenous peoples, all of which buy mainland tourist trinkets to sell at higher prices as their own arduous craft. on the upside, i got blessed by a shaman, and this morning we visited floating reed islands that shake and shiver and hold entire families of indians.

tonight we take the bus to cusco and will be there for a week. i will upload a selection from our 4 cds of pictures when we get back to rio.

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com um brasileiro, a namorada alemã e um francês de toulouse, atravessamos o altiplano entre chile e bolivia de 4x4. vimos o maior salar do mundo, dormimos num hotel feito de sal e terminamos em uyuni, bolivia, aonde o maior atracão turística e um cemitério de trens.

saímos de la rapidinho e chegamos em la paz, que envergonha a rocinha mas tem vários pontos turísticos. vimos o palácio do evo morales, o museu de coca e comemos no restaurante do lado, que era escuro e cheio de espanhóis e anjos demonicos esculpidos em madeira, e a imagem persistente de um penis com asas. a lhama que comemos foi delicioso.

esta e a ultima tarde de um tour de 4 dias dos lados boliviano e peruano do lago titicaca, as ilhas do qual tem vários povos indiginas, todos quem compram souvenirs das cidades grandes e revendem como seu próprio artesanato arduo. entretanto, recebi bencao de um shaman, e esta manha visitamos uma ilha flutuante que se mexe e aloja famílias inteiras de índios.

hoje a noite iremos de ónibus a cusco e passaremos uma semana. vou carregar uma selecao dos nossos 4 cds de fotos quando voltaremos pro rio.

Um comentário:

Unknown disse...

Have you visited the central market in La Paz? I hope yes...Because there, you can find the bolivian soul. Although all their poverty you see beauty...places, art crafts and children. If you'll go to Santiago del Chile...don't forget...go to central market and eat "calamares" or sea food. Saudades, my dear friend. Kisses...and have great days with your D.