Final Bolivia Post

So this is my last post from Bolivia. I'll leave the hotel at 3:30(!) tomorrow morning to catch my plane and start hopping across the world to get home. (My flight schedule is ridiculous.)

It's been an amazing visit, and the people in World Vision's Bolivia office were hospitable and kind and incredibly good at what they do. I was impressed. Below are a few final photos.

Below: I wanted to get some pics to show the traditional garb of Bolivian women. The woman below has her baby tied to her back.


Below: I love this lady's hat. Most of the older women were wearing hats, and many in La Paz wore this style, though I saw older women wearing all kinds of hats, including broad-brimmed straw hats and ski caps.

Below: Here's another lady with the bowler-style hat and colorful blanket pack.


Below: This isn't the best quality pic, but I wanted to show the long braids that many women wear here. They usually tie the braids together at the bottom with yard that has tassels or beads on the ends. You can't see some women's braids b/c their packs are on top of their hair.

Below: Just another lady walking through a parking lot.

Below: Here we are in Cochabamba, where we flew today just for a day. We visited a site that was destroyed by floods and talked to people there about the emergency logistics help they received from World Vision and their hopes to rebuild. It was humbling and sad; the people were so gracious to us. But it was cool to hear good things about WV from a community that had been helped.

Below: Here we are still talking to a woman from the flooded community.


Below: Here I am smiling with a rock to bring back my mom. She likes to have a rock from every country I've visited. This one was lying in a doorway of one of the ruined homes.
Below: Here is a final shot of the fab four: me, Analia, Jen, and Mary Cruz. Analia and Mary Cruz are such professionals, but they are also warm and loads of fun. I'm hoping they will come to Seattle sometime so that I can show them around! :-)