Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

[imagirlgeek]

Sorry these are so bad, but I had to use my camera phone.  

At La Cancha - a large open-air market.  You can find almost everything here.









This is El Christo - a giant Jesus on a hill.







This is the view from the giant jesus...er...El Christo.  :)











Okay, I've seen it....I'm ready to come home.  

[CichlidFan]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Thanks for the pics, having fun r u? Hope your journey is a fruitful and speedy one....
cya at the next GHAC meeting.  

CF

[SteveCGG]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Dang...how is it that your camera phone pics are better than my camera pics?

I guess I missed the memo, but what are you doing in Bolivia?

Villa Tunari (not to be confused with the Tunari National Park) is a small town in the eastern Cochabamba rainforest where visitors often go to see the animal refuge Inti Wara Yassi that houses several monkey species, pumas and exotic birds. An annual fish fair is held, where many varieties of trout and surubi fish can be delected.

[imagirlgeek]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

I'm here for work.  We are training the team here so they can help us out with the testing of our products.

I don't think I'm going to get to see any wildlife this time around.  It's 8:35pm here and I'm still at the office.   :?

[fishlady]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

oh poor thing.....thanks for the pictures though....gorgeous terrain.....
hope you get to have some fun while your there....but we want you to hurry up and come home now....we miss you here....
have a safe trip traci and god speed to home.....

[Zulaab]

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Traci !!  I hope you have a wonderful trip and you will be excited about it all when its over with :)  I know how you felt about going when you asked anyone to take your place on the trip, but I truly hope this will give you the courage to travel some more to see some wonderful sides of this earth :)
Bring home some fish so you can say you didnt do it all for nothing. :)

Keep smiling :)
Jesper

[Spot86t]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Glad to see you've gotten the opportunity to see/visit a different land and culture.  Consider yourself fortunate to have this chance - it's unbelievable how many people rarely travel more than 100 miles away from "home" their entire lives.  

Personally I think visiting other countries helps give one a broader perspective on life in general.  I know it's made a great difference in the way I think and feel about other lands and cultures - especially when you can come home and realize how great the differences really are!

Take care, hope you have a chance to spend some time exploring (with a knowledgeable, trustworthy local guide).  

See you when you get back!

[spyke1969]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Thanks once again for the great pics. Hope you are having some fun, be careful come back safe.

[eklikewhoa]

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Bring me back some sort of wild animal!

[Mzungu]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Great to hear from you!

El Christo has a pretty nice view from up there. Hope you find some time for fun!

[justdoit]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Beautiful views !    Safe trip home.

[Philbert]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

I know you are high on being high...haha...I love the clarity a high elevation induces in a lowland dweller such as myself.
I really envy you being there; just keep in mind that I have a current passport always ready, and can do a stand-in for you at any time. :)

Hablo mucho Espanol malo! Tengo 14 anos en Guatemala para negotios...muy onesto tambien!
]( cough! cough! )[  Sorry, my travel envy got stuck in my throat!
Have some fun, see you when ya get home.

Vaya con Dios, Traci!

[Delock]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Nice pictures....

Can you go to the open market and find the following items for me!

1. White Band Dubs
2. Single woman that can cook..she must be slender!

[bethesdaboy]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

2. Single woman that can cook..she must be slender!

Good luck with that one.

[imagirlgeek]

Re: Hello from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Hi Guys!!  Thanks for all the comments!  This is the first I've been online since yesterday when my laptop crashed!! 8O  But I'm back up and running now, thank goodness.  I don't do well without my laptop....I start to shake and go into withdrawels.

So, we didn't leave the office until 9pm last night, but someone said we may make time to hit some of the local markets on Thursday before the flight (we fly back to Santa Cruz Thursday night, then back home on Friday).  It's too bad I didn't get to do anything fish/wild animal related (sorry EK) :) but maybe I can come back and bring guygeek with me to do that stuff next time.  

There are beautiful mountains right outside the city, the Andes I think.  And there is a huge lake, but I can't go near it because it's protected at the moment from people/fishing/boats.  And every tree here has a giant flower of some kind!  Huge blooms!!  A nice change from the plain trees of Houston.  (I'm gonna try to snatch some seed pods) :)

More later....back to work!