We apologize for the lag in postings... I think the last we wrote we were recovering from New Years. What we didn´t mention is that on new years day we (especially me, Paul) fell ill... again! We spent the entire day in bed. The next day we attempted to sight see a bit. My uncle assigned his driver to drive us around... We had our own chofer... that´s a concept to which I don´t 
ever think we will become acustomed! My uncle Pablo has the biggest heart on earth and did this out of pure kindness so that we would not have to worry, however, worry is what we did! :) Antonio (the driver) waited in the car wherever we went! He did not know that we spent the majority of the time at these places deliberating on how he was doing, if he was bored, what else he could be doing with his day other than driving us silly gringos around town. :) Tio Pablo, if you are reading this... sorry!!! :) We went out to lunch and invited him out since he had been driving us around. He came in with us, I asked for a table for three and once we got to the table he was no where to be seen. I thought maybe he had gone to the bathroom. Finally, I went out to the car and there he was, just waiting. We offered to buy him lunch and he accepted but ate it in the car. Craziness I tell ya. We were happy to take cab the next day.
ever think we will become acustomed! My uncle Pablo has the biggest heart on earth and did this out of pure kindness so that we would not have to worry, however, worry is what we did! :) Antonio (the driver) waited in the car wherever we went! He did not know that we spent the majority of the time at these places deliberating on how he was doing, if he was bored, what else he could be doing with his day other than driving us silly gringos around town. :) Tio Pablo, if you are reading this... sorry!!! :) We went out to lunch and invited him out since he had been driving us around. He came in with us, I asked for a table for three and once we got to the table he was no where to be seen. I thought maybe he had gone to the bathroom. Finally, I went out to the car and there he was, just waiting. We offered to buy him lunch and he accepted but ate it in the car. Craziness I tell ya. We were happy to take cab the next day. We stayed in Santa Cruz for 7 days and spent the vast majority of time
with family. Spent a good deal of time with my grandfather and uncles who, as I mentioned before, are hilarious.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Brandy be cornered by my 94 year old grandfather who was just doing what grandfathers do when they meet a new member of the family... show them pictures of the family! And so he did! 1
0 albums later and as she began to fall asleep, I thought it time to rescue her. In between those times Tio Pablo and his wife Lucia cooked some amazing feasts and we had a great time with them. (Gan
u, We had lunch with your parents as well! I think you should quit your job and move your family down there because they are living fat!!!)
with family. Spent a good deal of time with my grandfather and uncles who, as I mentioned before, are hilarious.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Brandy be cornered by my 94 year old grandfather who was just doing what grandfathers do when they meet a new member of the family... show them pictures of the family! And so he did! 1
0 albums later and as she began to fall asleep, I thought it time to rescue her. In between those times Tio Pablo and his wife Lucia cooked some amazing feasts and we had a great time with them. (Gan
u, We had lunch with your parents as well! I think you should quit your job and move your family down there because they are living fat!!!)After our long and scarry drive from La Paz to Santa Cruz, Brandy and I decided to splurge a bit and buy a plane ticket to Sucre instead of taking a 9 hour bus ride. Let this blog be a traveler´s guide to Bolivia, because we have learned many Bolivian customs in practice that we believe to have no equal anywhere else in the world. For example: If one purchases an airline ticket from an airline, one would rest at ease knowing the transaction to be complete... In Bolivia a ticket purchase is just a jumping off point for negotiations! The airlines ex
pects (but does not mention 
at time of purchase) the customer to call the day before to confirm their reservation or they have the right to release the seats. Even if you purchase a ticket the day before the flight, if you neglect to reconfirm that evening you may be bumped! Luckily I have family who is aware of these practices and my uncle Pablo called for us. Here we are in Sucre, Bolivia... "the white city." This place is great!!! Sucre used to be the capital and lives up to what you expect a capital to be. The architecture is beautifully colonial and the town seems to be well put together. Tourism is a staple of Sucre economy and they definitely cater to us folk. We are staying at this beautiful hotel half a block away from the plaza (every city and town has a plaza which represents the center). We have a full bed, a private bath and the sheets don´t feel like sand paper... these are all luxuries.We even have hot water, and all 
for the price of 140 bolivianos (
which adds up to about $20 and that´s expensive!). We have been here for 3 days now, having decided to extend our stay here. There´s this americanized cafe/bar/restaurant/tour agency/movie theater (kind of like the wallmart for travelers) place that Brandy and I have been strangely drawn to. I guess we are getting a bit home sick. Our first night we met another american couple and decided to have dinner. Brandy could not be more thrilled with this because it signified the first real time she could fully communicate with someone in the past 3 weeks. :) I think we are BFF´s now! Yesterday we walked around the city taking pictures and at 6pm Brandy left to attend her massage appointment with a Taiwanese guy that has some sort of eastern wellness office. We met a few hours later and I saw a battered 
woman! Text cannot do this story justice, but I can tell you she was in pain. This is our last day/night in Sucre and we leave tomorrow morning to Potosi. We have scheduled to tour this abandoned Hacienda that belonged to an old Bolvian president, (ernesto arce) back in the early 1900´s. It´s not really a tourist destination and I don´t know if we will be able to get in, but I saw it from the road and bribed a cab driver to help us find out. We´ll keep you posted on how it goes!!!
pects (but does not mention 
at time of purchase) the customer to call the day before to confirm their reservation or they have the right to release the seats. Even if you purchase a ticket the day before the flight, if you neglect to reconfirm that evening you may be bumped! Luckily I have family who is aware of these practices and my uncle Pablo called for us. Here we are in Sucre, Bolivia... "the white city." This place is great!!! Sucre used to be the capital and lives up to what you expect a capital to be. The architecture is beautifully colonial and the town seems to be well put together. Tourism is a staple of Sucre economy and they definitely cater to us folk. We are staying at this beautiful hotel half a block away from the plaza (every city and town has a plaza which represents the center). We have a full bed, a private bath and the sheets don´t feel like sand paper... these are all luxuries.We even have hot water, and all 
for the price of 140 bolivianos (
which adds up to about $20 and that´s expensive!). We have been here for 3 days now, having decided to extend our stay here. There´s this americanized cafe/bar/restaurant/tour agency/movie theater (kind of like the wallmart for travelers) place that Brandy and I have been strangely drawn to. I guess we are getting a bit home sick. Our first night we met another american couple and decided to have dinner. Brandy could not be more thrilled with this because it signified the first real time she could fully communicate with someone in the past 3 weeks. :) I think we are BFF´s now! Yesterday we walked around the city taking pictures and at 6pm Brandy left to attend her massage appointment with a Taiwanese guy that has some sort of eastern wellness office. We met a few hours later and I saw a battered 
woman! Text cannot do this story justice, but I can tell you she was in pain. This is our last day/night in Sucre and we leave tomorrow morning to Potosi. We have scheduled to tour this abandoned Hacienda that belonged to an old Bolvian president, (ernesto arce) back in the early 1900´s. It´s not really a tourist destination and I don´t know if we will be able to get in, but I saw it from the road and bribed a cab driver to help us find out. We´ll keep you posted on how it goes!!!Night out with uncle Loro.... this is him dancing.
Our Hotel room in Sucre... Same place where Che Guavarra stayed when in town.
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