Blog – Page 35 – JoHook Travel Photographer

29 Mar 2009

Sucre

Bolivia is a very poor country and Sucre is its capital. Sucre is a beautiful white Colonial City and a World Heritage centre. Because of this Sucre is very much cleaner than any other city in Bolivia. Having said that the toilets are very poor and scarce. Dogs roam the city freely and inspect […]

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29 Mar 2009

La Paz

La Paz is not the Capital of Bolivia although it is the largest city in Bolivia. The roads are liable to be closed when there is a lot of rain. Potosi is the highest city in the world but La Paz is the second highest. There is a wonderful Franciscan monastery in Plaza San […]

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29 Mar 2009

Tarabuco Carnival

This is the Carnival of Pisily which is an indigenous village where everyone speaks Quechua. the people here maintain the original customs and costumes from Inca times. the activity of the region of Pisily is agriculture and work with cloth for example weaving ponchos. La Pukara is the totem pole like structure made up […]

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16 Mar 2009

Yamparaez Carnival

This was a lovely local festival. It has only been running for four years so foreigners were made very welcome and I was invited into the centre of the circle around the offerings to take my photos. Everyone came in dancing to their band in groups to lay their offerings under the big structure […]

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16 Mar 2009

Oruro Carnival

I took a 48 hour bus from BA to Oruro Bolivia so that I was in time for the Carnival. The bus journey was horrendous. The toilet stank day one and the bus was horrible not like the sleek Argentinian ones. The air conditioning did not work and so it was hot sticky and […]