Bolivia: La Paz and Lake Titicaca

This weekend I went with Olivia to visit friends of hers who lived and worked in La Paz for 3 years. Maggie, Tim and their 2 kids Mary and Danny were back visiting La Paz for a few weeks and were very fun hosts--showing us around the rural community on the outskirts of town where they used to live and work, hosting a dinner party in La Paz, taking us to Lake Titicaca and finishing with a visit to the Maryknoll House in La Paz where I met up with Sr. Joan again (she's the one who helped me get through the airport quickly a month and a half ago!) It was a fun-filled weekend filled with breathtaking sites and quality visits with local Bolivian people...and now I am ready to begin another week of language school (this upcoming mixed with volunteer work at CERECO in the afternoons...more on that later!)

La Paz

Mary (showing off the guinea pigs at the house where she used to live in Ayachuma)...Mary reminded me so much of the little girl "Fern" in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, and looks a little like Dakota Fanning!

A snapshot of Ayachuma

"The Lookout" on the edge of Ayachuma

Young Aymaryn Girl's support/discussion group

The girls performed a puppet show for us

Fishermen on Lake Titicaca

(Left) Me looking out over the crystal clear Titicaca waters

(Right) Cover of Lonely Planet's 2008 Tour Bolivia Guide Book...seriously, this picture looks just like the cover of my guide book!