Larry and I had a fantastic overnight trip to Sajama National Park this week. When we put the kids on the bus Monday morning, we borrowed Susan's car and hit the road for a 5 hour journey.
It is always thrilling for me to go driving on our own in Bolivia. Once you get out of La Paz/El Alto and its insane traffic and absence of helpful directional signs, there is one open road and no end of expansive, breathtaking scenery. I think Sajama is my favorite place in Bolivia--I love the snow-capped mountains all around and the feeling that you're the only one on the planet, and certainly that you're on some kind of frontier.
Larry and I hiked to boiling geysers, soaked in hot springs, drove tricky and sometimes treacherous roads (well, at least in a borrowed Toyota sedan!) We visited 18th century adobe churches and had a hot bath, warm bed and wonderful meals at the Tomarapi lodge we stayed in.
Here's a handful of pictures...the full spread is at http://picasaweb.google.com/krchildress/2010SajamaTrip?feat=directlink
Llamas
Geysers
Churches
And Ahhh...the hot springs
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