More Misc

Some random things that didn't make the first "Misc" installment...
Like the inside of a minibus...note the windshield fringies.

And the padded dashboard cover...required
equipment!

Construction Bolivian-style. Poles or timbers to support concrete and brick everything. This is the start of an addition to Rosi's house.



Bolivian bricks

Empedrado. I don't like riding or walking on it, but I love the artistry involved in paving a road with cobblestone.

Also, in the last misc I only showed the most improvised of street vendors. This is the much more common style of street kiosk. These are everywhere.

And what it looks like when the shop is closed.


Pankara Ave--Susan calls this her Wal-Mart. You can get everything from toys to kids clothes, housewares, greeting cards and gift wrap, pharmacy items...it's all here in 3 blocks of wall-to-wall kiosks

In case I left you with the idea there were no supermarkets here--this is Ketal, one of the biggest, complete with an aisle of imported Kellog's breakfast cereals (about $5 a piece for the smallest box).

Fashion (and lack thereof as you'll see below). This is standard footwear for Rosi, and most other women in my approximate age bracket.

And then there's me--here I am at a gathering with a bunch of Mom's from Susana's class. There were 6 women, and all but yours truly sported heels.

Sagarnaga and Linares Streets are where the tourists do their shopping. In my time here I have not run into another US traveller--lots of French, English, Israelis. There is uniform surprise when I say I'm from the US.

And I'll leave you for today with this one: a troupe of dancing cholitas...apparently they practice on this walkway every Saturday morning.