Hola Bolivia

el Alto, so dense!

La Paz

i love the buses down there they are so cool!

Bus station, on the way to Santa Cruz(finally). Very long bus ride.

just outside of Santa Cruz...

Cotoca

Sloth!!!

Chicha and more! i found 5 pesos on the floor in Cotoca :)

el mercado de satilite

i have always had a weird fascination for buses..i love riding them :)

this taxi was just weird, but funny

on our way to San Ignacio, im pretty sure this bridge is over el Rio Pirai

we are here! this is my great grandma use to live, we visited when we lived in Bolivia...its not the same but i was so glad we got to go, my mom hadn't been there in years either so we did this for her birthday :) the drive there was beautiful and we stopped at this awesome restaurant along the road.

this is my great grandma's old house, they rebuilt the facade, it used to be adobe.

this is in the back of the restaurant. the outdoor kitchen if you will.

una canchita in the back..very cool (soccer field behind the restaurant)

The menu

the restaurant also had hamacas para una siesta despues de un majadito de charque :D i was the happiest there!

Montero

Artesanias en Montero, i bought a couple of rings of course :)

sunset

another bus trip..this little girl brought this in from the market, when she got off the bus it looked like she had a long walk.

The roof system is pretty cool

hoping for some yArt

Im trying to prepare for the next yArt sale...although there are no set dates yet i just want to have some good pieces ready.

finally!!!

im such a bad architecture student!! i took a night off...kinda i painted a couple of things saturday night and finished on sunday night...it was amazing (although i had school work in my mind) i enjoyed it :)



i was told this one looks like mandia with red hair

lost fotos

Here are some photos that i took in Peru and finally had the time to post...life has been totally crazy and i haven't had time to do much of anything i like anymore, but i took a few minutes to put these up since they are finally in my computer :)

A lot of exciting events though, im an aunt yay!! well i became an aunt the day they told me but i can hold my lily pad now :) she is a total classy lady (just like her auntie) i love her! School is in full session and although Im very excited to be back i have my hands full with more than i can handle sometimes...but the weather is changing and soon i'll be wearing my fall collection (just something to look forward to) birthdays around the corner are exciting and a little stressful, but birthday parties make up for it all. Plans for new travels are always my favorite topics. Next few months should be interesting and a break in December :) anywho im greatful for all that i have going in my life right now and all the people around me, i have it pretty damn good!

Just a little background, Mandia refused to get in the "boat" and she is terribly afraid of water and we convinced her...minutes later another "boat" crashes into our boat...well on her side of the boat, before we even took off...i dont know about mandia but that made my day hahaha

Fe y Alegria, Collique 5ta zona Lima Peru

(my old school)

Hands down my favorite picture of Mandia.