Archive for March, 2007
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Potosí to Uyuni by Bus
A pleasant two hours into our over-crowded bus ride from Potosí, the driver taking on as many passengers as could sit, stand, and cram into the aisles of this 27-seat mini-bus—I snapped awake to the crackling sound of ripping material. I thought something had fallen from the bus, but Mel guessed better than I: flat tire.
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Saturday, March 10th, 2007
International Women’s Day in Potosí
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We arrived into the “World’s Highest City” (at 4070m)—a quick wiki-check reveals the altitude of Lhasa, Tibet at a scant 3650m—at the base of a 5000m mountain rippled with erosion and riddled with mining holes. The mountain behind Potosí has been the source of the city’s wealth (and for much of Bolivia’s wealth as well), since the discovery of silver deposits in 1545.
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Sunday, March 4th, 2007
La Paz to Potosí
A few minutes after eight o’clock, as La paz’s bright city lights began to fend of the impending night, our taxi pulled into the parking lot of the central bus terminal. The lights atop the high-arched facade beckoned us onward, and the windows reflected first the constant stream of buses leaving and entering the giant stone structure, and then the turbulence of passengers rushing in and out of the open doors.
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Sneaker Ice Cream
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photo by Melanie Gordon
I wondered at first if it tasted more like Nike or Converse, when I remembered that Nike bought Converse a few years back…and figured that without corporate sponsorship they probably just pulled out some local brand with better flavor but weaker marketing.
Unless of course the ice-cream is all made in China or Indonesia by child workers. There’s nothing to motivate kids more than ice cream….
I wasn’t tempted to try it, though I was thinking that Sneaker Pimps now have something in common with the Ice Cream Gigolo.
