8th of April - Potosi to Sucre
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Here we stopped for taking some pics of the landscape. When the woman on the field approx. 80m away realized that we pointed our camera towards her she started some loud blabla.
I told Ying that soon she would shoot at us with her slingshot and that we should get away asap. (Slingshots are widely used in SA for controlling the animals. Often also stones are thrown by hand. If e.g. a dog barks at you just bend down and take a stone + lift your hand and the dog will make a move backwards..:-)
Here she aimed at us and the stone just hit the ground 10m in front of us. If she would have wanted to hit us she could have done, I am sure!
30 or 40 years experience with a slingshot she wouldn't have failed. Just a warning and we drove away. Like all indigenous folks they don't like to be photographed. One should respect this...should:-)
Pension somewhere on the road means restaurant in Bolivia
Some adventure filler on the otherwise too easy asphalt road: Again a road blockade stopped us. This time students (more friendly than the miners) protesting against something. Buses, cars, chaos on the road. Two local guys told us that there should be a way around the village through the riverbed. Chaos down there as well, because one lorry got stuck and many other trucks and cars were blocked as well...
I was wet all over when we were out there after an hour. But at least we were able to continue to Sucre!
The whitewashed city Sucre. Claims to be the cleanest city in Bolivia. However the traffic here is also horrible.
Hostal Pachamama, which was a recommendation from Dana and Felix. In the inner courtyard with many flowers we got our peace from the noisy city. We cooked together with Dana and Felix, later Damian and Karina from Uyuni joined as well. After her motorbike accident she couldn't really start again on the bike, so she went by bus. Damian drove with his moto from Uyuni to Sucre. I am wondering how they proceeded...?
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Here we stopped for taking some pics of the landscape. When the woman on the field approx. 80m away realized that we pointed our camera towards her she started some loud blabla.
I told Ying that soon she would shoot at us with her slingshot and that we should get away asap. (Slingshots are widely used in SA for controlling the animals. Often also stones are thrown by hand. If e.g. a dog barks at you just bend down and take a stone + lift your hand and the dog will make a move backwards..:-)
Here she aimed at us and the stone just hit the ground 10m in front of us. If she would have wanted to hit us she could have done, I am sure!
30 or 40 years experience with a slingshot she wouldn't have failed. Just a warning and we drove away. Like all indigenous folks they don't like to be photographed. One should respect this...should:-)
Pension somewhere on the road means restaurant in Bolivia
Some adventure filler on the otherwise too easy asphalt road: Again a road blockade stopped us. This time students (more friendly than the miners) protesting against something. Buses, cars, chaos on the road. Two local guys told us that there should be a way around the village through the riverbed. Chaos down there as well, because one lorry got stuck and many other trucks and cars were blocked as well...
I was wet all over when we were out there after an hour. But at least we were able to continue to Sucre!
The whitewashed city Sucre. Claims to be the cleanest city in Bolivia. However the traffic here is also horrible.
Hostal Pachamama, which was a recommendation from Dana and Felix. In the inner courtyard with many flowers we got our peace from the noisy city. We cooked together with Dana and Felix, later Damian and Karina from Uyuni joined as well. After her motorbike accident she couldn't really start again on the bike, so she went by bus. Damian drove with his moto from Uyuni to Sucre. I am wondering how they proceeded...?
