Cochabamba

11/20/09

This morning Carmalyn got hot(ish) water for her shower, but mine, right after hers, was cold. Mine was hot for three seconds. It was hot when I stuck my hand under it, but cold by the time I stepped in. I'm awake!

We went off in search of a tour to the cave of the night birds. What we ended up with was a three day excursion into the jungle. I am apparently traveling with girls who are excited by jungles. Who knew. But if I've learned anything from Harvey Economics it's that budgets are flexible. And how often am I going to get to the Amazon basin. We leave tomorrow morning for three days in a jungle paradise.

After spending all of next week's money, we headed over to the museo archeologique. It has lots of artifacts including some ornate tubes that the medicine men used to snort hallucinogens.

Then we were back to more mundane stuff. We checked into a new hotel. It is 20 Bolivanos ($3) cheaper, quieter and doesn't have scary bathrooms. We dropped off some laundry and checked out the buses for Monday. After walking around the market I came back to the hotel for a rest and the girls went back out for more shopping. Later this afternoon we are going to see the giant statue of Cristo de la Concordia. It is slightly taller than the one overlooking Rio. The one in Rio is 33m, one for every year of Christ's life. Here they say he lived a few months more than 33, so they added a few centimeters.


Aside: They generally make you pay to use a public bathroom (i.e. everything that isn't at a hotel). I am going to be a poor man.