This is just a pretty flower on a giant cactus on the Isla del Peces in the Salar.
"I'm too beautiful to be a volunteer"...haha! What is with that look?! This is my buddy Kilo at Rodeo right before the most amazing parrillada of my life. Relax folks... parrillada is a BBQ!
This is my buddy Loro. I made the mistake of being nice to him and ever since he's managed to crawl up my huge flight of stairs (well... huge for a little loro) every morning and squawk and shriek to wake me up at six in the morning. That was until his mysterious disappearance... I swear I had nothing to do with it! I actually kind of miss that little guy.
These are kids from the first class I ever worked with. After about five minutes of watching me and wondering what I was doing... I managed to convince them that picking up trash was way cool! These kids were sooo adorable. When I waved goodbye to them a group of girls all looked at each other and said something between themselves. Then the next second they all come running to me and each give me a goodbye kiss. I was too sweet! (It looks like the boy on the right is trying to make the moves on the cutie in pink)
One of the things I really like about Bolivia is the frequency of band music and parades. This was a parade in Tarija after Dia de Santos. Can't wait to see the "mack daddy" of all parades in Oruro for carnaval this Feb!!!
These are Julia's Kids. A group of kids from the local orphanage in Bermejo. We took the kids out of the city and to the campo for an afternoon of soccer and raiding oranges form a nearby orchard. I know it's wrong to have favorites.... but these two are mine! The kid in pink is probably 8 years old and not even four feet tall, but he is the most bas ass futbolero you've ever seen! He's like waist tall but dribbles straight for you like he's going to run right over you. It's hilarious! Me and Dan tried not to laugh every time this kid got the ball. The other one is just so cute. He's always holding your hand and asking about some plant, your earrings, why your in a cast. It's probably a good thing foreigners can't adopt Bolivian children cause otherwise this one might end up coming home with me.
These are Julia's Kids. A group of kids from the local orphanage in Bermejo. We took the kids out of the city and to the campo for an afternoon of soccer and raiding oranges form a nearby orchard. I know it's wrong to have favorites.... but these two are mine! The kid in pink is probably 8 years old and not even four feet tall, but he is the most bas ass futbolero you've ever seen! He's like waist tall but dribbles straight for you like he's going to run right over you. It's hilarious! Me and Dan tried not to laugh every time this kid got the ball. The other one is just so cute. He's always holding your hand and asking about some plant, your earrings, why your in a cast. It's probably a good thing foreigners can't adopt Bolivian children cause otherwise this one might end up coming home with me.