Report 20 August

Report 20 August
Report by Greetje en Steef.

Again the weather is beautiful when we get up and have breakfast in our hotel: Las Girasolles with it’s impressive stove in the main gallery.

stove 

Trudy and Greetje are going to collect some money. It is still so quiet in town and the market is not open yet. Colorful decorations are hanging above the market stalls.
One of them already is open and there Greetje and Trudy are buying some mandarins.

streetvieuw 

telephone shop 

tourist looking back 

closed market in the morning 

decoration 

shopping 

Off we go again for our final aim : Sucre, capital of Bolivia and the place where our T Ford  is waiting for us with patience.
On route we have the usual coffee/lunch breaks, this time in unstable area witch means earthquakes. A small heard of goats stands about in a corner of the road.

unstabel area 

goats 

Finally we reach Sucre where we get stuck in a traffic jam. Angry citizens have made a roadblock and busses, cars, truck’s line-up into one big mess.
Dirk manages to back up the Landrover out of this chaos . A taxi driver leads us to a shortcut through a river and over a railway. What follows now is a chaotic ride, for we are not the only one taking this shortcut.

shortcut 

Last but not least some wise guy closes a big gate along the track. Pay first !
Finally we’re going through the big gate of the SOS Children’s Villages compound.
Some of the children recognize the red car, smile and wave at us.