La diablada Oruro, La Paz en Lago Titicaca Y Cusco (Peru)

there is no peace in La Paz instead you need to be very cautious.

After arrived in La Paz from Potosi, ive made a huge mistake. used to the tranquility of the others Bolivian city i decided to wandered around with all my belongings. the results i felt in a swendell to rip money of the gringos (cuenta del tio). after that, i spent about 6 hours in tourist police + FELCC to report what i`ve lost. already not feeling really well this add more and more the agony. But after all that i decided to go to Oruro anyway.

La Diablada



there is a famous carnival in the city of Oruro, it called La Diablada. it`s actually better to go to Potosi and did the mining tour and after that go and watch the carnival because right now i know what the true motives of the carnival really is.

La diablada is dance of the devil, or ¨el Tio¨ how the miners called it. But it`s also in honour of the Virgen de Socavon (Virgin Mary of Socavon a patron of the miners) or as the indigena called her ¨pachamama¨ (earth mother). the carnaval is a mix of catholic faith, indigenous believed and as well represented the struggle of the indigenous miners against the Spaniard oppression. UNESCO declared the carnival as a cultural humanitarian heritage. yeah right, The south american handbook said, ¨the tour from La Paz pick you up from your hotel at 4. 30 and go back to La Paz at 17.30, so you`ll be missing alot of fun¨. yeah right, which fun¿¿ paid 80 bolivianos for a seat and after 5 hours it`s started to get really boring. LA diablada itself it`s fun to see because their masks really are beautifully done. but the rest of folkloric parade it`s all the same (thousands of spaniards looking faces, thumbs down). so i went back to La Paz (i stayed in La Paz because it`s cheaper). after that i felt really ill and stayed almost the whole sunday in bed. the monday ¨la diablada y moreno¨ went back to Oruro becasue i want to see the play of ¨San miguel vs 7 deadly sins¨. that was really fun to see because it has more action than only dancing and parading around.

PADRE NUESTRO
Jesús nos enseñó a rezar: (Mateo 6, 5-15)

Padre nuestro que estás en el cielo,
santificado sea tu Nombre;
venga a nosotros tu reino;
hágase tu voluntad
en la tierra como en el cielo.
Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día;
perdona nuestras ofensas,
como también nosotros perdonamos
a los que nos ofenden;
No nos dejes caer en tentación,
y líbranos del mal.
Amen.

La Paz

la Paz is actually nice city if you not get scammed or something. it`s cold in the night but the days are warm. because i stayed in altiplano i didnt have any problem with the altitude. but i catched cold because they have throwed bucket of water at me.. (this tradition started to get annoying). anyway when i was done with the police i decided to go to copacabana on the lake Titicaca.

Lake Titicaca

Here is where i find La Paz (the peace), the lake really is incredible. stayed for a month in the inland of Bolivia, it was really surprising to see that huge inland sea on the cordillera of Andes. copacabana itself is really touristic. but what really great was i stayed in a hotel next to the basilisc of Virgen de Copacabana. and it was only for 20 bolivianos per night, the cheapest and the cleanest of all residencials in Bolivia. the main attraction of the lake titicaca is Isla del Sol where Manco Kapac and Mama ocllo were borned (the creators of inca), at least that`s what they believe in. In the island i stayed in a house where i slept on the floor with thin matress (for 1o bolivianos you can`t ask for much luxury). the worse thing was, that night rained alot so it got really cold. In the north and the south of the islands are Inca ruins, but in the North east of the islands there is a stone where the manco kapac y mama ocllo were borned. I looked and looked but couldn´t found the stone. but i did found the sacrificial table. Although the isla is heavily touristic the atractions were really bad signed.

Cusco (peru)



2 days after the isla i crossed to Puno on the other side of the lake and now i`m in Peru. the bus terminals of Peru is crowded with Jalagringos (salesmen that tried to sell their hotel to just arrived travellers). Luckily i read that on my handbook. but now i act more harshly, and not going to talked with those stupid salesmen or anyone on the street trying to sell things. Peru is on one hand similar to Bolivia but on the other hand also really different. I think here in Cusco i cannot felt the different really well because same as copacabana, Cusco is heavily touristed. everywhere where alot of tourists are around the atmosphere is a bit more relaxed. Cusco is a wonderful city with a lot oc colonial city intermingled with old stone buildings of incas. so far i liked it here in Peru, but the damn cold started to get annoying. so after macchu picchu i`m going directly to Arequipa where it`s a lot warmer. and after that back to the pacific coast to the north