Day 15
Sylvie and Joaquin arrived to join us in la Paz at 4am! Knocking on out hostel room waking us up. Slept for a few more hours and woke up to start our day in lovely la Paz with a free walking tour. I definitely recommend them, they just work off tips but they are funny and informative!
We saw the witch market, where they have dead baby llammas and love potions and all sorts of superstitious dusts and items. We saw the outdoor produce market. We saw the church of San Francisco. We saw the presidents palace and their senate building. We learned about their presidential history and about their current presidents funny speeches.
We went up to the top floor at a 5 star hotel to check out a good view of la Paz. Great way to see how high the roads go and how the city is shaped kind of like a bowl with the city center on the bottom.
We got back to our hostel and tried to leave soon after but there was a huge parade of some sort going on. I missed all the cholitas (the ladies) and there were just hundreds and hundreds of men in the streets with full suits, wearing a sign around their neck and swinging some sort of a toy truck around. Still not sure what was going on but everyone was drinkin and dancing in sync. It was quite entertaining.
Afterwards we headed to the futbol game aka a soccer game here in la Paz! We took a local bus for 1 boliviano. That's like 15 cents! Outside the stadium we got these awesome chorizo sandwiches for like a buck. Omg everything is so cheap I can't get over it! The jersey was 4 bucks, the ticket to the game was 5 bucks, the popcorn was .25 cents the soda was .80! What a fun experience being surrounded by Bolivians screaming Bolivian things. Hahah
Afterwards we ate this massive meal. On the expensive side compared to what we've been eating here in Bolivia, but it was about 5 bucks a person. A huge plate of all sorts of meat, rice, French fries, yuca, salad and beer. We walked home after that to make us slightly feel better about the amount of food we just ate.
It was too early to call it a night then, so we decided to find a bar. The closest one to us was kinda old and ghetto and smelled like spilt beer. We said we'd drink the two bottles (which were about $2.50 each or 18 bolivianos) for a huge 32 oz like bottle. As we're drinking, this old man drinking alone comes over and gives us another bottle of beer and cheers with us! How sweet!! But everything went downhill real fast soon after that.
This drunk couple comes over and the lady starts kissing my cheek. Then Theresa's and then sylvies. She proceeds to dance and tries to get us to dance. So I do! Then she pours beer and makes everyone drink a glass of beer. She's talking nonsense Spanish while spitting in our faces as she's talking. (she's seriously drunk) Then she grabs my hand and proceeds to tell me my future in Spanish. Joaquin is translating as she's going. She says I'm going to get sick soon. I'm going to have a house and get married and have 4 kids. I'm going to get divorced or separated and I'm not going to want my kids. And that I'll live the rest of my life only looking after myself.
What the heck!!!!! I'm freaking out. Even though I know she's just a drunk lady. Still! She tried to read sylvies hand but she was screaming I'm scared I'm scared! She said a few things like her first daughter will be named after her. Which by the way, her name is cholita mirami. Haha. I think she put some sort of spell on Sylvie. Who knows! The bar keeps giving us bottles of beer from the old men who keep buying it for us. Were just like hurry, finish the beer and let's go!!!! Her husband is sitting in his seat passed out, the other old man keeps trying to set us up with his son and the lady won't leave Joaquin alone. Hahaha.
Back at the hostel now. I took a long long hot shower to rid of the spell she may have casted upon us. And all her wet juicy kisses to my cheek. Ahh! Hahah what a hilarious drinking experience. Drinking with the Bolivian locals. Oh my. Never again. Haha.
Day 17: hanging in la Paz
