Anyway, turns out that the Friday we went was another Bolivian holiday (there is one every week!), so the tattoo place was closed. Then the Saturday we went, we realized that the place is only open Monday thru Friday… so no tattoos. Instead, we indulged abuela and went to see the sights… all of which were closed. We ended up heading an hour outside of La Paz to visit Tiwanaku, which was an important spiritual centre for the Incan people. I read a bit about it before going to La Paz, and was pretty excited to go. Um, unfortunately, the place was a bit of a let-down. They haven’t finished excavating the site. There really wasn’t much to see. Though my abuela made it more entertaining by trying to get me into the site for a discount. They charge more for foreigners to enter, a lot more, so my abuela tried to say that we were all from Oruro and were Bolivian citizens. The fact that I tower above my abuela and cousin, and that I don’t have a Bolivian ID or speak fluent Spanish made the story a bit hard to believe, and I had to end up paying 8 times what they paid. Anyways, here a few pics I took of the few things that were there to take pics of.
My stay in Bolivia is quickly coming to and end, and when my time is up here I’ll be heading to Germany for Christmas. But I’ve decided that I’ll be staying there longer than originally intended. I realized that what better place to continue my globe trotting than in the center of Europe. It will also give me a chance to spend some time with my folks and also pursue some goals I have in mind. So if anyone wants to visit Europe, you have a friend in Germany!
