Bolivia Day by bulletpoint (with photos)

Jashton wasted no time in getting to bed tonight. What a full day we had! This entry will go back to where the idea of a blog began – a web log.

• A piece to toast with jam and juice for breakfast before heading out at around 8:30 am.
• One mile walk down hill to the town – Tiquipaya.

• Walk through three blocks of Sunday morning market to get to the Trufi stop.

(a Trufi is like a fixed route taxi)

• Take the trufi into Cochabama ~15 minutes – Plaza Cala Cala where the International Church is.
• Sunday morning worship – close to 2 hours long – see previous entry

• Trufi back to Tiquipaya, spend some time in the market so Jashton can see it more.

• Decide to walk back up the hill to the Firestones (all the uphill trufies are full) Get an ice cream bar at a tienda along the way. Hot and sunny! Get back about 1:45.
• A bit after 2 the Firestones arrive back with charcha (best description – pulled llama jerky)

• Eat, and then a bus load of girls arrive from an orphanage for an Easter egg hunt.
• Jashton, Thomas, Maddy and I take them (age range 5 to early teens – all girls) on a hike to the river while the eggs are hidden.

• Easter egg hunt mayhem – help littlest ones find eggs

• 5:30 as the girls leave Jashton and I take a trufi down the hill, switch to another trufi heading in to Cochabamba for a family evening at CIC. 2 hours of songs, skits, information and more – mostly in Spanish (it is a bilingual congregation, and most of the contributors were native Spanish speakers)
• Head out of there around 8:20. We are hungry (no dinner yet), cold (the sun set taking its warmth), and a bit tired (we had walked miles). But I convinced Jashton to walk for a few blocks.
• 8:30 Got to a new trendy pizza place – ordered, realized we were both really thirsty, got dinner around 9pm and scarfed it down.

• Hailed a taxi, was blessed by a driver who offered a fair fare right off the bat (no meters, it all negotiated) and got back to the Firestones shortly after 9:30.
• On the gate was a note that we will be leaving at 7:45 to meet our ride from Food for the Hungry to visit Apilla Pampa in the rural areas – there don't seem to be blockades being organized for Monday.

Yes, it was a full day!