Monday was the Aymara New Year holiday, so as is typical on a holiday no one goes to work and you enjoy the day sitting around, passing time in typical Bolivian style. However this day required a little more exertion than the other holidays we’ve celebrated. Dr. Moya caught wind that Jayson and I enjoy running a thought that we would enjoy the opportunity to do a 10K run. Somehow in Dr. Moya’s invitiation to do the run and Jayson’s explanation I misunderstood the Spanish and thought we were doing a 10K race with lots of runners and it was some big event. I woke up a little nervous and anxious (the usual race day feelings), and then Dr. Moya arrived and told us we could start running. I gave Jayson a confused but figured we were probably doing a warm-up run to the race start. As it turns out what Dr. Moya really had in mind was for Sandra, Gabriel, Jayson and I to run from the house to a swimming pool seven miles away. Maricello was our support car during the run, and we enjoyed making frequent stops to refuel on tangerines and water. Unfortunately the swimming pool was closed for the holiday (no big surprise), so to “pass the time” we went to a little place to sit, drink frescos, and have a little small talk. I don’t know what it is about Bolivians or the Latin American culture but they love to go to a place, away from home, and sit, chat, and drink frescos especially on holidays. Then after you have had a chat at one place, you go to another place and do the same thing.
This is where the Bolivian Army trains. I am very grateful to live in America!
Halfway through our race.
This is the family we are staying with and Dr. Moya, the opthamologist.
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