Hello families and friends,
Greetings from Bolivia! We’re excited to share a backlog of photos from the last few weeks including our time in La Paz/El Alto, Isla del Sol, Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Cusco, Paru Paru, and Urubamba.
Some highlights from the gallery:
lxs dragoncitxs salsa dancing at Teatro Trono in El Alto, Bolivia.
going to see las cholitas luchadoras fight and then getting to meet and have dinner with two cholitas (gracias Benita y Elisabet!).
Luci buying a lucha libre mask and bouncing back and forth across the ring.
Spending our downtime rock climbing in the gym that’s housed within our hostel in La Paz (Larkin’s first time rock climbing!).
Learning about how to decolonize our bodies at Teatro Trono.
Traveling La Paz/El Alto via cable cars.
Enjoying some delicious ramen — not just once, but twice!— in La Paz.
Spending a few beautiful, restful sunny days at Isla del Sol for our Midcourse.
The skits the dragoncitxs put on to review what we’ve experienced so far this semester 🙂
Speeding across Lake Titicaca (putting Gaby at an 11/10 emotionally as a total water-lover)
Jakob, Soumya, and Rishi making up songs while Zia played a beat on the guitar as we zoomed across the lake.
Listening to Lucho share his Roots & Shoots (sharing about significant people, places, and events in his life that have shaped him).
Viewing the majesty of Machu Picchu through the fog and mist and having it mostly to ourselves due to train issues keeping the hordes of other tourists from arriving.
Sliding, sweating, and slogging our way through the Choquequirao trek —sister to Machu Picchu— that continues to be one of the students’ greatest highlights.
The curly hair crew enjoying a DELICIOUS vegan food cart in the Mercado Central in Cusco
Learning about traditional weaving, dying, and textiles from the community in Paru Paru
Planting native potatoes and learning about the importance of decolonizing our agricultural system and our minds in Paru Paru
Learning how to make adobe and getting our feet muddy in Paru Paru while engaging in natural building
Celebrating the end of our time in Urubamba with a big celebration with our homestay families
Sharing what we’ve learned in our ISPs – weaving, cooking, charango, silversmithing, herbalism and salsa
Please enjoy this glimpse into our little world here. Until next time!
The I-team
Here’s a small sample of the photos picked by the Carpe Mundi team - click the link above to see more!
