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  • Sucre Parade

    Posted on by Kerri Comment

    There was a parade in the square in Sucre to commemorate the day Chile invaded Bolivia.

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    Every school had a marching band and the whole class parading behind.

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    Most of the marching bands were quite large.

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    But not terribly good.

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    Most of the schools had big standards that they carried in front.

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    This one involved a taxidermied bird. I wondered why Shep doesn’t get a taxidermied thunderbird to carry around.

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    The entire school marched along behind the bands. First the boys.

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    Then the girls. Most of the students looked like they didn’t really want to be there.

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    Because the students were marching from the square back to their schools, they all went different directions. This combined with the narrow streets made it a very crowded and confusing parade.

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  • Moon Valley

    Posted on by Kerri Comment

    The moon valley in La Paz is said to look just like the surface of the moon.

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    We assume the people that say this have never seen a picture of the moon.

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    It is a valley made of mudstone.

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    But instead of being wind eroded like the hoodoos in Alberta, it is primarily eroded by rain, so the structures are more vertical.

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    It is also in the middle of the city and being rapidly overtaken by houses.

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    The valley stretches off away from the city and is quite wide.

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    There are paths through the structures so that you can get a good look without damaging them.

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    Which makes it hard to play hide and seek.

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    Pink is also not the best colour for camouflage.

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    But there was a good view.

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