Death Road, Hugo Chavez

Delaney — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:57:14 +0000

I had fun riding my bicycle down the World’s Most Dangerous Road. The mountains were covered with clouds and rain, so I got a bit muddy, but that also meant that I couldn’t actually see over the edge of the cliffs I was careening around, so it didn’t seem that dangerous. It was mostly just a blast trying to keep up with the guides (who actually went pretty quickly down those hills, and sometimes around crazy corners) through the waterfalls and little rivers. And there was a HUGE landslide in the road on the way back, so our little bus was delayed about an hour and a half while they cleared a massive amount of earth off the roadway. So we had a bit of a disco party with ‘Cello 1 and ‘Cello 2 and and ‘Cello 1’s Cuba Libre in the middle of a mountain road with a bunch of truck drivers and other tourists.

Muddy, downy:

Also, I went to see Evo Morales get inaugurated. We (Cami and Elsa and I, again!) took a collectivo to a little town called Tiahuanaco to see the informal, indigenous inauguration, which was fun, and odd, and just, well, great. And then the next day we were walking around town looking for a park when we stumbled across the stadium, and followed the crowds in. To the official inauguration ceremony. Where I listened to a whole lot of folkloric (it’s a word!) Bolivian music and danced a little bit and saw Rafael Delgado, Raul Castro, and Hugo Chavez speak. So I’m pretty much a socialist now.

That big white square is actually Evo on the screen:

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Death Road, Hugo Chavez