Currently, I´m sitting in an internet cafe, Dungeons, on the main avenida here in La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia. It has been a wild few days here already. Marches and protests were all over the streets yesterday pushing for education reform in favor of the maestros or teachers. Thousands of students along with the teachers participated in the marches, culminating in a large showing around the congressional / presidential square in full view from Pres. Evo Morales window.
Funny enough, I decided to participate myself after doing some alpaca shopping in the witches markets. Met two boys that were protesting and asked them loads of questions regarding their positions on certain topics brewing in the countries newspapers. As we were marching, a news reporter for Canal 4 news stopped us and asked each of us individually why we were marching. When the mic arrived, I paused and noticed that the group of students / teachers around me had stopped marching and wanted to hear what the gringo had to say. Here it is:
¨Soy de Estados Unidos. Marcho con mis amigos y creo en sus resons para marchando¨
The reporter just smiled, shook my hand, and said, ¨mirar canal cuatro para las noticias¨. I never got to turn on the tv, but as the story goes, I was definitely all over the news!
Quite an interesting start to La Paz indeed. Oh and this morning I woke up and there was snow all over the ground! Like 3 or 4 inches worth! Coming from Dallas, the summer to be specific, seeing loads of snow on the ground invigorated me...prepared me for another day of craziness.
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