This morning went to the witches market, where all the herbs and potions are sold. I have had to include the picture of the llama foetuses as they are everywhere. When a new building is erected a foetus is buried in the foundations as it is supposed to bring good luck. If people are rich then they kill a full grown llama and bury it! Ours is not to reason why!
I then went on a search for a working ATM, which was a real challenge and ended up down town in the middle of a huge demonstration. There were thousands of people, mainly peasants marching through the streets, there was lots of noise like gun shots which I thought it was to start with but then realised it was fireworks. I found out that these people had come from the surrounding regions to demonstrate because a company had been set up to buy their produce, the company had said it was a government run scheme. The company then disappeared and thousands of people lost all their money and apparently the government is doing nothing to help them. This was why the road was blocked last week, it was these people who were quite rightly trying to be heard and regain some of their money.
In the afternoon I went on a bus ride to Moon Valley, which is a huge valley full of sandstone rock formations which rise from the ground. It was spectacular! A german guy that I was sitting with said that it is similar to the famous valley in the States, but I can’t remember it’s name!
La Paz is an amazing city, so many contrasts, colours, sights and sounds. I think because so many people are dressed in tradional clothes it feels very different to anywhere else I have been.
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