11 Things

11 Random little things that make Bolivia an adventure!

1.Most everything comes in a bag… shampoo, ketchup, even water...                                       

2.Unless it’s fresh squeezed, all the packaged juices are mixed with soy milk.                       

3.No one uses seat belts.. usually you just stand up in the back of a truck and hold on for dear life.                                                                                                                                     

4.You know you’ve been gone too long when chocolate starts to taste too sweet                  

5.Sardines start to taste good. Sad day for the gringa                                                                                                       

6.Sunrises are unbelievably beautiful                           

7.Every dead animal is edible. “We killed a porcupine! Let’s go cook it!!!”                 

8.You get used to having about a million nicknames... “Leelee Flooflady”                           

9.Feet are never 100% clean thanks to dirt roads                                                                     

10.Everyone freaks out whenever there’s an airplane overhead. It doesn’t happen often.   

11. You end up trying lots of new foods... snake, armadillo, capybara, cow stomach, liver, ants, worms...

God bless!!!

Lily Fluharty