<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203</id><updated>2009-10-13T13:10:42.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>picaros 2008</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>64</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-2521491835413337130</id><published>2008-06-22T17:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-22T18:57:25.062-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vizivilag / Under water world</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF70Tt2IZtI/AAAAAAAAAKY/DIp63Dm2ma4/s1600-h/000015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214874038102943442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF70Tt2IZtI/AAAAAAAAAKY/DIp63Dm2ma4/s400/000015.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Providencia a harmadik legnagyobb korallzatony a Foldon. Elovilaga elkepesztoen gazdag. Ilyet eddig csak vasarnap delutan a kanapen National Geographic-ot nezve lattam.&lt;br /&gt;Providencia kis szomszedja Santa Catalina, ponton hid koti ossze oket. A parti setany menten fakunyhok  allnak szinesen mint a szigeten mindenutt. Fuggoagyak, hintak, ajto es ablak tarva-nyitva. Szieaszta ido van, sehol egy lelek. Zene szol az egyik mellekutcabol, kreol-karib hullamzo ritmus.&lt;br /&gt;A kis kihalt strandot egy rozsdas agyu vigyazza meg azokbol az idokbol maradt itt mikor a szigeten kaloz eroditmeny allt.  Amint megerkezunk irany a viz, orakat toltok lebegve, pipaval a szamban amuldozva. A viz sekely es olykor melegebb mint egy kadfurdo.&lt;br /&gt;A parti sziklak kozott kezdodik a musor. Halak ezrei. Mint valami tancos mulattsag, az apro es az orias mind szines pikkelykoltemenyben. Klikkek egyutt usznak es esznek. Amikor kisut a nap, kacagnak a szinek, szikrazik a felszin. A pici bebi halak ezrei falkaban koroznek, ha mozdulok, hihetetlen koordinaltan manovereznek  odebb, mintha madzag kotne ossze valamennyit. A sarga-ezust kombinacio a leggyakoribb, de van minden mas is. Ketszaz meterre a parttol gorogdinnye meretu, de csupan centimeter vastag sarga-fekete trio kiser vagy husz meteren at. Apro uszonyaik komikusak a nagy testuk mellett. Van egy szegyenlos melykek, oklomnyi meretu, a peremeken rikito sarga. Ikea hal. Egyre csak bujkal, mindig egyedul. Ezernyi, millionyi hal! Kulonfele variaciok zebra mintara. Latok egy teglalap retro mintasat, eleg nagy, barna-feher kombi, elottem szambazik fel meterre. A voros-ezustosek mindig csak oklomnyiek. Van viszont egy meg kisebb sarga szinu hal, oriasi fekete szem mintaval a farok uszonyan.Tetteti a nagy halat? Mintha remlene, hogy ez egy taktika. A masik a kamoflazs. Kover, ballon szeru hal leopard mintaval. Mintha plussbol volna, egyenest egy szuvenir boltbol. Latok egy masikat a felszinhez lapulva, olyan mint egy algaval benott kodarab. Ha megzargatom, epp csak odebbcsusszan hidegverrel. Egy ko alatt eszreveszek egy masik koveret, bulldogra emlekezteto fejjel, orias fekete szemekkel. Aztan beuszik a kepbe egy hosszukas, meteres versenyzo. Nyilvan ragadozo, megkerget nehany kisebb pajtast, de ugy tunik nem igazan ehes, elmarad a drama pedig rakeszultem a kameralval. Egyszer csak valami tenyleg nagy mozdul a szemem sarkaban. Egy teknos! Uldozobe veszem. Meglog. Lesprintelt egy teknos. Ujra feltunik a colos husevo. Kanyargunk kicsit a korallok kozott (ha nincs lo, jo…). Nehany meter utan elottem a teknos. Ramegyek, megfogom, egyutt uszunk. Szuper.&lt;br /&gt;A novenyzet fennseges. Elenkzold es sarga korallok, labda, tojas, felgomb formajuak. Rozsdavoros sokkaru bokrok apro viragokkal amik erintesre becsukodnak. Palmafa szeru kis noveny, a mintas levelek erintesre behuzodnak a torzsbe. Melyedesekbol eloburjanzo puha csapok, veguk zold vagy bordo. Szinten reagal ha megzavarom, hihetetlen finom, mint a zselatin. Orias bordo legyezok lengedeznek a lassan mozgo vizben. Orgonacso szeru csigak, barna es bordo, mellettuk egesz csigatemeto (a klasszikus szuvenir, allitolag hallatszik benne a tenger zugasa… conch a nevuk, nagyon finom paprikas szoszban fozve) massziv hazak, nehez oket felemelni.&lt;br /&gt;Repul az ido a viz alatt. A parton a sos izt apro kis mangoval kuldom le. Mango bon-bon. A viz fole nyujtozo palmafan iguana sutkerezik. Neha elkap egy kisebb gyikot. Olykor helyet es pozt valtoztat, koveti a tuzo napot ami lassacskan lefele kanyarodik a horizonton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Betito busahaju oslakos. Vigyorogva kormanyozza a csonakot a korallzatony fele. Santa Catalin-an a viz smaragd szinu volt, itt a nyilt viz felszinen az azur kolonbozo arnyalatai jatszanak a melysegtol fuggoen.  A korall tombok barnas-feketen latszanak. Betito figyel, kerulgeti oket.&lt;br /&gt;Alamerulve elakad a lelegzetem. Mint egy templom, otlik fel bennem, orias szentely. Alattam tizenket meter, a homokos felszin megis tisztan latszik. Koros-korul korall oszlopok, tombok es mindenutt a gyonyoru kekseg.&lt;br /&gt;Narancs szinu vizinovenyek lebegnek a felszinen, apro gyongy szeru gyumolcseik vannak. Melykek halraj kacsazik elottem. Lenyugozo a melyseg, a ter. Lapos, nagy ralya alattam, eleg ijeszto. O mozdul eloszor, sejtelmesen tovalebeg, kanyargo hosszu farokkal es egy furge kiserohallal a nyomaban. A sotet herceg es kiserete.&lt;br /&gt;Tevelygunk az oszlopok kozott meg-megallva, bameszkodva. Az ora elsuhan, maris pofogunk a part fele. Léa mosolyog magaban, a szel rendetlenul nyaldossa sos, hosszu hajat. Szokebb, gondorebb es boldog itt a szigeten. En is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605762329781/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605762329781/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-2521491835413337130?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/2521491835413337130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=2521491835413337130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2521491835413337130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2521491835413337130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/vizivilag-under-water-world.html' title='Vizivilag / Under water world'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF70Tt2IZtI/AAAAAAAAAKY/DIp63Dm2ma4/s72-c/000015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-8961121720893384276</id><published>2008-06-22T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-22T17:52:59.434-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Providencia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF7zZ7WNu7I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/_HBoX-wMICU/s1600-h/DSC05769.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214873045294758834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF7zZ7WNu7I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/_HBoX-wMICU/s400/DSC05769.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Chamoro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carlos Chamoro is a proud man. He has lived all his sixty-five years on Providencia. We are hitching our way to Santa Catalina island when he picks us up. He drives is silence, waiting for us to start a conversation.&lt;br /&gt;Señor Chamoro is a happy man. He tells us about his sixteen children from two wives and about his twenty-five grandchildren. His large hands resting on the steering wheel he scathes his life on the island in a few words. “It is good to have many children - says he when I tell him that we are almost half his age but way behind in producing any offspring - they take care of you when you get old.” Chamoro does not need to be taken care of. He is in the construction business. “I am never out of work  - exclaims he, looking at the road – make ninety thousand every day, build the best houses on the island. &lt;br /&gt;Chamoro is a respected man. At the petrol station he is being greeted from far. The men  converse in the island English, an easy going chatter in an easy going dialect.&lt;br /&gt;Nobody picks us up on the way back at the end of the day. We end up paying eight thousand  for a taxi after  hard negotiation, even walk-away tactics. Generosity is not in the island DNA. We have found an exception this morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605740314737/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605740314737/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-8961121720893384276?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/8961121720893384276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=8961121720893384276' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/8961121720893384276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/8961121720893384276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/providencia.html' title='Providencia'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF7zZ7WNu7I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/_HBoX-wMICU/s72-c/DSC05769.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-7498560524998694471</id><published>2008-06-22T17:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-22T17:49:29.562-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Isla San Andrés in Colombia'/><title type='text'>San Andrés</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF7y6BehA_I/AAAAAAAAAKI/oOJ87al-Mro/s1600-h/DSC05655.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214872497184375794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF7y6BehA_I/AAAAAAAAAKI/oOJ87al-Mro/s320/DSC05655.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605735090548/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605735090548/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-7498560524998694471?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/7498560524998694471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=7498560524998694471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/7498560524998694471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/7498560524998694471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/san-andrs.html' title='San Andrés'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF7y6BehA_I/AAAAAAAAAKI/oOJ87al-Mro/s72-c/DSC05655.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-8330985658493467628</id><published>2008-06-21T14:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T14:21:08.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cartagena</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF1wpWdobPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/3tYH4enL8AE/s1600-h/DSC05560.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214447799271714034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF1wpWdobPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/3tYH4enL8AE/s320/DSC05560.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Egy ideje nem irtam, de Cartagena-t nehez megallni szo nelkul. Mar ha az embernek akad szava a varosnyi bubajra. A fallal korulvett ovarosok csodaja nem uj. Dubrovnik, Luebeck, Tallin es Antibes mind varazsosak. A falak konzervaljak az idot es a szellemet.&lt;br /&gt;Az utcakat jarva  kora delelott es keso delutan szines hazak temerdek rogyadozo erkelyei adnak nemi arnyat.  Amerre csak jarok szembetunik valami szep, ami feledteti a pokoli hoseget. Ha nem egy epulet  akkor egy tejeskave boru, csupa mosoly, lengen erzeki leany vagy fiu.&lt;br /&gt;A hoteltol egy saroknyira van egy kis ter, kozepen burjanzo park.  Kevesbe turista mint a tobbi ter. Ide terunk folyton vissza, kiprobaljuk az osszes ettermet. A kedvenc csak este uzemel, a teren ucsorgoket szolgalja ki. A recept: pizza, sor es gurgulazo lounge a parkban.  A sarki talponalloban szuper ebedet adnak, jobb a konyha mint a trendi helyeken. Masodszorra mar megismernek, mi a vagyunk a keson jovok. Beszelget mindenki mindenkivel, konnyeden, lassan, baratian.&lt;br /&gt;Turistak vagyunk es ezen az sem valtoztat hogy ket nap utan otthon erzem magamat. A varos jobbara diszlet, kellek egy tokeletes erzeshez, a szabad gondtalansaghoz. Remekul valasztott bor az utazasunk utolso nagy lakomajahoz.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529734357/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529734357/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-8330985658493467628?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/8330985658493467628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=8330985658493467628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/8330985658493467628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/8330985658493467628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/cartagena.html' title='Cartagena'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF1wpWdobPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/3tYH4enL8AE/s72-c/DSC05560.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-3553190981036541632</id><published>2008-06-21T14:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T14:15:14.255-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Columbia'/><title type='text'>Parque Tyrona</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF1vOM9Pw1I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/IVMkw8oZ_FI/s1600-h/DSC05501.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214446233351865170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF1vOM9Pw1I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/IVMkw8oZ_FI/s320/DSC05501.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; More pictures: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605719390816/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605719390816/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-3553190981036541632?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/3553190981036541632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=3553190981036541632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/3553190981036541632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/3553190981036541632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/parque-tyrona.html' title='Parque Tyrona'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SF1vOM9Pw1I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/IVMkw8oZ_FI/s72-c/DSC05501.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-638076017470088205</id><published>2008-06-09T17:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T17:47:01.672-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peru'/><title type='text'>Huacachina Oasis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE3IQC7Im2I/AAAAAAAAAJw/mt_ay4D2Xh8/s1600-h/DSC05326.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210040521925892962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE3IQC7Im2I/AAAAAAAAAJw/mt_ay4D2Xh8/s320/DSC05326.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605524748162/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605524748162/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il est 18h30, nous sommes a la terrasse du meilleur hotel de Huacachina ( mais c est loin d etre le Ritz) et sirotons un pisco sour en regardant la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lagunita&lt;/span&gt;, entouree de palmiers et bordee de dunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et oui, nous sommes dans une oasis. Une oasis semblable a celles que Herge a dessine pour les aventures de Tintin: un lac minuscule, des palmiers, des dunes et un beau ciel bleu fonce. Il manque cependant les mechants arabes . Ici il n y a que des &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;amigos &lt;/span&gt;et des &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;gringos&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L eau du lac n est pas tres engageante mais l endroit regorge d hotels avec piscine. Nous avons jete notre devolu sur le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Huacachina hotel&lt;/span&gt;! De notre piscine nous avons vue sur les dunes qui se dressent comme des murailles autour de ce drole de village pour touristes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malheureusement, le soleil s est eclipse derriere la dune vers les 17h. J ai a peine eu le temps de faire deux longueurs avant de devoir remettre pantalons longs et veste polaire car les nuits dans le desert sont fraiches ( ce qui ne nous change pas beaucoup de l altiplano....).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelle genre d activite recreatives pouvons nous faire dans ce paradis miniature ? buggy des sables,  sand boarding et pedalo sur les eaux troubles du mini-lac. J apercoie de notre terrasse  un buggy. C est une sorte de 4x4 ameliore qui se propulse a toute vitesse sur les dunes, en empruntant des angles dangeureux dans les parties les plus abruptes.  Les touristes anglais en raffolent ! &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So much fuuuuun ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sur la terrasse contigue, des jeunes israeliens se sont regroupes pour diner et comme a leur habitude empreignent les lieux de leur dreads, cigarettes&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;pantalons larges&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  et de leur connaissance mediocre de l espagnol:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Amigo, cerveza no cold !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Amigo, pagar. Cuanto ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Une fois de plus , nous avons prefere a tout ce brouhaha le calme de notre piscine et de notre terrasse &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ejecutivo&lt;/span&gt;  meme si - et comme souvent- nous rajeunissons de beaucoup la moyenne d age. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-638076017470088205?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/638076017470088205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=638076017470088205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/638076017470088205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/638076017470088205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/huacachina-oasis.html' title='Huacachina Oasis'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE3IQC7Im2I/AAAAAAAAAJw/mt_ay4D2Xh8/s72-c/DSC05326.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-4066170377732524394</id><published>2008-06-09T14:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T16:59:52.839-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La cote caraibe ! hmmmmmm.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2nBYcbvKI/AAAAAAAAAJo/hQHPOHUzETU/s1600-h/DSC05507.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210003986120948898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2nBYcbvKI/AAAAAAAAAJo/hQHPOHUzETU/s320/DSC05507.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sea, sex and sun....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...sans oublier les 40 degres a l´ombre, les moustiques et l´humidite que vous ne voyez pas sur la photo ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous en voulez encore ?: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605524620404/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605524620404/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-4066170377732524394?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/4066170377732524394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=4066170377732524394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4066170377732524394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4066170377732524394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/la-cote-caraibe-hmmmmmm.html' title='La cote caraibe ! hmmmmmm.....'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2nBYcbvKI/AAAAAAAAAJo/hQHPOHUzETU/s72-c/DSC05507.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-4816548294359005352</id><published>2008-06-09T14:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T17:00:49.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Des vacances dans les vacances...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2jxKCBtPI/AAAAAAAAAJg/mfsWJP6ItFY/s1600-h/DSC05456.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210000408839304434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2jxKCBtPI/AAAAAAAAAJg/mfsWJP6ItFY/s320/DSC05456.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons passe trois jours de detente intensive a Giraldot, chez les parents de Ana, a trois heures de route de Bogota.&lt;br /&gt;Piscine, bronzette, cours d aerobique, tennis, golf, bbq, promenade en buggy de golf (non sans blague), repas en famille (enfin !) sieste dans les hamacs et encore bronzette.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giraldot est un petit paradis sur terre, ou il est interdit de se fatiguer ! Il suffit de tendre le bras pour decrocher une mangue du manguier, de charmantes ramasseuses de balles se baissent pour vous sur les cours de tennis et les cocktails vous attendent a la sortie de la piscine....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A se demander pourquoi nous ne sommes pas venu directement a Giraldot, au lieu de faire des detours sur le reste du continent .....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529889687/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529889687/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-4816548294359005352?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/4816548294359005352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=4816548294359005352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4816548294359005352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4816548294359005352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/des-vacances-dans-les-vacances.html' title='Des vacances dans les vacances...'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2jxKCBtPI/AAAAAAAAAJg/mfsWJP6ItFY/s72-c/DSC05456.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-3199889558546163017</id><published>2008-06-09T14:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T17:01:33.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lima</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2jA0x0GjI/AAAAAAAAAJY/KCZ_VOYC-iU/s1600-h/DSC05425.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209999578500438578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2jA0x0GjI/AAAAAAAAAJY/KCZ_VOYC-iU/s320/DSC05425.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;More pictures: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529901827/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529901827/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-3199889558546163017?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/3199889558546163017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=3199889558546163017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/3199889558546163017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/3199889558546163017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/lima.html' title='Lima'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2jA0x0GjI/AAAAAAAAAJY/KCZ_VOYC-iU/s72-c/DSC05425.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-6116749784137148152</id><published>2008-06-09T14:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T18:02:37.591-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peruvian Southern  Coast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2iPJkjeYI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/BQaPBLyXe0Y/s1600-h/DSC05305.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2h4mAoOkI/AAAAAAAAAJI/U7eEy5Lg6UI/s1600-h/DSC05208.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209998337585461826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2h4mAoOkI/AAAAAAAAAJI/U7eEy5Lg6UI/s320/DSC05208.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pictures: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529941355/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605529941355/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pisco a un nom evocateur plutot sympatique qui rappelle le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;pisco sour, &lt;/span&gt;le fameux cocktail  a base de pisco ( liqueur peruvienne) et de citron vert.&lt;br /&gt;Pourtant - une fois sur place- les debris de la ville n evoquent que pauvrete, tristesse et pire que tout: abandon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ville a ete devastee par un tremblement de terre en 2007. Pres dun an plus tard,tres peu a ete reconstruit. Le taxi nous l a repete avec amertume: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;No han reconstruido nada.&lt;/span&gt; ( Rien na ete reconstruit)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les restes de la catedrale gisent encore au sol sur la place principale. Des cabanes en carton  s alignent le long des rues en guise de logement. L urgence se transforme en provisoire, et le provisoire se transforme en permanent.&lt;br /&gt;Les quelques batiments qui ont survecu aux secousses affichent des balafres inquietantes pour les occupants et des blocs de ciments pendent encore des murs, suspendus en l air par des cables de construction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pourtant la vie a repris dans ce paysage devaste. Elle sorganise sur les trotoirs et sous des baches tirees par des bouts de ficelle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons dejeune dans l unique restaurant encore debout de la ville. Le patron a  l air plutot heureux. On ne peut s empecher de penser que son entreprise est florissante depuis que la concurrence s est effondree pour ne plus se relever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En haut dans l angle, le TV est allumee et tout le monde regarde la finale de la ligue des champions. Manchester contre Chelsea. C est l euforie lorsque le gardien de Manchester bloque le dernier tir au but.&lt;br /&gt;5-6, bel arret, beau match. Et le restaurant reprend une activite normale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-6116749784137148152?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/6116749784137148152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=6116749784137148152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/6116749784137148152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/6116749784137148152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/peruvian-southern-coast.html' title='Peruvian Southern  Coast'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2h4mAoOkI/AAAAAAAAAJI/U7eEy5Lg6UI/s72-c/DSC05208.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-4003971841391358952</id><published>2008-06-09T14:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T15:05:37.609-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Machu Picchu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2ffU-X7RI/AAAAAAAAAIw/zslZv_Hn5eI/s1600-h/DSC05151.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209995704492616978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2ffU-X7RI/AAAAAAAAAIw/zslZv_Hn5eI/s320/DSC05151.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; More pictures at: &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605523184086/"&gt;http://flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605523184086/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-4003971841391358952?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/4003971841391358952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=4003971841391358952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4003971841391358952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4003971841391358952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/machu-picchu.html' title='Machu Picchu'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SE2ffU-X7RI/AAAAAAAAAIw/zslZv_Hn5eI/s72-c/DSC05151.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-2851500834909533063</id><published>2008-05-17T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-17T15:53:10.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La Vallee Sacree - Valle Sacrada</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9EwSr2r7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/F3cEtXwzJc4/s1600-h/lea+043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201451691076399026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9EwSr2r7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/F3cEtXwzJc4/s320/lea+043.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9FpSr2r8I/AAAAAAAAAIo/caYvWJL5Tww/s1600-h/Copia+de+lea+056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201452670328942530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9FpSr2r8I/AAAAAAAAAIo/caYvWJL5Tww/s320/Copia+de+lea+056.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9DHyr2r5I/AAAAAAAAAIM/ReUj7ywR7CE/s1600-h/lea+043.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9CoSr2r4I/AAAAAAAAAIE/VcjNb-rRp_o/s1600-h/lea+056.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;La route qui mene de Cusco a la Vallee Sacree est une veritable merveille. Le bus ´collectivo´ -que nous avons pris par soucis d´economie dans cette region eminement touristique et donc chere- etait bonde au-dela du seuil de securite, mais j´arrivais tout de meme a discerner le paysage entre les passagers , leurs chapeaux, leur bagages, les vitres sales et les autres vehicules que nous doublions a toute vitesse dans les virages.&lt;br /&gt;Cette vallee est recouverte de petits champs de ble, de quinoa, d´avoine et autres cereales. On dirait que des mains invisibles ont depose une couverture patwork qui aurait epouse a la perfection les formes vallonnees de la ´´Valle Sacrada´.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes entre 2800 et 3800 metres d´altitude. Les sommets enneiges se detachent derriere les champs et decoupent le ciel bleu fonce de leurs cretes ciselees. La lumiere du soleil declinant ajoute la touche finale et doree a ce paysage de reve. Seul bemol du voyage, une petite ecoliere belle comme le jour mais crade comme le monde me devore deux yeux jusqu a me mettre carrement mal a l´aise. Mais bon, je ne peux pas lui demander de regarder ailleurs, son champs de vision est limite par les autres voyageurs qui forment comme un mur autour de sa petite tete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A l´arrivee a Urubamba au fond de la vallee, nous decouvrons l´auberge Las Chullpas, un veritable petit paradis perdu au milieu d une foret d´eucaliptus, ou nous avons ete accueillis commes des rois. Nous le recommendoncs vivement aux voyageurs qui ont envie de se reposer de Cusco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le lendemain nous avons visite les puits salants de Moray et la citadelle inca de Ollantaytambo, tous deux perches sur des flancs de montagne, en plein soleil, face a la vallee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos:&lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605108036752/"&gt;http://flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605108036752/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-2851500834909533063?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/2851500834909533063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=2851500834909533063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2851500834909533063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2851500834909533063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/la-vallee-sacree-valle-sacrada.html' title='La Vallee Sacree - Valle Sacrada'/><author><name>Lea</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523754246465282181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06406640266345447391'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SC9EwSr2r7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/F3cEtXwzJc4/s72-c/lea+043.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-6191631580432664045</id><published>2008-05-17T10:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-17T12:56:50.705-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cusco</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SC8Ts0ymwwI/AAAAAAAAACU/s10GhkIjlU4/s1600-h/lea+144.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201397755442283266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SC8Ts0ymwwI/AAAAAAAAACU/s10GhkIjlU4/s320/lea+144.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Peter est reste couche toute la journee aujourd´hui pendant que je courais les rues de Cusco pour essayer de recuperer une partie des arrhes que nous avions versees pour le Chemin de l´Inca, acheter les billets de train pour le Machu Picchu, acheter a manger, ecrire a ma mere, mettre le blog a jour…etc&lt;br /&gt;Sur les trotoirs des rabatteurs ont essaye de me vendre des massages, des epilations, des menus ´touristico´, des tatouages, des pulls en alpaca, des cartes postales, des bijoux faits main, des soi-disant antiquites incas, des promenade en cheval, du rafting, des randonnees et meme des piercings.&lt;br /&gt;Il est impossible de faire un pas dans cette ville sans etre harcele par des vendeurs et rabatteurs qui vous abordent a l´aide de horripilant ´Amiga´.&lt;br /&gt;Malgre la beaute des batiments coloniaux et le cadre grandiose je dois avouer que cette ville est decidement venue au bout de ma patience. Au risque de froisser un grand nombre d´inconditionnels de Cusco, je n´hesite pas a dire que cette ville est franchement pourrie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amis voyageurs, vous voila prevenus et passez votre chemin si vous voulez garder une image paisible du Perou . Quant a vous, redacteurs de guide touristique, faite votre travail et ecrivez noir sur blanc que Cusco est la plus grosse arnaque du Perou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plus de photos:&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605107622767/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157605107622767/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-6191631580432664045?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/6191631580432664045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=6191631580432664045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/6191631580432664045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/6191631580432664045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/cuzco.html' title='Cusco'/><author><name>Lea</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523754246465282181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06406640266345447391'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SC8Ts0ymwwI/AAAAAAAAACU/s10GhkIjlU4/s72-c/lea+144.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-4948701469622189794</id><published>2008-05-10T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-17T15:34:00.153-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Valle &amp; Cañon del Colca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SCXrH_QEMKI/AAAAAAAAAHs/2OZ6GOFuZ1I/s1600-h/DSC04786.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198819867339534498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SCXrH_QEMKI/AAAAAAAAAHs/2OZ6GOFuZ1I/s400/DSC04786.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604983407478/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604983407478/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Vallee de la Colca – situee au sud-ouest du Perou- est une pure merveille. Nous l´avons sillonnee pendant trois jours en compagnie de Sarah et Alain – deux canadiens tres sympathiques- et de Dante , notre chauffeur, guide et ami.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surnomme le canyon le plus profond du monde par les agences de voyages ( plus profond que le Grand Canyon!), le canyon est surtout impressionant par la beaute des cultures en terrasse qui sculptent ses deux versants de haut en bas.&lt;br /&gt;Dante s´est improvise guide et en a profite pour nous mener la ou il voulait aller ( c´est a dire la ou il avait des connexions pour manger et dormir gratis). Grace a lui nous avons neanmoins echappe aux hordes de touristes et avons pu visiter des lieux magnifiques hors des sentiers battus.&lt;br /&gt;Le deuxieme jour notre camionnette n´a pu franchir un mauvais passage sur la piste. Dante avait beau lancer le vehicule a pleine allure dans la pente- malgre le precipice qui s´ouvrait a quelques cm des roues- la camionnette trop lourde s´enlisait dans la poussiere et les graviers.&lt;br /&gt;Cela a ete l´occasion de faire du benevolat! Nous avons reconstruit la piste tant bien que mal en alignant de grosses pierres plates sur les traces des roues. Apres une grosse demi-heure de dure labeur, plusieurs dizaines de pierres et de nombreuses tentatives de passage infructueuses, Dante a enfin reussi a passer sans autre dommage que la perte d´un garde boue. Cette petite aventure poussiereuse fur bien amusante et nousa permis de gagner le respect de Dante qui nous a gratifie d´une poignee de main virile et d´un ´&lt;em&gt;Somos un equipo!´&lt;/em&gt; triomphal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le lendemain matin nous avons rejoint les autres touristes sur la ´Cruz del Condor´, point de vue d´ou l´on peut admirer le vol plane des condors dans la partie la plus abrupte et la plus profonde du Canyon.&lt;br /&gt;Outre le vol spectaculaire de ces immenses oiseaux au gre des courants d´air chaud, La Cruz del Condor offre une vue imprenable sur le Canyon et ses parois vertigineuses qui semblent s´etirer a l´infini. On ne voit ni le fond du canyon, ni la fin de la vallee, ni le point d´envol des condors, ni leur point de chute. Tout semble suspendu dans les airs.&lt;br /&gt;D´apres les explications d´un guide, les condors vivent en couple. Si la femelle vient a mourir, il est tres rare que le male cherche une autre compagne. Il prefere ouvrir ses ailes, voler le plus haut possible dans le ciel puis replier les ailes le long de son corps et piquer de la tete. On a du mal a imaginer que ces carnassiers a l´allure aussi peu engageante soient aussi sentimentaux….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Canyon est aussi une region chargee d´histoire et de culture. Le long de la route, Dante fait des arrets frequents pour nous montrer des tombes perchees au milieu d´une falaise, des momies a peine degagees des roches, des village incas en ruine, ou encore de superbes villages habites construits autour d´une belle eglise blanchie a la chaux. Les habitants sont a l´image de leur vallee. Les femmes portent des costumes magnifiquement brodes et arborent des chapeaux encore plus beaux qui temoignent de leur appartenance a tel ou tel groupe ethnique de la vallee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le soir du troisieme jour, Dante nous depose a l´hotel a Arequipa. Il a l´air sincerement emu de nous quitter et -la larme a l´oeil- nous sert dans ces bras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COLCA SZTORI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dante es a termeskovek:&lt;br /&gt;Dante, micsoda nev! Kopcos kis perui, egyenest egy kepregenybol. Horgas orr, asszimetrikus arc amit csak fokoznak a keresztbe allo fogak. Dante a soforunk. Rogton Arequipa hataraban onkenyesen elesen jobbra fordul, hogy megmutassa hol lakik. Vigan dudal, egy mosolygos fiatalasszony integet, a feleseg. Danteeknal nem folyik viz a csapbol, ketnaponta jon a vizes kocsi. 10 liter csaladonkent!  Szuk kanyon szelerol figyeljuk a kotoroket a melyben. Egy atlag munkas 10-20 hofeher termeskovet kalapal ki naponta, egyszeru szerszamokkal esoben, fagyban.  A ko piaci ara ket sol, max. kilenc euro naponta. Ezekbol a kovekbol epult fel Arequipa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One… just one night in Yanque :&lt;br /&gt;Tenyernyi botanikus kert az udvaron, nyugis bordo szinu falak, vastag szonyegek es takarok. Egy ejszaka Yanque-ban. A hazigazda a szomszedos “Colca Lodge” nevu luxusletesitmenyben dolgozik, onnan lesi el a vendeglatas es a dekoracio fortelyait. Komoly, korrekt, torekvo helybeli. Az ebedlo falan egy erdekes kep, a feleseg teljes diszben a spanyol kiralynovel parolazik.  Kerdezem, hogy tenyleg-e, mire o buszken bologat. Koran vacsorazunk, pattog a tuz, a falut a hangosbeszelo invitalja  gyulesre az iskola ugyeben. A harmadik figyelmeztetesre mar erosen rohogunk. Sietnek is a haziak lathatoan, hozzak a desszertet, hamarosan magunkra maradunk.  Kanadai utitarsaink pokerezni tanitanak. Ugyanazt az olcso papirdobozos szololehez hasonlatos chilei bort isszuk mint az utolso estenken a Torres del Paine parkban. Forrovizes butellakkal bujunk agyba, hidegek az ejszakak a Colca volgyeben.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romok es teraszok:&lt;br /&gt;Vegre gyalogosan. Dante a budira is minibusszal jar… Coporaque falu hataraban rovidke maszas utan romok tunnek elo. Sehol egy lelek, az egyetlen tampont az inka szeru keskeny trapez bejaratok, kulonben fogalmam sincs kik, mikor eltek es haltak itt. A romfalu foutcajan kis csatornaban viz csorgedezik, fentebb a hegyoldalon vizeses. A volgy osszes kaktusz fajtaja versenyezni latszik a zoldesszurke kovekert. Ahogyan lepkedek a teraszokon a csendben, tehenlepenyek kozott, a talpam alatt kulonos szaraz eros gaz erett magjai zorognek, pattognak es akadnak fenn a zoknimon. Felkapaszkodok a legnagyobbnak tuno epuletig. Rombusz formaju vakablakok varnak, mas semmi. Mi ez a hely? Lefele menet pasztor hazaspar foz bogracsban valami leves felet. Tehenlepennyel tuzelnek, alig koszonnek vissza. Elsompolygunk ket bika kozott, felhok gyulekeznek a volgy szegelyein.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ebed Lari-ban:&lt;br /&gt;Ket asztal, het szek, valamikor feher vaszon lepedo mogott a szegenyes konyha. Az egyetlen hely otven kilometeres korzetben ahol ebedelni lehet. Dante bevalalja az Alpaca szteket, mi a konyhat latvan inkabb nem. Mi van meg, kerdem a señoratol.”Higado”, jon a valasz, “muj rico”. Mi lehet  annyira “rico” (fini)? Nevetve mutat egy veres cafatot a tenyereben. Maj, alpaca maj. Maradunk a levesnel es sult krumplinal. Dantenak sikere van a lanyoknal, a fuggony mogott orias langok csapnak fel, a vasznon kacago arnyak. Egett hus szaga terjeng, keszul a sztek a boszorkanykonyhan. A betero helybelieknek nem jut leves, megettunk mindent. A pincer kislany arca felderul amikor egy jokepu srac erdeklodik a señoranal, hogy mi van ebedre. Neki jut meg egy kis hus. A señora oszinten orul a borravalonak, boldogan integet utanunk.  Ti vagytok az elso turistak akik valaha itt ettek, szol hatra Dante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kanyon bugi:&lt;br /&gt;A teraszos foldmuvelesrol lehet olvasni, hallani, de a nagy tuti kilometer magasbol ranezni. Sokaig. Zold, barna, sarga kirako. Lepcsos amfiteatrum a volgy, kozepen ezust folyo kanyarog.  Ez volt a kilatas amikor utat volt muszaj epiteni a buszunknak. A kerek a tizedik probalkozas utan is kiporgott, annak ellenere, hogy egy fel hegyet  szetteritettunk  az uton. Dante keszen allt feladni es visszafordulni  a szerpentinen lefele. Aztan meggondolta magat es nekiment a kaptatonak padlogazzal, ami a negy meter szeles utat es az alant par szaz meterre tatongo szines kirakot figyelembe veve eleg penge vallalkozas volt. A merdzso felnyargalt az emelkedon, meguszta egy leszakadt sarhanyoval. Ujra kisutott a nap, az erett buza teglalapjai aranyozva nevettek fel rank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El condor pasa:&lt;br /&gt;Mar az autobol latjuk oket, mozdulatlanul lebegve koroznek a kanyon melysegeben. Tobb szaz turista bamul bele a kora reggeli sapadt fenybe, igen komikus latvany. A kondor egy csunya de nagy madar. A legnagyobb madar (a mesebeli griffet kiveve persze). Amint a nap eleri  a kanyonban rejlo feszkek vonalaba eso legretegeket, azok megindulnak felfele es a fekete  kondor nyitott szarnnyal felszall rajuk mint egy liftre. A tomegek legnagyobb oromere. Amikor egyszer csak megjelennek azert az tenyleg franko. A kanyon melyerol (Grand Canyon  x 2 mely) fennsegesen, konnyeden bukkannak fel. A kondor monogam. Egy nostennyel tengi le eletet, nem vadassza senki es minden reggel foemlosok szazai bamuljak murepulo showjat tatott csorrel. Ha a par egyikevel valami tortenik, a masik a fellegekbol a melybe veti magat banataban. Romantika. A csunya fiuknak is van szive…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A magasban:&lt;br /&gt;Negyezerkilencen. Megint. Szokas szerint fingok mint a bajnok, ez tortenik velem a magasban, megfigyeltem mar a testemen. A kilatas fennseges, az osszes vulkan koros-korul figyel. Noveny alig, csak kovek, mohak es nehany szinesbe oltozott nenike uzleti erzekkel a metsszo szelben salat, sapkat es szvettert arul, mind kezzel gyartott porteka. Ez mind-mind alpaca… alpaca. Az eros kek eg es a bordo sotet salak szeru durva koszonyeg kontrasztja. Feledhetetlen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-4948701469622189794?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/4948701469622189794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=4948701469622189794' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4948701469622189794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/4948701469622189794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/valle-caon-del-colca.html' title='Valle &amp; Cañon del Colca'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SCXrH_QEMKI/AAAAAAAAAHs/2OZ6GOFuZ1I/s72-c/DSC04786.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-5306028412178908423</id><published>2008-05-05T17:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T11:49:18.269-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arequipa / Peru'/><title type='text'>Arequipa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-iU9BqlUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/-KYoPAGamwY/s1600-h/DSC04647.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197050975871472962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-iU9BqlUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/-KYoPAGamwY/s320/DSC04647.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-g9dBqlTI/AAAAAAAAAHE/4gP6KataxSU/s1600-h/DSC04630.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197049472632919346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-g9dBqlTI/AAAAAAAAAHE/4gP6KataxSU/s320/DSC04630.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photo: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604906655935/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604906655935/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A grand city! It has got a center straight from colonial times, lots of sun and the magical Monasterio Santa Catalina (see pictures!).&lt;br /&gt;One can feel like home here. We are staying in a 400 years old colonial house, very well maintained, rather rustic. Breakfast on the terrasse with view the the snowy peaks of El Misti and Chachan (6.075 - perhaps doable?)...&lt;br /&gt;After having tried the flattened guinea pig with moderate success on our first night in town ; - ) I thought that restaurants must surely have got more to offer. I was right. Arequipa is full of cool places, flashy bars largely beating the Brussels average. All the more, considering the huge contrast with the cities shabby outskirts not to mention some small towns we have seen from the bus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be more pictures coming hopefully about the Colca Cañon once we manage to get there…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-5306028412178908423?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/5306028412178908423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=5306028412178908423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/5306028412178908423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/5306028412178908423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/arequipa.html' title='Arequipa'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-iU9BqlUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/-KYoPAGamwY/s72-c/DSC04647.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-6667201255013406785</id><published>2008-04-28T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T17:43:23.506-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Titicaca lake / Bolivia - Peru'/><title type='text'>Lake Titicaca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-oydBqlXI/AAAAAAAAAHk/kwV5oU0Snbo/s1600-h/DSC04405.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197058079747380594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-oydBqlXI/AAAAAAAAAHk/kwV5oU0Snbo/s400/DSC04405.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-oO9BqlWI/AAAAAAAAAHc/ASl7iFknMDI/s1600-h/DSC04488.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197057469862024546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-oO9BqlWI/AAAAAAAAAHc/ASl7iFknMDI/s400/DSC04488.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Isla Del Sol (Bolivian side)&lt;br /&gt;Photo: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604781112632/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604781112632/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Islas Flotantes - Isla de Taquile (Peru)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photo:&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604902192234/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604902192234/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The altitude sun is hitting us. A wonder world is unfolding during our long walking hours on the ancient Inka roads of the Isla Del Sol.&lt;br /&gt;Looking through old stone windows at the sparkling endless blue reminds me of the Greek islands. Houses made of dirt bricks wake memories of an older Hungary which I might have seen some time ago.&lt;br /&gt;Familiar smells greet us at dusk on the hill overlooking the Cordillerra Real. The mountains are having a sip from the last drops of sunshine. There are smells from Provence, from Alpine mountain tops, from Africa. A feast for the senses.&lt;br /&gt;Raging colors of flower bushes and large cactus colonies follow us along the road back from the island. This is just another puzzling cocktail topped by the harmonious canvas of the blue see and the vivid green of the totora. The sun in our back brings life into the canvas. A pleasure to the eye.&lt;br /&gt;Totora is a fierce grass bordering the lake. It is growing all over above 4.000 meters, it is used for making roofs, much like straw in Europe. Boats are built from it, even islands on the Peruvian side of the lake by the Oru people who have been floating on them for centuries. The Orus are an ancient tribe with a mysterious past. They are said to be the descendents of the pre-Inka culture of Tiahuanaco much of whose knowledge and values were borrowed by the Inka like Romans used to borrow from Greeks. ( See pictures of the Islas flotantes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Isla del Sol is treating us well. Smily, kind people greeting us at each turn. Cheerful kids grab our hands escorting us without us knowing where we want to go.&lt;br /&gt;The Aymara communities on the island do not get along with each other, the Challa do not really talk to the Yumani. Once again I cannot help thinking how spectacular is the inability of the different people of this continent for cooperation and understanding albeit having a common language. Once again it is here that I am reminded of the merits of the European idea beyond its material opportunities for the few. The fertile and peaceful ground of Europe for the attempts of understanding each other is being put into perspective.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-6667201255013406785?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/6667201255013406785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=6667201255013406785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/6667201255013406785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/6667201255013406785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/lake-titicaca-isla-del-sol.html' title='Lake Titicaca'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SB-oydBqlXI/AAAAAAAAAHk/kwV5oU0Snbo/s72-c/DSC04405.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-2003394996296019104</id><published>2008-04-24T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T16:24:44.667-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Une famille indigene dans la jungle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEVg5a8G8I/AAAAAAAAACM/Vy0uDsCIcyM/s1600-h/ship.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192955500248701890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEVg5a8G8I/AAAAAAAAACM/Vy0uDsCIcyM/s320/ship.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604712199670/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604712199670/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;L' experience la plus impresionante de notre sejour dans la bassin amazonien est sans aucun doute notre court sejour au sein d une communaute indigene.&lt;br /&gt;Le moteur de notre pirogue est tombe en panne sur le chemin du retour. Nous avons du attendre que notre guide revienne avec un autre moteur sur une petite parcelle de terre appartenant a une famille indigene au bord du fleuve. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Les enfants etaient bien nourris mais vetus de haillons et couverts de crasse. La mere – une femme de 35 ans au maximum- usee par la vie avait deja perdu toutes ses dents, avait les jambes deformees par les varices et attendait son cinquieme enfant. Elle etait tellement maigre que son ventre pointait comme un ballon que les petites filles glissent sous leur t-shirt pour simuler la grossesse. Le petit dernier de 4-5 ans toussait et etait couche dans la petite hutte de paille qui faisait office de toit. Les autres freres et soeurs nous regardaient avec des grands yeux et souriaient timidement a chacune de nos questions. On a essaye de jouer aux cartes avec eux mais ils ne connaissent pas les chiffres et ne savaient donc pas jouer aux cartes. J ai demande a l aine de 11 ans s il allait a l ecole mais il m a repondu que l ecole est payante. J en ai deduit qu ils ne vont pas a l ecole.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Il y avait sur ce petit lopin de terre surpeuple et brule par le soleil quelques pieds de papailles et des bananiers; 3-4 chiens tous aussi maigres les uns que les autres qui pissaient un peu partout; deux singes domestiques qui s etaient pris d amitie pour les chats et s agrippaient a leur dos; des poules et des poussins squelettiques; des mouches; des guepes et un incroyable fourbi eparpille sur le sol: de vieux pots en plastique arborant le drapeau europeen et le sigle ‘ayuda humanitaria’; des boites de conserves eventrees; des vieux hamecons rouilles qui attendent qu on leur marche dessus, des vieux velos; des bouts de ficelle; des bouts d os; des queues de caimans qui pourrissaient au soleil et embaumaient l'air d une odeur putride. Sur des cannes plantees dans le sol, des piranas sechaient au soleil sous une nuee de mouches et de guepes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre guide n etait toujours pas revenu a la tombee de la nuit et nous nous apretions a passer la nuit sous les etoiles quand les moustiques ont commence a attaquer. Les moustiques sortent surtout a la tombee de la nuit et au lever du jour, et il n y a alors rien a faire pour leur echapper. Ils arrivent en trombe, ignorent la citronelle que nous avons genereusement vaporise sur le moindre coin de peau non couvert ainsi que sur nos vetements. Leurs piqures traversent tout: jean, coton, goretex, chaussettes et parfois meme les chaussures et se concentrent –aller savoir pourquoi- sur les parties tendres du corps: les fesses.&lt;br /&gt;Le seul moyen de se proteger et de s envelopper dans une moustiquaire ou de faire de la fumee pout les eloigner. Notre famille d accueil qui ne disposait pas de moustiquaire a donc recours quotidiennement aux feux de paille pour se proteger pendant cette demi-heure de torture. Il faut alors choisir entre la fumee qui brule les yeux ou les moustiques. On a choisi la fumee! Et meme la ces sales bestioles parviennent a nous sucer un peu de sang a la volee. Aaaahhhhhh&lt;br /&gt;Les moustiques sont de loin les creatures les plus dangereuses dans le bassin amazoniem, ils transmettent le paludisme mais aussi d autres maladies moins connues mais mortelles comme la leshmaniasis et la maladie de Chagas. Maladies pour lesquelles nous n avions aucun moyen de prevention….On croise les doigts…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-2003394996296019104?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/2003394996296019104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=2003394996296019104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2003394996296019104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2003394996296019104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/une-famille-indigene-dans-la-jungle.html' title='Une famille indigene dans la jungle'/><author><name>Lea</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523754246465282181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06406640266345447391'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEVg5a8G8I/AAAAAAAAACM/Vy0uDsCIcyM/s72-c/ship.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-8761601407924656401</id><published>2008-04-24T15:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T16:15:11.078-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quelques jours dans la jungle amazonienne</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEUOZa8G6I/AAAAAAAAAB8/mDVKH6Qbs-Y/s1600-h/jungle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192954082909494178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEUOZa8G6I/AAAAAAAAAB8/mDVKH6Qbs-Y/s320/jungle.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Photo: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604712297200/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604712297200/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Apres les pampas nous avons decide d’aller faire un tour dans la jungle amazonienne dans le fameux parc national Madidi . La il est beaucoup plus difficile de voir des animaux car il y a beaucoup plus d’espace, les arbres sont plus hauts et plus nombreux offrant plus de place aux animaux pour se cacher, mais on les entend tout de meme a des kilometres a la ronde.&lt;br /&gt;On a surtout observe la foret et comment les arbres se disputent la lumiere et le sol (car le sol regulierement lave par la pluie est tres pauvre). Il y a les arbres marcheurs, qui se deplacent de 1-2 metres par an a la recherche de la lumiere; les figuiers etrangleurs qui entourent les autres arbres avec leurs lianes, les etrangle, leur fauche le soleil et les nutrients de l ecorce jusqu a ce que le pauvre arbre meurt et s effondre; d autre arbres qui abritent des fourmis car elles les protegent des autres arbres (figuier etrangleur, parasite) et autres insectes; des arbres qui ont des racines rouges pour eviter que les insectes qui ne voient pas les couleurs y fassent leur niz ….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chaque arbre a sa technique d attaque ou de survie. Je me demande si les arbres en Europe sont aussi intelligents. Il serait interessant de voir comment nos arbres –bien nourris par des sols riches et solides- se battent pour accaparer le soleil et la nourriture du sol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les habitants de la foret ont aussi appris a connaitre les arbres et leur proprietes medicinales. Certaines ecorces ou seves peuvent guerir les maux de ventre, tuer les vers qui se sont introduit dans notre organisme, guerir des piqures de serpents veneneux... etc Enfin un autre arbre fait de la retention et de la purification d eau dans ses lianes. Il suffit d un coup de machette pour boire de l eau potable a meme la liane en pleine jungle. Il faut biensur connaitre tous ses arbres. Nous avions la chance d avoir un guide qui connaissait bien son affaire. Sans lui je ne donnais pas cher de notre peau dans cette foret humide, dense, bruyante et immense.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-8761601407924656401?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/8761601407924656401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=8761601407924656401' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/8761601407924656401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/8761601407924656401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/quelques-jours-dans-la-jungle.html' title='Quelques jours dans la jungle amazonienne'/><author><name>Lea</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523754246465282181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06406640266345447391'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEUOZa8G6I/AAAAAAAAAB8/mDVKH6Qbs-Y/s72-c/jungle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-1252612490088525878</id><published>2008-04-24T15:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T16:18:09.477-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Safari aquatique dans les pampas boliviennes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEU9pa8G7I/AAAAAAAAACE/ssjVQrAAL0E/s1600-h/pampa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192954894658313138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEU9pa8G7I/AAAAAAAAACE/ssjVQrAAL0E/s320/pampa.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Photo: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604716467387/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604716467387/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nous avons commence notre decouverte du basin amazonien en visitant les ´pampas’ au nord ouest de la Bolivie. Les pampas sont des plaines humides ou les animaux se regroupent autour des cours d eau et forment ainsi une incroyable chaine alimentaire. On a vu des dizaines de sortes d oiseaux, tous plus grands et plus beaux les uns que les autres: des pelicans, des faucons pecheurs, des cormorans, des toucans, des perruches, des perroquets, des oiseaux du paradis (oiseaux prehistoriques qui etaient en danger d extinction il y a encore quelques annees).&lt;br /&gt;On a aussi vu des dizaines d’aligators ou de caimans (je n’ ai toujours pas compris la difference). Ils sont tellement immobiles a la surface de l eau ou sur les berges qu ils semblent presque inofensifs. L affluent de la riviere Beni sur laquelle nous naviguions regorge aussi de dauphins roses, de tortues qui aiment se rechauffer au soleil , des pyranas de toutes tailles qui sautent hors de l eau pour attraper des moustiques, des serpents qui se faufilent au moindre bruit... On a vu un anaconda dans un marecage, le pauvre .... un touriste israelien s est senti oblige de le soulever et de le lecher (sans blague).&lt;br /&gt;En bons touristes, nous sommes alles a la peche aux pyranas sur notre petite pirogue au ras de l' eau. Brrrrrrr ces poissons sont decidement effrayants. Leur bouche occupe pres de la moitie de leur corps et ils mordent tout ce qui bouge autour d eux. Il ne fait pas bon tomber dans l eau.... le guide nous a dit qu ils devorent un humain en une dizaine de minute. Il suffit d une premiere morsure et de la premiere odeur de chair puis ils se jettent en bloc sur la pauvre victime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les singes sont beaucoup plus sympatiques. Les arbres qui longent la riviere et ont les pieds dans l eau abritent toutes sortes de singes: les singes capucins tout petits et mignons qui volent les bananes a la vitesse de l eclair, les singes hurleurs, les singes araignes plus timides et d autres sortes de singes dont j ai deja oublie le nom.&lt;br /&gt;Le tout forme un melange fort interessant. On se sent tout petit et tout vulnerable au milieu de ces betes sauvages sans pitie, mais le spectacle de cette vie effrenee vaut vraiment le detour.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-1252612490088525878?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/1252612490088525878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=1252612490088525878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/1252612490088525878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/1252612490088525878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/safari-aquatique-dans-les-pampas.html' title='Safari aquatique dans les pampas boliviennes'/><author><name>Lea</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523754246465282181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06406640266345447391'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_G80BIBckjOQ/SBEU9pa8G7I/AAAAAAAAACE/ssjVQrAAL0E/s72-c/pampa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-3917951218622183210</id><published>2008-04-16T12:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T13:48:13.754-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La Paz les mimosas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SAZl8-uzQfI/AAAAAAAAAG0/uaVrhAOSwZ8/s1600-h/La+Paz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189947718896927218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SAZl8-uzQfI/AAAAAAAAAG0/uaVrhAOSwZ8/s320/La+Paz.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nous pensions rester deux trois jours au plus et nous sommes restes une semaine a La Paz. Inutile de vous dire que nous avons apprecie notre sejour dans cette ville que beaucoup decrient comme ´penible´et ne valant pas le detour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout d´abord, les rues de La Paz sont bordees de mimosas, ce qui n´est pas une mince surprise a 3600 metres d´altitude.&lt;br /&gt;Outre le jaune vif du minosa La Paz est une ville haute en couleur qui reserve des surprises a chaque coin de rue. Le plus dangereux est de traverser la rue. On ne sait jamais si le chauffeur va se decider a freiner au dernier moment ou si ses freins vont lacher et entrainer la voiture dans une course folle dans les rues en pente de la capitale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les trotoirs sont plus surs mais tout aussi encombres par des etals de fruits, de cacahouetes et de plats cuisines a l´hygiene douteuse. Les femmes y passent leur journee en brodant ou tricotant, assises sur leurs couvertures multicolores, sous leur jupes multiples, un enfant sur le dos a l´ombre de leur chapeau melon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au milieu de ce spectacle, il suffit de lever la tete pour voir les faubourgs de la capitale s´accrocher aux parois raides des montagnes qui delimitent la ville. On a l´impression que la ville n´en fini pas de monter vers le ciel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin le mont Illimani surplombe la ville du haut de son dome blanc ecarlate de 6450 m et nous rappelle que- meme au centre ville - les montagnes ne sont jamais tres loin en Bolivie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604554645123/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604554645123/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-3917951218622183210?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/3917951218622183210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=3917951218622183210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/3917951218622183210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/3917951218622183210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/la-paz-les-mimosas.html' title='La Paz les mimosas'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SAZl8-uzQfI/AAAAAAAAAG0/uaVrhAOSwZ8/s72-c/La+Paz.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-851337616246461172</id><published>2008-04-15T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T12:24:13.665-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='La Paz / Bolivia'/><title type='text'>Bolivia marching</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cannot help noticing that where ever we go in Bolivia there is some military marching going on. This is an example with quite a bit of animation. Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-968bb2a39f105695" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAOF-u9WtopylwZ9XHAqIS4Smooq5ZMf4QWpD7KH7wxIS7yQcOvnPt0rVHNNqbr3pcLWT9dmmVigL0I5iO5EQxPSLq3L0I8SoLC8Lou6pek8V3WuEYYNgGRaLBUajDV3n32yF2JjBueOLvsVleM0HsqMAvLgCOHhPU3MFeYa4fhGKY2zrsAmhICGG7usfxoYouYFpG9aXAoQETlU5kpIG78Av-J4Gj-AUSWl2SmNaLqYD%26sigh%3DBPk-0HqQiAkOM4ZP0bMSFWzQg8M%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&amp;amp;nogvlm=1&amp;amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D968bb2a39f105695%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Djzu-YVMwdH8WpMXjxnYiNb_MbDs&amp;amp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAOF-u9WtopylwZ9XHAqIS4Smooq5ZMf4QWpD7KH7wxIS7yQcOvnPt0rVHNNqbr3pcLWT9dmmVigL0I5iO5EQxPSLq3L0I8SoLC8Lou6pek8V3WuEYYNgGRaLBUajDV3n32yF2JjBueOLvsVleM0HsqMAvLgCOHhPU3MFeYa4fhGKY2zrsAmhICGG7usfxoYouYFpG9aXAoQETlU5kpIG78Av-J4Gj-AUSWl2SmNaLqYD%26sigh%3DBPk-0HqQiAkOM4ZP0bMSFWzQg8M%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&amp;amp;nogvlm=1&amp;amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D968bb2a39f105695%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Djzu-YVMwdH8WpMXjxnYiNb_MbDs&amp;amp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deux petits yeux curieux emergent des couvertures et observent la joyeuse fanfaronade qui anime les rues de Potosi en ce 1 er avril 2008. C est la fete de Potosi. Enfants et adultes defilent en uniformes du 18e siecle au son des trombones, trompettes et hymnes militaire chantant la gloire de la Bolivie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fascine par cette coulee humaine, les petits yeux s arrondissent sous les longs cils noirs, s attardent sur la gauche, repartent vers la droite puis se fixent sur les boutons dores, les cordelettes blanches et les epaulettes clinquantes des petits soldats d un jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pousse par la curiosite le petit garcon s agite dans son cocon et parvient a hisser la tete sur l epaule de sa mere. Du haut de son mirador, le nez dans les nattes maternelles et les oreilles sous le bonnet d alpaga, l enfant contemple ses aines. Les joues deja rougies par le froid ou le soleil, il sourit quelques instants puis repose la tete sur ses couvertures colorees et referme doucement les yeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J aimerais prendre une photo de ce joli petit garcon , mais sa mere -sans doute lassee elle aussi par le defile - me tourne le dos et s eloigne dans la foule.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-851337616246461172?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/851337616246461172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=851337616246461172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/851337616246461172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/851337616246461172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/bolivia-marching.html' title='Bolivia marching'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-5983753517057201255</id><published>2008-04-15T08:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T13:44:38.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='La Paz - Coroico'/><title type='text'>¨The World´s most dangerous road¨</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATLF-uzQeI/AAAAAAAAAGs/nkuL2GXzKNw/s1600-h/DSC04016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189495974236733922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATLF-uzQeI/AAAAAAAAAGs/nkuL2GXzKNw/s320/DSC04016.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATJpOuzQdI/AAAAAAAAAGk/Vn8sTixJ4Zc/s1600-h/DSC04010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189494380803867090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATJpOuzQdI/AAAAAAAAAGk/Vn8sTixJ4Zc/s320/DSC04010.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;4.700 meterrol 1.300-ra, 5 ora alatt biciklivel. Ez gyakorlatilag egy tobb eghajlati ovon torteno fuggleges atszaguldasnak felel meg. Nem volt olyan veszes, mint ahogn mondjak- La Paz tele van a ´Vilag legveszelyesebb utja´-t hirdeto utazasi irodakkal. Oda kellett figyelni persze, az ut nehol 3.5 meterre szukul, alant tobb szaz meteres szakadekokkal. Tobb helyen megaltunk lezuhant autoroncsokat keresni, az uj ut ahol ma a szemely es teherforgalm bonyolodik csak ket eve epult. Nem nehez elkepzelni milyen lehetett annakelotte...&lt;br /&gt;Klassz volt a magas hegysegbol leszaguldani a dzsungelba, figyelni ahogyan valtozik a novenyzet a mohatol a kulonbozo atmeneti erdokon keresztul a rendes lianos, tarzanos, illatos vadonig. Kivalo adrenalin sokk a legjobb bringaval amin valaha ultem, szuper szervezessel (profi vezeto, szendo, cola, csoki stb.). Egy jo nap. Megint.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kepek: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604572536672/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604572536672/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-5983753517057201255?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/5983753517057201255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=5983753517057201255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/5983753517057201255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/5983753517057201255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/worlds-most-dangerous-road.html' title='¨The World´s most dangerous road¨'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATLF-uzQeI/AAAAAAAAAGs/nkuL2GXzKNw/s72-c/DSC04016.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-965394403200776294</id><published>2008-04-15T08:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T15:03:55.720-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='La Paz / Bolivia'/><title type='text'>5.700m / 6.088m - Huayne Potosi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATFw-uzQcI/AAAAAAAAAGc/9dn6MpHov84/s1600-h/DSC03960.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189490115901342146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATFw-uzQcI/AAAAAAAAAGc/9dn6MpHov84/s400/DSC03960.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Never been so close to the starts... on foot.&lt;br /&gt;Sohe ilyen kozel meg a csilagokhoz... gyalogosan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pictures/Kepek: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604559916943/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604559916943/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-965394403200776294?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/965394403200776294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=965394403200776294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/965394403200776294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/965394403200776294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/5700m-6088m-huayne-potosi.html' title='5.700m / 6.088m - Huayne Potosi'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/SATFw-uzQcI/AAAAAAAAAGc/9dn6MpHov84/s72-c/DSC03960.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-837023964967244611</id><published>2008-04-06T16:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T16:57:25.070-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sucre / Bolivia'/><title type='text'>Carpets, ponchos, blankets - what`s the story?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/R_ljJ-XyB3I/AAAAAAAAAGU/tKxfnDnplGQ/s1600-h/DSC03826.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186285468906555250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/R_ljJ-XyB3I/AAAAAAAAAGU/tKxfnDnplGQ/s320/DSC03826.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The textile museum, my personal favorite in Sucre. This place makes one understand more what’s with all the carpets, ponchos, blankets etc. being dumped on tourist herds at every second corner in bigger cities. It also gives a taste on what really nice peaces are supposed to look like.&lt;br /&gt;There is a project going on in Bolivia which has revitalized the creativity of the indigenous waving culture.  As of the 80`s it blew new life into the colorful machine and brought it back on track from the mass-production like monotonously boring shapes into a whole new wave of innovation. The project enables small communities to commercialese their work in a decent and profitable way, to pass on their knowledge to younger generations and most of all to establish and maintain a well deserved respect and interest towards their art.&lt;br /&gt;What I personally found extremely intriguing is this creative power which has been passed on through generations and its ability to react to a changing world, all this in a country which seems to be captured by the past more than any other country I have visited before. Lots of respect from my side…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-837023964967244611?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/837023964967244611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=837023964967244611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/837023964967244611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/837023964967244611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/carpets-ponchos-blankets-whats-story.html' title='Carpets, ponchos, blankets - what`s the story?'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/R_ljJ-XyB3I/AAAAAAAAAGU/tKxfnDnplGQ/s72-c/DSC03826.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433374942660335203.post-2125314757717279695</id><published>2008-04-06T16:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T12:54:10.735-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sucre / Bolivia'/><title type='text'>Sweet life in Sucre</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/R_ldnOXyB1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ae6GkoeTwTw/s1600-h/DSC03832.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186279374347962194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/R_ldnOXyB1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ae6GkoeTwTw/s320/DSC03832.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 4 days in Sucre. After high altitude Potosi, this sympathetic, easy going town came as a relief (writing all this from La Paz, 3.660m). Memorably nice hotel – (a suit for €13), good food and memorable pieces of colonial architecture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pictures: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604550029882/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/22788647@N08/sets/72157604550029882/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous nous promenons en ville apres le dejeune, sur les trotoirs encombres de Sucre quand un petit garcon nous aborde dans la foule:&lt;br /&gt;-Je te cire les chaussures?&lt;br /&gt;Il a une dizaine d´annees, des yeux intelligents et montre sa petite caisse de bois blanc.&lt;br /&gt;-Je te cire les chaussures? repete-t-il.&lt;br /&gt;Nous portons tous les deux nos chaussures de marche Gore Tex qui ne peuvent etre cirees. Cela lui est bien egal, il cirerait volontiers des chaussures en toile si cela pouvait lui rapporter quelques pesos.&lt;br /&gt;-Desole petit, mais on ne peut pas cirer nos chaussures.&lt;br /&gt;-Achete moi quelque chose alors, s il te plait.&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes devant une epicerie, et le petit cireau de chaussures semble absolument vouloir tirer quelque chose de nous. Peter lui donne de la monnaie et nous reprenons notre chemin, mais le petit garcon nous arrete une nouvelle fois, determine a faire de meileures affaires avec nous:&lt;br /&gt;-De quel pays venez vous?&lt;br /&gt;-France et Hongrie.&lt;br /&gt;-Ah, tu as des euros alors! Tu me donnes des euros, pour ma collection, s´il te plait?&lt;br /&gt;Et il sort de sa petite caisse de bois blanc  l´emballage d´une pellicule photo ou il garde sa ´collection´de pieces etrangeres. Il y a la des centimes d´euros, un dime anglais, quelques pesos chiliens et argentins. Voila son tresor.&lt;br /&gt;-Tu vois, pour ma collection s´il te plait?&lt;br /&gt;-Desole petit mais on n´a plus d´euros depuis longtemps.&lt;br /&gt;Peter fouille dans la main du petit garcon et lui montre les quelques pieces d´euros. Le petit garcon reagi au quart de tour:&lt;br /&gt;-Je te vends des euros? Tu veux? Combien tu en veux?&lt;br /&gt;Alors encore une fois, nous declinons son offre. Que ferions-nous de quelques centimes d´euros en Bolivie? Et nous le laissons la sur le trotoir. Cette fois il ne nous retient pas, il n´a qu´une dizaine d´annee et a epuise toutes ses ressources d´enfant des rues. Il a gagne quelques pesitos, c´est deja pas si mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je me demande si ce petit garcon a un avenir. Il est intelligent, degourdi  et n´a pas froid aux yeux mais franchement je doute que cela suffise pour s´en tirer quand on commence si bas. Je me retourne pour le voir une derniere fois mais il s´est deja deja faufile dans la foule, certainement a l´assaut d´un nouveau touriste.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8433374942660335203-2125314757717279695?l=picaros2008.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/feeds/2125314757717279695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433374942660335203&amp;postID=2125314757717279695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2125314757717279695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8433374942660335203/posts/default/2125314757717279695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picaros2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/sweet-life-in-sucre.html' title='Sweet life in Sucre'/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16688442972997247588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09342391580123890211'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_gdtoHswNcqM/R_ldnOXyB1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ae6GkoeTwTw/s72-c/DSC03832.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>