Saturday 2 June 2007

Alguien ha robado mi cartera...






...that's Spanish for... SOMEONE HAS STOLEN MY WALLET!!! Yep, we've become victims of the much-read-about pick pockets... guess we're not as invincible as we had hoped...!!! Today is the gianormous La Paz festival, El Gran Poder. Thousands and thousands of people are in the streets, and many of them have been completely intoxicated since about 7am... We were on our way through a crowd to go have dinner about an hour ago, and all of a sudden Todd noticed his wallet was missing. Luckily, his passport remained in his pocket, and he only had about 100 Bolivianos ($12??) in the billfold. So, instead of having supper, he and I made a few phone calls to cancel credit cards and decided to just come back and hang out at the hostel. Brad continued on to meet up with our friend Esther; hopefully their evening is more fun than Todd's! I'm guessing that he is not the only Gringo in this city who ended up duped today... c'est la vie, I suppose... welcome to a (somewhat) 3rd world country!!
Anyhow, in spite of the nasty event, the day was interesting. The parade consisted of group after group of colorfully-clad dancers, along with marching bands, traditionally dressed ladies, and we even heard that the Bolivian President was going to be in the lineup somewhere. Beer was being consumed by pretty much everyone, and the party is slated to continue well into the night. The streets will be quite the mess tomorrow, I'm sure.
Well, a couple more sleeps and we'll be on the plane home! I am looking forward to seeing all my family and friends.
Cheers,
Cheryle

2 comments:

heather said...

oh poor Todd!! Well I am glad they didn't get your passports. The parade and costumes are awesome!! hf

J said...

Hello you two,
Just to let you know that we have really enjoyed following your travels,andthe photography has been amazing. See you in Red Deer.
Jane&Jim