We arrived Thursday morning in Sucre by bus at night. The painful memory of a night spent shivering in a bus on my first trip to Bolivia, having taught me not to make savings on transport costs, we took a bus comfortable enough at half Film ("The Patriot" ...) we all slept.
In Sucre, Colin and Charlotte, both volunteers already place for a month plus Maxim, a traveler passing by Ayni housed in exchange for some sports shops in libraries, waiting for us at the apartment. In fact, all three were to move in because they arrived a month ago, Ayni had not yet found housing for volunteers.
In addition to housing the six volunteers, the apartment also serves as offices for the association. Suddenly, small problem: although it is large, we do not each bedroom. I share mine with one of Charlotte. In the end I am happy because we agree rather well and that despite the noise street light and a little stronger, our room is nice. In other parts by cons, we have some concerns: the kitchen sink is leaking, the shower does not work top, sink and laundry returns all its dirty water in the kitchen sink, overflowing regularly. Anyway ... we wait impatiently for it all works out. Fortunately, Nelly, the Bolivian head of Ayni, bends over backwards to find solutions. And then we quickly realized that Bolivia should not be too hasty. For two days, as the owners were unable to reach, Nelly is the father who ... just help us in improvising one day electrician, plumber the other!
Elodie, the French head of Ayni, being sick (she caught a salmonella bacterium food looks pretty tough and we're not at the shelter) just before our arrival, Nelly, responsavble the Bolivian, who cares for us. She has an impressive energy! Two days ago it took us to visit three of the four libraries: Urkupiña, Mesa Verde and Villa Armonia. To get there, take the microphones (minibus they hailed on the street) because they are outside the city (which is also far more extensive than I thought). The visit of libraries has confirmed that Colin had told me: we have the equipment for cooking classes is more than summary only two of the libraries are equipped with ovens (the old gas furnaces that work), and one hotplates. Then we have that we bought almost all the equipment for cooking. As the funds of the association are very limited, I blessed the CLAP Villeneuve d'Ascq awarded a grant of me before my departure! It is going to be very useful ...
In Indeed, in Bolivia, I think the biggest culture shock for food. Bolivians eat a bit the same thing: a soup and a "plato combinado, lunch and dinner. The soups are broth with bits of meat, potatoes, and cereal to thicken (peanut, corn, quinoa, flour, wheat ...) and the main dish is often composed of pieces of meat, French fries and rice. Sometimes plantains, sometimes a bit of sauce (hot !!!), but it's usually pretty dry, little changed. It's a shame because the market is full of vegetables! To understand their plan alimenatire, must take into account the influx of Bolivian city is still relatively recent (massive rural exodus in the twentieth century) and they have kept the habits and haunts they had in the countryside: starch and body Fatty bring energy, and the meat of what "build his body." With all that, vegetables are often forgotten. Another problem in the city, although they continue to move more than us, sedentary moves, and at the same time, imports are gaining ground. Bolivians drink a lot of sodas and water almost never (fortunately there are also delicious fruit juice), all their cooking are done in oil ... well, I do not know if I'm wrong, but I fear that this accelerated transition to urban life, coupled with poverty , does havoc on their health.
When I finish this note, we return to Mesa Verde, where the library every Monday
meets club madres, fifteen mothers gossip taking the snack (today it was apples grounding aji (chili) and pasta). They love to get together to eat and are therefore highly motivated to make cooking workshops. So, we decided to begin next Monday with a workshop "salads". We will make four groups of four mothers, who will each prepare a salad. For not that moms are too lost in relation to their usual haunts, or that it costs them too much, von all our salads have a base grain (potatoes, rice, corn and pasta are part of the base ingredient all dishes).
They all decided that in order to attend workshops, give it a peso each, representing € 0.10. It's seeing that it seemed Prices for certain that I am better aware of their living standards. We will have to be careful not to use ingredients that are too expensive. We will continue our expeditions to the market to discover price of ingredients and Bolivia (it has already been scammed quite a few times but each time we know where to go and we know better and better the price of things ). Once everything was organized, moms are parties clearing a piece of "garden" of libraries so that we were leading the workshops (not to disturb the children who are inside the library, workshops will be held outside). Moms laugh a lot and this first contact was vriament well. I can not wait to be next week to begin the workshops.
much for this week. On the menu next post: the story of my first course kena (Andean flute) tomorrow morning (with a real pro: the Pied Piper of Los Masis ()!), And the story of our famous salads workshop first of many I hope! I forgot to say that every two weeks, we will certainly Bolivian dishes, so get ready for the arrival of a "Cash" on the blog! Hasta luego
todos! Esten that good!
In Sucre, Colin and Charlotte, both volunteers already place for a month plus Maxim, a traveler passing by Ayni housed in exchange for some sports shops in libraries, waiting for us at the apartment. In fact, all three were to move in because they arrived a month ago, Ayni had not yet found housing for volunteers.
In addition to housing the six volunteers, the apartment also serves as offices for the association. Suddenly, small problem: although it is large, we do not each bedroom. I share mine with one of Charlotte. In the end I am happy because we agree rather well and that despite the noise street light and a little stronger, our room is nice. In other parts by cons, we have some concerns: the kitchen sink is leaking, the shower does not work top, sink and laundry returns all its dirty water in the kitchen sink, overflowing regularly. Anyway ... we wait impatiently for it all works out. Fortunately, Nelly, the Bolivian head of Ayni, bends over backwards to find solutions. And then we quickly realized that Bolivia should not be too hasty. For two days, as the owners were unable to reach, Nelly is the father who ... just help us in improvising one day electrician, plumber the other!
Elodie, the French head of Ayni, being sick (she caught a salmonella bacterium food looks pretty tough and we're not at the shelter) just before our arrival, Nelly, responsavble the Bolivian, who cares for us. She has an impressive energy! Two days ago it took us to visit three of the four libraries: Urkupiña, Mesa Verde and Villa Armonia. To get there, take the microphones (minibus they hailed on the street) because they are outside the city (which is also far more extensive than I thought). The visit of libraries has confirmed that Colin had told me: we have the equipment for cooking classes is more than summary only two of the libraries are equipped with ovens (the old gas furnaces that work), and one hotplates. Then we have that we bought almost all the equipment for cooking. As the funds of the association are very limited, I blessed the CLAP Villeneuve d'Ascq awarded a grant of me before my departure! It is going to be very useful ...
In Indeed, in Bolivia, I think the biggest culture shock for food. Bolivians eat a bit the same thing: a soup and a "plato combinado, lunch and dinner. The soups are broth with bits of meat, potatoes, and cereal to thicken (peanut, corn, quinoa, flour, wheat ...) and the main dish is often composed of pieces of meat, French fries and rice. Sometimes plantains, sometimes a bit of sauce (hot !!!), but it's usually pretty dry, little changed. It's a shame because the market is full of vegetables! To understand their plan alimenatire, must take into account the influx of Bolivian city is still relatively recent (massive rural exodus in the twentieth century) and they have kept the habits and haunts they had in the countryside: starch and body Fatty bring energy, and the meat of what "build his body." With all that, vegetables are often forgotten. Another problem in the city, although they continue to move more than us, sedentary moves, and at the same time, imports are gaining ground. Bolivians drink a lot of sodas and water almost never (fortunately there are also delicious fruit juice), all their cooking are done in oil ... well, I do not know if I'm wrong, but I fear that this accelerated transition to urban life, coupled with poverty , does havoc on their health.
When I finish this note, we return to Mesa Verde, where the library every Monday
meets club madres, fifteen mothers gossip taking the snack (today it was apples grounding aji (chili) and pasta). They love to get together to eat and are therefore highly motivated to make cooking workshops. So, we decided to begin next Monday with a workshop "salads". We will make four groups of four mothers, who will each prepare a salad. For not that moms are too lost in relation to their usual haunts, or that it costs them too much, von all our salads have a base grain (potatoes, rice, corn and pasta are part of the base ingredient all dishes). 
They all decided that in order to attend workshops, give it a peso each, representing € 0.10. It's seeing that it seemed Prices for certain that I am better aware of their living standards. We will have to be careful not to use ingredients that are too expensive. We will continue our expeditions to the market to discover price of ingredients and Bolivia (it has already been scammed quite a few times but each time we know where to go and we know better and better the price of things ). Once everything was organized, moms are parties clearing a piece of "garden" of libraries so that we were leading the workshops (not to disturb the children who are inside the library, workshops will be held outside). Moms laugh a lot and this first contact was vriament well. I can not wait to be next week to begin the workshops. much for this week. On the menu next post: the story of my first course kena (Andean flute) tomorrow morning (with a real pro: the Pied Piper of Los Masis ()!), And the story of our famous salads workshop first of many I hope! I forgot to say that every two weeks, we will certainly Bolivian dishes, so get ready for the arrival of a "Cash" on the blog! Hasta luego
todos! Esten that good!
top view of El Alto 
