The collective imagination linked to Bolivia, is a landscape with the contours of the Andes, the llama, the highlands, women with typical indoor chola ... In reality, 'the goal' of the Bolivian territory ago part of the immense basin of the Amazon, and 'forest, jungle, it seems, among other things, that the Bolivian part remained more "intact" than the more well-known brasilana. And so 'in the past three days I was able to' taste 'the tropical zone. We left by car on Monday 'evening, me and Julio, stopping to sleep in and then up early the next day Korans down to 2500 meters in altitude that separate us from the Chapare, where he began the Amazon rainforest. The road and 'breathtaking, the vegetation all around that seems to want to swallow it at any moment. The nature and 'virgin untouched, the leaves gradually become larger and often, humidity' and the heat can be felt as they descend and when you get to Villa Tunari, the border between the department of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, it's 9 o'clock in the morning but a refreshing bath in the stream, we do it more willingly. We are in the Chapare, the coca leaves are left out to dry to say that will be used for cocaine, there is 'an airport My Goddess {l' t A to to the n t a neee?}, controls everywhere and trucks of soldiers of the Bolivian anti-drug joint force U.S. out of the barracks every day to go to destroy the coca fields. That 's the home of the coca growers, that the election Evo Morales, who remains head of a union of coca producers, have raised their heads and proudly claim their membership. In fact there are around the coca historical misunderstandings. Most Bolivians chew coca leaves, and 'a custom which has ancestral roots, the Incas considered it a sacred plant and adored her. The coca leaf helps to oxygenate the blood, turns out to be very useful to combat the effects of altitude, relieves fatigue, does decrease the sensation of hunger. This is why the Spaniards gave the slaves to make them work with greater yields and lower costs in the infamous mines of Oruro and Potosi '. The problem, of course, and 'linked to the white powder, much more' widespread in Italy that we have here. It 's a problem for many, but there' are also those who draw benefits from this situation, for example the community 'international investing here a lot of money for alternative programs, or to give a chance' to producers of coca to be able to actually find a Another way to live. the presence of many NGOs means money, turnovers ... in short, those who do not make money on coke, makes them thanks to the fact that there is cocaine, then there are those that ii will take money from both the go! Fattosta we're talking about one of the richest region of Bolivia. I like the tropics, Cochabamaba calls me one day and I take the night bus to Santa Cruz. Check in the morning, overcast save a little from the tropical sun, There are roads blocked by a strike of drivers and I have to get her to walk to the Hostal, and that 'a beautiful house, a colonial style, with a patio full of plants and hammocks on the inside, and a toucan that jumps to the garden, 'so beautiful and colorful that it seems fake. After three weeks of living, normal tourists ° see a strange effect on me, me I have to reaccustom. Tomorrow I take the train to San Jose de Chiquino where he began a tour of 5 or 6 days, do it yourself of course, between the Jesuit missions, just where they filmed the movie · Mission · a favorite of Gino, other than Mexico, Gino ! I'll be able to say, hello and good April 25 to all!
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