A Week in the Campo

I recently spent a week living with a family in the rural community of Tolapampa about 2 hours away from Cochabamba. It was a really amazing and totally different experience and I loved my host family. Here are some pictures from the week:Me and my host mom Casilda and her baby Magali (to my right), and aunt Felizia and baby Marilise (to my left) near their house.With Ariel (6) and Marilise (2). Sooo cute!! We spent hours playing with the hacky sack I brought them and hearding sheep and eating apples out of trees. Marilise was the funniest kid-she always talked to me in Quechua even though she understood Spanish when I spoke to her. She also always wanted to drink out of my water bottle because its neon yellow color made her think it was soda or something.
Marilise herding sheep- so beautiful!
Ariel playing by the river. To get to their house, I crossed the river with my host mom and dad on either arm to keep me from fallin over. It was really fun!
Adela and Marilise Casilda and Diogenes´ house
Ariel before he left for the week to stay with relatives in a nearby town to go to school. At the school in Tolopampa they only teach in Quechua, so that´s why they send him to Punata.
Casilda and Ariel by the river.

Casilda and Diogenes plowing the soil to plant potatoes. It was really cool to see the way they shared the agricultural work.
A break from hoeing potatoes!
With Casilda, Magali, and Diogenes before we said goodbye.
I´ll try to write more soon!

Love,

Kirsten