Day 25: 25/7/12 Had a day to myself really in the town. First I went to the Indigenous art museum- 6 main indigenous groups around Sucre- Jalq'as, peanas, tarabucos, ch'utas, katus, llameros. Tinguipaya textiles- people in the Highlands. Weaving by women. Knitting by men. Lots of intricate designs and 2-d shapes representing sun, birds, money, etc Jalq'a textiles- red and black. (our world and the under world) The textiles can be viewed both directions. Lots ...

Day 24: 24/7/12 So this morning 4 from the group were meant to do the hike- Joanne from Canada and Emmanuel and Tamara from Switzerland. But, Tamara was getting sick all night do she didn't come. When we got to the office there were three others there- 2 Germans, father and daughter and a Slovenian man. We had to drive for about an hour and a half to get to where we were going hiking. It was really bumpy- just a dirt track really on the side of the mountain! I ...

Day 23: 23/7/12 Had to leave the hotel to go to the airport at 5am so another early morning. Whatever way I looked in the mirror this morning I saw a weird black mark kind of on my hip- I rubbed it and it was some kind of a spider that was stuck to me- dont know where I picked him up!! Flight was at 7am. When I got on the plane AM, Sile and Siles cousin were right behind me! They were meant to get a flight to sucre the day before but the airline went bust! The ...