So many rainbows 🌈

I know it’s only thirteen hours since I last wrote, but you see, so much has happened, and my dear husband (and maybe this blog’s biggest fan) has dropped numerous hints that I should write tonight.

Today has been filled with with the exuberant celebrations of the Altiplano communities. Their parade through the streets of Oruro lasted, we estimate, 14 hours, and the majority of that was in the rain. We were fortunate that for the last few hours everyone took off their ponchos so we could enjoy the vibrant colours of their traditional wear.

I’ll let Dan’s photos do the talking:

In the afternoon, we followed the sound of electro music to a crowded university full of seriously drunk students. We stayed long enough to befriend and dance with some first year law students and then quietly left them to it. We then went to the end of the parade where we found a lot of seriously drunk paraders. We joined some empassioned Orinocans who told us many, many times that Evo Morales (former president) was from their community.

Don’t get me wrong – not everyone in this city is totally plastered. Just most of them. But not these adorable … I think they are alpacas?

VRPS, with credit to DPS for the title emoji

[Oruro]