congrats jon bell and valleau bros.

hola peoples,

so two nights ago i arrived late at night in Cochabamba Bolivia. Rmac rule of thumb when travelling,...if arriving late at night and dodge factor seems high, ...then lonely planet search a nice hotel to hide in until the sun shines. So i taxi´d to Portales Hotel. Nice joint,...but the point is i had a tv for the first time in a long time,...and, i watched the Golden Globe Awards. Kate Beckinsale is handsdown the best looking girl ever. Hopefully these were live and not like one month old or something. Anyhoo, did yall notice that Infinity Media, where the above mentioned hoodlums work, was mentioned with Philp Seymour Hoffman winning an award. Bill Vince their fearless leader was also named.

so yes i´m in cochabamba bolivia and so far have been kinda chillin,...touristy stuff perhaps today and then perhaps out to the countryside where there is apparently a wonderful resort spa. i´m gonna go rmac test their steam and jacuzzi jets and maybe get a massage. i´m waiting on sophie (london girl) and a vancouverite named normandy to arrive from la paz and then i´ll do more tourist stuff and check into a hostal. So get this,...sophie met normandy in cusco. normandy is james daniels sister,...as in james that went to same highschool. small world.

ok, updates are as follows. la paz...did a private city tour with this english speaking local named freddy. very ambitious bolivian. we taxid around some of the local sights and a seed was planted about an area of la paz called zone sul...like zone-eh sool. Went there the next day and this was quite an interested culture observation....this area is where the upper middle class to rich bolivians live. reminded me of pacific palisades california slash miami. people wearing modern clothes, girls with upscale handbags, and fancy coffee shops that look better than starbucks. i spent a couple hours walking through the neighborhoods that had some homes as big as you´d see in shaughnessy or beverly hills. Actually this was kinda relaxing as they have these wonderful eucalyptus trees and it was raining,...and just seems relaxing. next,... met a really cool new yorker named rebecca who had the coolest blonde dreads. we hung out quite a bit and as well with her local friend named max. Together we watched max play in his championship soccer game and this was really fun and a great way to immerse into some bolivian culture. the spectators rock some serious loud tunes, while chillin almost NFL tailgate styles,...while lighting mucho firecrackers. while in the stands, there was mucho beers as well a lunch provided by a lady who must have had a son playing who was from the countryside or somthing. she was wearing all the traditional clothing. very cool. Max scored a goal and his team won the championship. as i had a digi camera that everyone was really intrigued by, ...i became the documentary guy,...or in their words, international paparazzi. After the game we all marched...they sang,...to a building where we all drank tons of beers,...they chanted etc,...and i took the photos.

next day i made a cdrom of the photos and gave to max so his team could have for prints etc.

went to a bar in la paz called mongols. long story short,...some good beer drinking,...lots of hot argentina girls and i met a lovely girl named monica. cool name hey.


back to the tour,...take care all.