Greetings to one and all,
These are some pictures of a concert I went to with Jeremy and Carlos about two weeks ago. The band was Los Kjarkas, one of the most popular Bolivian bands around, and their genre is apparently "Andean pop." It was a cool cultural experience - they use a lot of the traditional Bolivian instruments, and dress in typical Bolivian costumes. The part I liked best was that everyone seemed to know the words to all the songs - the entire audience was singing along the whole time! And even though the concert was in an outdoor stadium on a cold La Paz night, there were so many people squished in that we all kept warm.
In other news, this weekend Carlos and Jeremy are going to introduce me to Wally Ball (volleyball but you use the walls as well) and racquetball - there's a court right up the street, and Jeremy has been trying to get me to play for a long time. Not dissuaded by the fact that I am afraid of flying balls, Jeremy insists that I will like it and that he will go easy on me. I'll let you all know how it turns out.
More later,
Love,
Rachael
5 comments:
Sounds like you had fun at the concert! I think you'll have fun with wally ball and the other sports Jeremy is going to show you, but I know what you mean, flying balls send me into my own game of dodge ball! Keep the good work up,
Ashley W.
Wow, culture is good! Have fun learning new games Rach!
Love,
Aunt Wendy
No need to fear those flying balls! Just take a few to the face in quick succession and then you'll be fine! Honest! It's my patented* method of .. sports .. playing .. learning... thing.
(*) not actually patented.
I love that term Andean pop, sounds like a blast Rachael! Was happy to see you found a copy of the potato club book! Enjoy! Heike
Hey Rach,
I have to say that I would pay quite a lot of money to say you play wally ball with Jeremy...maybe a plane ticket down to Bolivia? Nope too poor.
Good luck with that though,and please take pictures.
Love aims
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