coping alone...

So Saturday was the first day we had to fend for ourselves in a month and it was less than successful. We spent nearly the whole day trying to decide what our next destination would be. It became very complicated with everyones needs taken into account. We almost got on a bus to Cochabamba last night but in the end decided it was a risk because we would arrive at 2am with nowhere to stay. So we found a hostel in La paz for the night and it was amazing. We have been staying in hotels for so long we´d forgotten what an awesome environment hostels are. This was a particularly good hostel, with a bar upstairs and a movie room. It felt more like we were in an irish pub than in Bolivia and everyone spoke english! We had a drink with Diana before she had to catch a bus and then watched Chicago in the movie room. And it was in english! (i really like english)
Unfortunately sharing a bedroom with 9 other people has its drawbacks which for me was not alot of sleep.

The next day we left Anthea behind in La Paz and we bussed to Cochabamba. When we arrived we discovered there are no buses to the ToroToro National Park on Mondays which was the purpose of our visit to Cochabamba. But we tried to make the most of our time here so we went out to the best italian resturant in the city (according to lonely planet) and it was really quite fancy, yet it only cost us around $10nz for a main. I had chicken, mushroom and red capsicum fetticcine. I love how cheap Bolivia is.

Today we booked our bus to Sucre for 8pm tonight and have spent the day killing time in the city. We went out for breakfast, then wandered around the shops, found a bakery and had my first piece of fresh bread since i reached Bolivia, then had a coffee, then went up to the christ statue on a hill overlooking Cochabamba. Turns out its the worlds biggest christ statue, we assumed that title belonged to Christ the Reedeemer in Rio. But this one is definately bigger.

And now were just wasting time til dinner and then we´ll do our overnight bus to Sucre.