by Jim McIntosh | Aug 15, 2008 | Cochabamba |
Cochabamba is in the middle of the annual end-of-winter festival in the honor the Virgin of Urkupiña. It’s a huge festival involving folkloric dances, an all-night caminata (walk) and a collection of rocks. August 14 is the entrada, an all-day parade of...
by Jim McIntosh | Aug 7, 2008 | Bolivia, Cochabamba, Status |
Yesterday was the Bolivian independence day. Bolivian flags flew everywhere. There were parades of high school bands, civic groups and vast contingents of the military. There were no protests, and smiles were visible everywhere. But, on August 10, there is a...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 7, 2008 | Bolivia, Church, Cochabamba, Franciscan, Status |
Well, I left tonight for the meeting of the lay brothers of the Bolivian Franciscan province. Left, that is, in that I walked over to the Cochabamba bus terminal. This afternoon, when I went over to buy my ticket, they weren’t selling bus tickets to La Paz...
by Jim McIntosh | Mar 25, 2008 | Cochabamba, Status |
The rains have pretty much stopped here in Cochabamba. We’ll probably have another rainy day or two, but the daily and nightly poundings have stopped. This means the water is no longer rolling downhill causing floods in areas like Trinidad. During the flooding,...
by Jim McIntosh | Jan 18, 2008 | Church, Cochabamba, Franciscan, Observations |
Every night, the friars here in Cochabamba, Bolivia, give away any extra food remaining after dinner to the poor who come to the door. No left-overs are kept until the following day. I used to think this was a wonderful custom — to empty the pantry for the poor...
by Jim McIntosh | Oct 20, 2007 | Bolivia, Cochabamba, Status |
Rain, rain, glorious rain! We’ve had rain for the last two or three days, so I guess the rainy season has started early this year. What a glorious thing rain is after going without it for six months. It refreshes the trees and flowers, and cleans the streets and...
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