In week three, I went on a fun road trip with my friend Diane and her sick friend, Clayton. Her friend has lived in La Paz for years but decided to go home to the USA given the seriousness of his illness. He may not have been healty but he drove at a rapid pace and we arrived at our destination in record time!
I laughed when I saw his car, it was a vintage Caprice! It reminded me of the first road trip I ever took with my best friend, Liz in grade 12. We borrowed a car much like this one, which was owned by an eccentric used book store owner from rural New Brunswick named Ralphie. We drove this big boat of a car down to Halifax from Fredericton and had the time of our lives!
Once we had dropped him off at the airport, we headed back to La Paz at a leisurely pace. We saw some interesting mining towns along the way and beautiful mountains covered with forests of green trees and cacti. There were also some lovely towns tucked in along the coast called Las Palmas and Los Barriles. We ate lunch at Los Barriles- this town name is funny, it translates as "The Barrels". Apparently, many years ago, during the days of large sailing ships I would think, some barrels rolled up on shore after a ship wreck and voila, the place got its name!
We enjoyed our meandering trip back to La Paz, avoiding cattle and even a tarantula on the road! We had lots of compliments and offers to buy the car. Mexican's love an old car. The views along the way were magnificent!
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| The Ralphie Mobile! |
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| Diane on the edge of a cliff. |
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| Nice View! |
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| Amazing place! |
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| Valley below with some towns. |
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