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| "Indonesian" food; peanut-butter sauce, fried bananas, spinach with sesame, soy sauce |
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| Breakfast; panecakes, Nutella, appelstroop and cappuccino! |
Friday, December 9, 2011
"Dutch" dinning in Bolivia
Even when you enjoy different cultures, habits, foods and drinks...... sometimes you just want a little taste of home......
Epic drive from Tarija to Villamontes
Last week I had to drive for a workshop to Machareti, just north of Villamontes. The road from Tarija to Villamontes is mostly dirt road, winding up and down on mountain sloops and jungle. Part of the round trip I drove in the rain and in the dark.
While passing through Entre Rios, midway, I stopped at hostel "Soluna" to have a coffee with the German proprietors Astrid and Torge.
Upon arriving in Villamontes in the early evening (driving the last and most dangerous part of epic road in the in the dark!!), I found the city in pitch dark..... there was a black out.... and it started to downpour as well. I was supposed to meet up with James, who I met the weeks before in Tarija, for dinner, but I had a hard time finding the city center in the dark. After having dinner in the Dutch owned bar "La Iguana", I decided to stay the night in Villamontes, as it was still raining heavily.
Besides the driving, I experienced some more "adventure".... I got food poisoning during the workshop the next day, by drinking some Chicha (a homemade fermented drink made from maize), and with me also my boss got sick and even 2 Bolivians. After making it though the first part of the workshop sweating and in pain, I had to throw up 4 times. Luckily the next day I felt better enough to drive back to Tarija. As you can see below, you need to be fit and concentrated when driving those roads......
While passing through Entre Rios, midway, I stopped at hostel "Soluna" to have a coffee with the German proprietors Astrid and Torge.
Upon arriving in Villamontes in the early evening (driving the last and most dangerous part of epic road in the in the dark!!), I found the city in pitch dark..... there was a black out.... and it started to downpour as well. I was supposed to meet up with James, who I met the weeks before in Tarija, for dinner, but I had a hard time finding the city center in the dark. After having dinner in the Dutch owned bar "La Iguana", I decided to stay the night in Villamontes, as it was still raining heavily.
Besides the driving, I experienced some more "adventure".... I got food poisoning during the workshop the next day, by drinking some Chicha (a homemade fermented drink made from maize), and with me also my boss got sick and even 2 Bolivians. After making it though the first part of the workshop sweating and in pain, I had to throw up 4 times. Luckily the next day I felt better enough to drive back to Tarija. As you can see below, you need to be fit and concentrated when driving those roads......
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| Winding jungle roads just outside of Entre Rios |
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| Dinner in Villamontes with the Dutch and German community |
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| Country side near Machareti |
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| Machareti village |
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This road is a real "cliff hanger" ......  |
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