It’s official everyone! I am going to BOLIVIA this April for a month. As you know, I’m half Bolivia (on my Dad’s side) so I have tons of familia out there.
I’m so stoked because I haven’t been there in almost 10 years! Last time I went I was there for three months. I got to visit La Paz (the capital), Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz. I even met the President of Bolivia (Hugo Banzer) one day chillin’ in Downtown La Paz. I was like, “Is that the President?” and my Uncle was like, “Yes, would you like to meet him?” I was like, “HELL YEAH!” So we walked up to him and my uncle introduced me to the president. He was super nice and then we walked away and I was like all happy… then almost as we were a block away, I realized I had my camera on me the whole time and so I asked my uncle if we could go back and take a picture with him… so we went back and the bodyguard actually ended up taking the picture of us. My mom, Uncle, and me with President Banzer. It was sooooooooooo cool!
Half my family lives in La Paz and the other half in Cochabamba pretty much. My dad has 8 brothers and sisters so just imagine how many cousins that means I have out there. Yep! Too many!!! The sweet part of it is that they are all of my same age group. So it should be lots of fun.
The plan is for us to go to La Paz… see some family, party, etc. and then head to TARIJA, which is my Dad’s hometown. I’m going to be able to see the house where he was born and raised in and meet the family that I have out there too. They are soooo nice there. I talk to them on MSN Messenger and we are already making plans. My Dad’s birthday actually is April 15th which is Tarija Day… they through a big huge festival for like a week long celebrating their city, which is awesome because my dad will be able to celebrate his birthday in the same place he grew up. I know this trip is going to be amazing. After going to Tarija, my cousin says he’s going to drive us to ARGENTINA. Because Tarija is right on the border and we have more familia in Salta, Argentina. So I’m going to be able to meet some of my dad’s Aunts and Uncles for the very first time… not to mention all his cousins there.
I bought the plane tickets yesterday for a great price! So I figured it was safe to tell everyone I’m officially going. This time it’s for real bitches!!!!