Photos from Bolivia

Dear Reader, I’m still trying to catch up from months of not posting any entries or photos.  Life’s been busier the past week or so.  I finally have a chance to post some photos of Bolivia from our March trip to Machu Picchu.  We spent one day in Bolivia en route from Machu Picchu, Peru to Paraguay.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have a chance to enjoy the capital, La Paz, where we spent the night.  Instead, we traveled from La Paz to Lake Titicaca and enjoyed the Bolivian countryside and the lake.  The lake is amazing.  It’s the largest unspoiled lake I’ve ever seen.  Thank goodness for high altitudes and difficulty breathing, which hamper efforts to turn the lake into a major recreation center.  If the lake were in the United States, it would be highly frequented by tourists.  Enjoy the photos!

Chess!

My son participated in his first chess tournament this weekend.  He just started playing a few months ago.  He’s really improved and beat his dad at a couple of games.  He finished eight out of 12 in the six years and under group (pretty good considering he just started and was one of the youngest kids).  I was happy to see that all the kids in that group were awarded trophies, including my son.  He’s now taking chess classes, and we’re planning to hire a private chess tutor for him at least once per week (hiring affordable private tutors is one of the nice perks of living in a place like Paraguay.  And plus, he’ll have his dad to beat as he gears up for another run next year.
 
For the shutterbugs:  I posted some photos from the chess tournament.  The girl in some of the photos is our son’s classmate and a good friend of his.  They look so cute together!