Oruro, a town high up in the Andes.
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Housing in the Andes.
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On the Altiplano: a mother of two selling furs.
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The girls at the potatofield in the Andes.
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Gato Montese, a little rare forest cat kitten.
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Consejo Yuqui it says on the school-wall. I have tried to find this schooling project for orphans (? ) on the web, but without success. It is situated in Chapare, and we visited them during our stay there. Due to the lack of language-skill I did not get very much information about them, but I have much wondered what happened to these children.
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Read more about the education-system in Bolivia here.

Read about Runawasi, a multi-lingual school

At Lake Titicaca, the children are selling little Kon-tiki straw-boats.
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Read more about education in Bolivia

Building a straw-boat. Thor Heyerdahl is well known up north, he used one similar to this for his expedition. Now at Lake Titicaca there is a small tourist-industry going.
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Tourist-guide to Lake Titicaca

The United Nations project we visited, was situated in the village Ivirgarzama in the Chapare region. Here is a picture from the market-place in the village.
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Learn more about the Chapare region.

Is deforestation to be considered development? On the road between Chapare and Cochabamba we met this truck with logs. In the jeep we were driving I clutched the seats, with my fingers because the roads did not at all seem safe, judged by standards at home. We actually saw two or three quite serious traffic accidents before we reached La Paz. A truck loaded with people, tilted off the road, halted only seconds before it would have rolled down the mountainside...
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Here is a blog from the Democracy Center in Cochabamba

Bolivian photos from the Democracy Center

This woman was walking close to the spot where I photographed the small girl, below. Up here it is totally still, no sounds, but very very bright colours, like the red yarn the woman is spinning while she is walking...
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News about current issues in Bolivia

We travelled from Chapare to Cochabamba & La Paz in order to eventually reach Lake Titicaca. Here is a girl from high up in the Andes.
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Here some information about Plan-International, read how it is possible to sponsor a child in Bolivia.

Orejas
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Combatting child labour

Here is a list of universities in Bolivia

Photos from Bolivia

Here are more of my photos from the stay in Bolivia in july-august 1992.
More Bolivian posts on the Argonautica Polaris Blog