I will miss many new friends made during this school term, which ends June 9th. 7 students including me will be staying on in Cochabamba for from 1 to 3 years. The couple in the front of the bus, Dominic & and his partner Ellen I will miss in particular. Dominic has been accepted at the Mayo Clinic medical school and Ellen is finishing up her M.Div.degree and is looking into the Chaplaincy Residency program at the Mayo Clinic.
After arriving half way up Mt. Tunari to a lagoon about 12000 ft. the younger and more fit in our group set off for the summit while we older students and the children made camp for 4 hr.s to await their return.
I took the pics of the llamas with my zoom leans. I didn't have the energy to hike up to them for a closer look. Any exertion in this high altitude was very difficult for me.
The following pics have been shared with me by the valiant ones who made it to the summit.
Mean while the views from the lagoon on this desolate Altiplano were beautiful in there own stark way. I don't know how the llamas existed on so little scrub.
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We all head back to Cochabamba, only 840 ft.above sea level.
Some views along the way back down the mountain.
We arrived back to our homes 10 hours later, tired and happy.
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