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One of the families we will interview tomorrow
The village in the countryside outside Tarija where we begin interviewing families yesterday
One of the village elders
2 of the many women who fed me, preparing traditional salteñas (similar to empanadas)
More pictures of the "houses" in the village
One of the kids, who doesn't know what to make of me
You can get a sense of the landscape from this picture, similar to the southwest in the US
The community is a mix of indigenous Indians and local "Tarijeños"
Cardboard, tarp, and sticks are the construction materials of choice
The home of the guy who beat me at Bolivian Bocce
One of the women doing social work in the community
Some of the kids for 1 family
Modesto from Habitat and the first group of 50 families
The 1 month old had lots of questions!
Me with the second group of the 50 families
Interviewing one of the 50 families
Trees and Plants for the Families' New Homes
New homeowners celebrating at their move-in ceremony
More new homeowners!
One of my favorite little guys for the family I helped
Homeowners sporting a Habitat sticker I gave them
The families preparing to say a few words of thanks
This young mom was tired so I got to cuddle with her kid for a while
The family I helped! They have moved in now!
Shy guy
Tree delivery
Festival of San Roque
Ladies selling traditional Tarijan breads at San Roque
San Roque in town
I can drink this drink 100 times and still won't know the ingredients, some kind of fermented yeast?
They claimed they were actually the original horn-players for San Roque in 1500!
Kids dressed up in the traditional San Roque constume
This horn is native to Tarija, made of cane pole
Lining up to parade through town
The drum core, a lot of the "drums" are reinforced cardboard boxes
The parade with San Roque in the background
Girls all dressed up for the parade in the traditional Tarija dresses
In a village I visited to interview a family, I ended up in another celebration
All dressed up for the village parade
The local police force (yes, I am serious)
The village well and cow