In March two of Henry´s brothers, John and William, came to visit. William had a terrible time getting here. He spent three days changing tickets and planes, or waiting around airports without much sleep. When he finally got here he was given two hours to have a shower and unpack his bag and off we went for and Easter adventure. We headed in the direction of Macha for a taste of Bolivia beyond Sucre, which in many ways is like a southern European town. In one of the villages close to Macha a big festival was supposed to take place, if it hadn´t been postponed. Instead we explored the area surrounding the mining town of Pocoata. Up the steep hill slopes are several deserted mining settlements from colonial times or possibly before. In the modern village the inhabitants lost no time offering goods for sale such as the hats or ponchos they were wearing and I believe John and William went back with enough goods to last for many Christmases to come.
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