Today was a really peaceful day after arriving in the mining village of Potosi at 1 AM after taking a rattley night bus from Salar de Uyuni (the salt flats).
But in the evening me and 2 friends decided to take a trip to the cinema. It was a completely unreal experience. The film that we went to see was called "Blackthorn", a Hollywood film in English translated into Spanish. But we didn´t know what we had let ourselves in for. The film was set in the little village we were staying in and the whole village had decided to turn up for the screening. It was by far the funniest cinema experience I have ever had. The room was packed, you could barely hear the film over the wirring projector, there were people sitting in the stairwell, there were people on the phone, everyone was talking and laughing really loudly at the aweful jokes. The woman next to us just fell asleep, after spending what is probably the equivalent of half the average weekly wage on her ticket. People even brought their tiny bambinos, though the film was far to gory for me let alone tiny children.
But it was truely amazing seeing the landscapes we were seeing places we had been just the day before. The horse chase on Salar de Uyuni was too much and "ohmygodwevebeenthere!!" squeeling could probably be heard throughout the cinema.
We also got a sneak preview of the working mines that we visit tomorrow. They look truely terrifying, but our guide is an ex-miner and has promised us that if we bring the miners presents of cigerettes and coca leaves they will be nice to us. hmmmmmm
I don´t think I´ll ever experience such a large coincidence again, it was a completely and wonderfully bizzare.
But in the evening me and 2 friends decided to take a trip to the cinema. It was a completely unreal experience. The film that we went to see was called "Blackthorn", a Hollywood film in English translated into Spanish. But we didn´t know what we had let ourselves in for. The film was set in the little village we were staying in and the whole village had decided to turn up for the screening. It was by far the funniest cinema experience I have ever had. The room was packed, you could barely hear the film over the wirring projector, there were people sitting in the stairwell, there were people on the phone, everyone was talking and laughing really loudly at the aweful jokes. The woman next to us just fell asleep, after spending what is probably the equivalent of half the average weekly wage on her ticket. People even brought their tiny bambinos, though the film was far to gory for me let alone tiny children.
But it was truely amazing seeing the landscapes we were seeing places we had been just the day before. The horse chase on Salar de Uyuni was too much and "ohmygodwevebeenthere!!" squeeling could probably be heard throughout the cinema.
We also got a sneak preview of the working mines that we visit tomorrow. They look truely terrifying, but our guide is an ex-miner and has promised us that if we bring the miners presents of cigerettes and coca leaves they will be nice to us. hmmmmmm
I don´t think I´ll ever experience such a large coincidence again, it was a completely and wonderfully bizzare.
amazing. bambinos. i miss you xxx
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