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There is this amazingly beautiful hotel/bed and breakfast in Corioco that is called the Bella Vista (beautiful view) and for good reason, the front of the hotel is on the street, but the back is a view of the mountains and a river flowing between that will captivate you for hours and leave you speechless. I cannot get the view out of my head, and I long to go back there!

Right after I graduated High School, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to study or what I wanted to do, there was a lot of conflict between me and my parents. The one thing we agreed on was that I wanted to learn spanish, and I had some friend in La Paz, Bolivia who were willing to let me live with them for three months.

So I went.

First time living away from home, in a different country, a language I didn’t know, away from all my friends, and everything familiar.

It was a GREAT experience. I learned spanish, and made a lot of new friends. I volunteered at a christian school teaching pre-schoolers, and became a translator with a group of nurses from the U.S. doing free clinics in the countryside of Bolivia.

I want to go back someday, but until then I will allways relive my Bolivia memories with fondnes.