tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105043.post4311574701394878328..comments2009-11-16T23:15:55.292-03:00Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901774320923486057noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105043.post-64746565497923076902009-11-16T23:15:55.508-03:002009-11-16T23:15:55.508-03:00I don't know if I find Titcaca more funny than just the name copacabana - but then I did listen to way too much Barry Manilow as a child... no pictures of you and Bob Marley with a local? ;)kfinnefrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13584998580345054810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105043.post-21264483882002698852009-11-09T23:08:00.257-03:002009-11-09T23:08:00.257-03:00Bowlers are still popular among Aymara women of the highlands of Bolivia and Peru, where they were first seen in the 1920s. Called a bombin, a woman who wears one is referred to as a cholita. There are varying stories of how it came to be so popular in the region. One story describes how a large shipment of bowlers arrived in Bolivia for the European workers there. The hats were too small, so they were instead dispersed to the locals (and indeed, it is fashionable there to wear a small size). Another tale involves a Bolivian merchant who had too many bowlers, so he marketed his excess hats as accessories for women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105043.post-82508232814624878982009-11-04T16:39:15.672-03:002009-11-04T16:39:15.672-03:00oh i can't tell you how happy your posts make me, allowing me to day dream with you. enjoy!montaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414911616186252389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105043.post-53302883176909966852009-11-03T22:53:22.571-03:002009-11-03T22:53:22.571-03:00And I never did understand the bowler hats. It's like if women in India wore saris and blazers.kphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869228003661419716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105043.post-19876011201551622622009-11-03T22:52:07.870-03:002009-11-03T22:52:07.870-03:00I've been there! Titicaca and all. Definitely have some silpancho while you're in Bolivia. It's rice and beans, topped with a flattened out steak, topped with a fried egg. Mmm.kphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869228003661419716noreply@blogger.com