Always birthdays

On the way, José.
Departed from the dry riverbed at Punta Boca del Salado.
Goodbye to the Gonzales family and the dogs Rocky and Guante.
And many other friends.

After leaving, immediately an exceptional experience.

It was agreed to pick up in La Ribera Doña Maria to give her a lift to La Paz.
We would meet in a restaurant on the corner where the road from Punta Boca del Salado and the road to La Paz join.
But at the agreed time nobody was there.

What to do?
Simply continue without Doña Maria?
But what about the 10 kilos of cheese Ketcha had put in the Fuso Szulc fridge for Doña Maria?
After waiting some more the decision was made to go into the small town of La Ribera to try to find somebody from the Gonzalez family living there.

And purely by intuition the house where Juan Manuel lives was found.
And exactly that very moment a big dinner was there in full swing because of Juan Manuel’s wife birthday.
The celebrations were joined immediately.

Meanwhile Juan Manuel called his sister Norma who shortly afterwards appeared with Doña Maria.
They had just been “a little delayed”.

So, what first seemed an unpleasant situation, waiting for someone not showing up while the fridge full of cheese, became a beautiful birthday and farewell party.

This is what travelling is about.
Often, things do not go as foreseen.
In fact, most of the time it goes in a different and surprising way.
Life becoming a spectacular kaleidoscope of events.

Hence, the experienced traveller enjoys the miles the most when able to be completely open.
Welcoming everything that happens as a gift to enjoy.
A constant birthday party.





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