Sucre, Bolivia Travel Photo Memories

Sucre, Bolivia Travel Photo Memories. Patient Clown & Adorable Girl Who Was Shopping with her Grandma
Patient Clown & Adorable Girl Who Was Shopping with her Grandma

Tell me that’s not cute. The clown in the photograph was handing out flyers to something or other on the street in Sucre, Bolivia near the market. I was out wandering around with my camera trying to find some shots to put up online.

I saw him and went, ahhhh, here is one! Standing a ways back (as I’d already acted like a stalker) I followed him up the street a bit to see if anything visually exciting would present itself whereas I could play professional photographer and try to get an amazing shot.

I am not a trained photographer, I am an amateur but I think a very good amateur 🙂

Nothing exciting was happening, even though the clown was very cute and very good at his role-playing as well. Nothing until a little girl walked up holding her Grandma’s (what I later learned) hand. Shy and adorable she went up to the clown and let me take a few pics after I had permission from her accompanying adult.

I gave them the URL of my old website biz – South America Living – and to this day hope they looked it up a bit later and got to see the photograph (one above) I published online and liked the shot.

Sucre, Bolivia Travel Photo Memories. How About One of These Oranges?  Buying Straight off the Truck at Mercado Campesino in Sucre, Bolivia
How About One of These Oranges? Buying Straight off the Truck at Mercado Campesino in Sucre, Bolivia

Another day I spent wandering around Mercado Campesino – a huge multi-block, street market affair on the outskirts of Sucre. Walking and walking, I stopped for a drink and noticed the oranges in piles all over the place (you only see in the photo ones by the truck). A few minutes later the man walked up pushing the trolley cart and I asked nicely if I could take a shot.

He shied away – what you will get often in Bolivia – but I persisted and offered a few soles in exchange. Begged actually, in the oh-so-cute tourist way I learned through years of travel and he relented, but kept his face out of the photo. Score. Love the shot.

Sucre, Bolivia Travel Photo Memories. Sidewalk Vendor Playing the Charanga
Sidewalk Vendor Playing the Charanga

Walking up to Recoleta Viewpoint – where you can visit the Museo de Recoleta & Monastery or have a coffe at the Mirador Cafe – I walked by a row of artisans. One was willing to pose for a photo as long as I was willing to hand over a few Bolivianos… but of course.

Sucre, Bolivia Travel Photo Memories. Dried Legumes at the Market in Sucre
Dried Legumes at the Market in Sucre

I would find all kinds of things during my daily trips to the market but with only a month stay it was impossible to try everything. The few things I did try to cook up at the hostal we stayed at, in all honesty, weren’t that great. I wish I’d had more time to play with what you see in the photo above; I love lentils, black beans, red beans, etc.

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