We arrived on isla del sol, and found our hostel room had been taken! Scheming bolivians probably just sold that shit to some other person willing to pay a little more. I dont blame them. Id do the same probably ;).
Anyway, we got another one, price jacked up cuz the island was popping for NY. But its all good, and we set around partying to the trancey music with djs from Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil! We met tons of travellers, mostly south americans like brazilians and argentinians...I told my dad I wanted to go get some champagne, and he warily asked me how much i was going to drink...in a very parental way. IU was like its okay, just some champagne. But when we walked to the store we asked if they had san pedro, his favorite liquor from bolivia. They did, and we got a bottle. Absolutely the smoothest alcohol I have ever tasted, way better than top shelf shit like grey goose and patron...trust me, youd believe if you tasted! Anyway, Ive never seen my dad try any alcohol at all and he always is apprehensive about it, but we went ape shit!
Plastered, we stumbled over to some other party, where the entrance was originally 210 USD. We laughed but my dad basically drunkenly forced me to let him take me there, clñaiming he wanted me to have the best ´bolivian´ experience...at this place that was playing techno as opposed to the other playing techno. No matter...we negotiated with the owners and for about 7 USD we got two fat beers and entrance to the party. Once inside, he saw some panpipe players in a band who played earlier and really wanted them to play instead of the DJ. He hassled both parties, and after a round of a dozen beers for the musicians, he got them playing! The entire party went into a trance around the magical musicians...either that or a drunken stupor. Closer than one might think, i guess...
Anyway, that was the best part of the evening...the musicians were so fabulous and the atmosphere amazing. My dad chanted viva aymara (our and the musicians´ tribe) and viva bolivia!! What a great night!
And an equally awful next morning...
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