I love argentinians.

On the way back to Cuzco, Perú from La Paz, Bolivia, I stopped for a night with a couple of israelis in Copacabana, Bolivia. No, no. Not that copa, but it's pretty cool all the same. In the day light the streets are packed with handicraft-making argentine hippies. The funny thing is, the more you buy and wear, the more you become like them. They're like hippie borgs. In fact, I ran into some of Betsy's friends from Grinnell on the bus from Copa to Cuzco, and two of them were actually pursuing ambitions to start their own craft business. Truth be told, i was their first customer. I bought a pacha mama necklace... we'll have to see who's lucky enough to get that one.

So aside from hanging out with the argentinians, chillin in the awesome vegetarian cafes, or waiting for your boat to isla del sol (where you can of course check out the post for the bolivian navy... anybody else notice this country is landlocked?) pretty much the only other thing folks do is climb the neighboring mountain with stations of the cross leading to the best sunset in bolivia. Pictures will be up soon.

My israeli friends taught me a couple of helpful phrases in hebrew i thought i'd share with you guys. Ata hamoud ata means you sweet you (at hamoud at for ladies), which was apparently the catch phrase of a popular politician. It's a great way to win an israeli's favor. This of course is helpful, because they have travellers' notebooks hidden in restaurants and hostels across the continent. You don't actually need a lonely planet if you can read hebrew... or win over an israeli... thus the password i thought i'd share with you guys :)

Here's a couple other good ones:
At Hamuda - You are cute (for a girl, think it would be Ata hamuda for a guy)
Rotsa Lirkod - want to dance?