Forgive me, I am backlogged on my blogging, but I just had to blog about the women's retreat I took back in August. Every few months the Embassy plans a women's retreat so we can get away together and revamp. I decided to go on the one in August although we had just recently arrived and I only knew one other person that was going. I was a little nervous, but all of the women turned out to be great. There were 9 of us that went. Here is a picture of us right before we headed home.
Coroico is at the edge of the Yungas Jungle in Bolivia. To get there you have to take the infamous Death Road. Luckily, they have built a new Death Road which is better so you only have to go on the old one for a short time. The old Death Road is mostly used for bike tours now, which Tim is just dying to do, but hopefully he won't die when he does!
Because it is in the Jungle it is so green. We stayed it a hotel with an amazing view. It had this great outdoor pool that looked out on gorgeous green mountains! For the retreat we did yoga, meditation, goal setting, African dance, humor therapy, got massages and layed by the pool. It was wonderful...everything I love to do. During the goal setting class I commited myself to train for a marathon for 2012, something I never knew if I would do, but decided to wait until I lived at 12,o00 feet. I know I'm smart. The idea is to train here and run somewhere much lower in elevation.
We took a nighttime walk up to the city center, which was about a 15 minute walk up from our hotel. People were out celebrating because we just happened to be there on August 6th, Bolivia's Independance Day. It was a quaint little town with a beautiful church and nice plaza.
They had so many beautiful flowers there. Here is one of my favorites.
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