Next, we drove to a nearby Quechua village, Jatun Yampara. 101 families live here and there are roughly 4 to 5 people per family. The village is very rural, so the dwelling spaces are quite a bit apart and surrounded by lots of farmland. I should mention that Sucre is about 9500 feet high and that this village was at 10,720 feet. (The market we went to at Tarabuco was at 11,070 feet. Potosí was even higher at 12,907 feet.) At this point, after being in Bolivia for thirteen days, Ray and I were acclimated to these high ... (more)