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The mornings in Coroico
would find us staring out into a thick soup of clouds and fog. By midmorning,
most of that cover would be burnt off. Although we had decended more than
ten thousand feet from the pass, Coroico was still a place with its head
in the clouds.
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Just above Coroico is
this hill that is said to resemble Calvary. As we were in Coroico on Good
Friday we decided to climb it. This is apparently something that is also
popular with pilgrims that come from all over Bolivia. They leave small
pebbles at each of the "Stations of the Cross" on the way up (left). The
Chapel is called Calvario. There is an outstanding view of the town from
here (below).
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Although Coroico is
still more than 5,500 feet above sea level the Yungas are a preview for
Bolivia's Amazonian basin. The poinsettias on our hotel patio were heavy
each morning with dew.
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