What a Welcome!

The LPF team has made a recent addition to field of endurance sports: marathon parading. After hours of travel, various cities of layovers, bottles of water, naps and introductions the LPF staff and Student Coaches decided to embrace the culture of La Paz and head outside towards the drums and noise. El Gran Poder is a Bolivian holiday celebrated once a year consisting of an enormous parade that lasted until the early hours of the next day. We simply wanted to watch the parade and take in the culture;  we weren't expecting to be swept away. The entire LPF team somehow got inside the parade. We were dancing and celebrating among the tubas, trumpets, dancers, costumes and Bolivians. Everyone's faces were beaming with full smiles and excitement. I can't imagine a better way to spend our first night together in a new city. Thank you for the welcome parade, Bolivia.  Photos to follow!