BrainMunchie.com

We had to leave at 5:30am to catch a flight to Cochabamba, Bolivia. Everyone’s excited because this place should only be 4,000 feet above sea level. I’m telling you, never in my life did that number mean so much to me!

It never fails that we seem to meet the nicest, most appreciative people in the smaller cities and they love the fact that there are contemporary hip hop artists willing to share with them. The bigger cities always have an opportunity to see performances but in the smaller cities, most artists never go there or the people can’t afford to get where the entertainment is. So thanks once again JALC on behalf of the many faces you’ll never get to meet first hand! It also never fails that everyone wants to hang out when the show is over. In most situations we can, but there are many situations where an early flight will prevent us from doing so.

Cochabamba is a really nice, quiet city. There are many sidewalk restaurants and a café can be found on any corner. The food choices range from native Bolivian food to American style chicken fingers to some of the best milkshakes and ice cream desserts you’ll ever have! (That last line was referring specifically to a restaurant called Dumbo’s!!!)

Che brought something to my attention. Every culture seems to have a hot food item that consists of beef or chicken and other filling type stuff all enclosed with some kind of bread. We call them hot pockets, some people call them Samusas and other people call the empanadas.

We did a television interview right after our “morning snack”:

And that’s when I got an invitation to join a mariachi band. Those suits are a little too sexy for me, but if this AFAR thing doesn’t work out…

Here is a city shot

This is my homie from the street market. He said he was really hot…

Another market shot:

If you look in the distance you can see the world’s tallest statue of Christ, Cristo de la Concordia. This statue is the tallest and highest statue of Christ in the world, although the statue in Rio De Janeiro is the most popular. Catholicism is very popular in South America and most statues of Christ are typically joint efforts of the Catholic Church and the government. I really wanted to go see the statue up close, but we didn’t have enough time!

Our fans… check out the older gentleman in the middle helping us keep Hip Hop Alive!

He was into every song!