When in Bolivia, don't be surprised to see....

People protesting something.  When people are unhappy about something, they take to the streets.  Blockades, marches to the capital, protests.  There are tons of words for stuff like that: bloqueos, paros, marchas, protestas, huelgas.  I haven't heard "huelga" (strike) used except for hunger strikes (huelgas de hambre).  But when people march, blockade, etc, it's also implicit that they aren't at work.  Why would they just strike when they also can march or blockade and get more publicity?
*Also, don't be surprised if you have to walk instead of taking your normal public transit.  You might even have to walk 15 blocks to pick up a trufi when the medical students are blocking all the bridges.
  Just as an example.  :)

Medical students blockading the bridge

Cows/Horses grazing by the river as you cross the bridge (might I mention this is IN the city?)

EXTREME nasal-y voice going “PAPAYA. BANANA. FRUTIA…”  That’s the fruit vendors.  They always talk like that.  My host sister had to translate when they were actually saying.

A lecture that’s supposed to start at 7pm actually start at 8pm.  That’s hora boliviana (aka Bolivian time).  Also, I arrived at the lecture at 7:30pm because I assumed it would start late.

All the buses and trufis FULL at lunchtime when everyone is going home to eat.

Bus tickets for 8-10 hour bus rides that go for under 10 US$.  (Supposedly if you buy right before the bus leaves, it can be as little as US$4.  That’s what I call a bargain!)

Very few white people.  Even fewer black people.

ALL the kids in their little uniforms!  All the schools—public, private, whatever—have them.  So cute!

Bajillions of types of fruits.  We have a massive fruit stand five blocks down the road, and one of these days I’ll take a picture of it.

Women with babies on their backs.  Sometimes unrecognizable as babies because they’re so swaddled.  If it’s a young baby (under 9 months, maybe?) it’s always in a laying-down position, and you never can see its faces.  Just gotta recognize the shape.

People don't stop at quiet intersections--just honk the horn and keep on driving.

Tons of people on motorcylers.  My host dad said they can go for US$700-3,000.  Not that that means a lot to me since I don't know what they cost in the US.  (And often US imports are equally/way more expensive here than in the US.)

People making money on the streets.  No, no like prostitutes.  As in candy vendors, ice cream carts, jugglers, beggars, clowns, orange juice carts, etc.  Here's a sassy clown that entertained us for a while.

He had a whistle in his mouth so instead of words he just "whirrrr"-ed