Bolivia and Chile

This month travelling around South America has made me think about our reality as latin americans.

The differences between Bolivia (the cheapest and also poorest country in South America) and Chile (the most expensive one) are so huge!... their people, their infraestructure, their food, their cities, their education level, their general opportunities.

Chile looks like an european city. The public transportation is amazing, so well organized!

In Bolivia, you can feel the need of oportunities to study and also to work the people are asking for.

Chile is so quite!. Nobody shout up, nobody looks like hurry-up. People feel proud to be in Chile, they love their country.

Bolivia is so crowded. There are many people from different cities. There are a lot, still on the streets, peasants -"cholitos"- and they are proud to keep high the bolivian culture: their music, their traditions, their food. "The genuineness still is alive".

In Bolivia, the food is the most important thing. If you are eating well, the rest doesn't matter. In Chile, you're ok with a Hot Dog or a Sandwich!

It is amazing how you can switch, in just 2 hours by plane, the mood and the way you see the life.

The only things have not changed are:

1. The Andes Mountain chain, which has been with me in my journey.
2. The waste of the AIESEC's potential to support the development of Latin America.


L.A. needs even more AIESEC... but doing 100% AIESEC!