We hit La Paz on opening day of the Alacitas. It is a festival of miniatures. Blocks and blocks of the city are covered with vendors selling articles in miniature. Anything one might imagine can be found at the Alacitas. We found tiny tools, hammers, axes, saws, wrenches and screwdrivers, replicas of the real thing made of metal, beautifully painted all about an inch long. There was a sewing machine about the size of roll of film, intricately detailed, with a tiny wheel that turned. We found exquisite examples of fruit and vegetables as well as perfect representations of any cut of meat. Baskets, bicycles, bread and buttons, all mini articles that look amazingly like the real thing. We never figu
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