We went to the countryside to look at some property for sale. It was in an area where the people are imbued with the idea of preserving their natural resources. In fact, the Madidi National Park sits literally steps away from the main road.
We walked through the crags and hills, avoiding the evidence of cows. In Bolivia, cows are ganados. In proper Spanish the word for cow is vaca. “Ganar” means “to win” or “to obtain.” I'm not an expert on etymology, but it seems to me that perhaps the Bolivians believe that owning cattle is equivalent to winning the game of life.
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| Zoom in on their faces. They definitely have an opinion about us being on their farm. |
We approached the forest. In a quiet moment when the others had left me by myself for a moment, a word crossed my mind: “semejante”. And immediately another word came to me: “semilla”.
“Semilla” means seed, and “semejante” means similar. In my mind, I connected the words thus: two things that come from the same type of seed are similar. Entonces, “semejante” significa “del mismo tipo de semilla.”
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