My Journey to Bolivia [PART VI] I have spent time with them playing football, talking about the importance of keeping family close to you and being safe. Also, I shared some advice on doing school-work, as most of them have to walk during the night with no lights and the roads are dangerous because of wild animals. Unfortunately, the Machua community has not got a pharmacy around, not even a hospital, the nearest pharmacy is 3 hours-walking and not everyone in the village has an automobile, only 3 or 4 have a car, otherwise, you have to wait in the middle of the road and hitch hike hoping someone picks you up. Especially health centres because most of the population died of unattended sickness, contagious diseases, snakes bites, etc. The football level at Machua was incredible. The kids played so well and a decent competitive level. The children were so brave kicking the ball with no shoes, (slightly disappointing from my part as I didn’t think some of them wouldn't have shoes to play in) but after speaking with some of them, they told me they feel more comfortable not wearing them. They asked me to play, and hell yes, I played a game. I wish I could play more, however I had spent 5 min running and stopping because of the high pressure hehe so, I have decided to play as a referee from the bench. I couldn’t handle any more!