- Trains, (Salt)Plains and automobiles (well 4x4´s)So after leaving Cusco, we headed to the town of Puno, which is nestled on the shore of Lake Titicaca. We didn´t really have time to explore Puno, other than a local bakery. For those of you that know of Posted by esotericmind in Witterings of a ditherer | Jan 29, 2012
- Salar de Uyuni The Salt flat near Uyuni, in south-west Bolivia, is awesome. Pretty much the only way to see this, and some other cool desert-y stuff, is to take a 3- or 4- day tour in a Landcruiser 4WD. There are apparently Posted by tcorrea in Tom & Ines go places | Jan 22, 2012
- Inca Adriatic and Wrestling Cholitas[i]After disembarking the bus from Puno (where we literally just stayed the night yet still managed to experience the hassling masses that are native to Peru) we headed straight for the ferry to Isla del Sol, another destination which Tom Posted by tcorrea in Tom & Ines go places | Jan 19, 2012
- Tour of Southwest Bolivia, including the Salar del Uyuni Day 1
Early on Sunday morning, all 4 of us, Ben and Tanis, Deb and me, head down to load up the 4x4 Toyota jeep that will be our transport for the next few days. We meet our guide, Alan, and Posted by DebandMatt in Deb and Matt's awesome adventures | Jan 18, 2012
- Horse riding in TupizaOn a bright sunny morning I meet my guide Jose (who only speaks spanish and is a youthful 16 years...), get given a cowboy hat and chaps and get taken a few streets away to where Don Rico, a Bay Posted by DebandMatt in Deb and Matt's awesome adventures | Jan 17, 2012
- Bolivia (part 1)We travel from Copacabana to La Paz by bus, with a short break in the journey to cross a narrow channel of Lake Titicaca. The bus goes on a barge alongside cars, cattle and anything else you can think of Posted by DebandMatt in Deb and Matt's awesome adventures | Jan 15, 2012
- Southern BoliviaIts been a while since I wrote a blog now so I thought I should really catch up and let you all know where we´ve got to...
After La Paz we caught a bus down to Sucre. Its quite a small Posted by jemmaprice84 in South America | Jan 7, 2012
- Breathtaking BoliviaHi everyone,
First of all very Merry Christmas to you all, I hope you have all had and are having a great time celebrating. It’s not been quite the same being away for Christmas and I’ve been thinking about you all Posted by niccismith2000 in Nicci's Travel Blog | Dec 29, 2011
- Out of bolivia....After an amazing offroad drive through the San Pedro de Atacama desert viewing the amazing landscapes, lunching at hot pools with flamingos and making lots of photo stops, we finally exited Bolivia via the hut that is migration and drove Posted by selson in South America! | Dec 24, 2011
- Entry 23: Cowboys & IndiansAm:
We got the 5.30am bus to Tupiza, the bus was unheated and was so cold there was frost inside the windows- I was in all my layers and in my sleeping bag and still freezing. On top of this, it Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Aug 6, 2011
- Entry 22: SaltAm:
The road to Uyuni is mostly unpaved and is very bumpy. We got a flat tyre en-route (that was very quickly changed by the driver, and we didn't even have to get off the bus!). As we drove into Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Aug 4, 2011
- Entry 21: The Real DealAm:
It would have been great to stay longer in Sucre, but unfortunately we had to move on. We caught the bus to Potosi- after a mix up that included us missing the bus we were supposed to get, so we Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Jul 29, 2011
- La Paz (and Copacabana)After our salt falts adventure we decide to have a few days in La Paz to just chill out and regain our energies. Our hotel here, is a lovely old building, which was the residence of one of the former Posted by Sl_dpm in Sarah & Kate's South American Adventure | Dec 23, 2011
- Uyumi Salt Falts and DesertTo get to Uyumi for our slat flats and desert trip we have to catch on overnight bus from La Paz, we´re told the journey takes around 12 hours........in actual fact it takes about 14 1/2 hrs.
The first part of Posted by Sl_dpm in Sarah & Kate's South American Adventure | Dec 20, 2011
- Entry 20: Sophisticated SucreAm:
The journey to Sucre was interesting to say the least-we had bought tickets for a 12 hour journey on a bus that we thought had toilets, but then the driver refused to open the loo. Anyway, we arrived into Sucre Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Jul 26, 2011
- Entry 19: Floating in the AmazonAm:
We had arranged to catch the 6am flight to Rurrenabaque from La Paz and planned to start our pampas tour at 9am- perhaps a little bit ambitious…….the flight was delayed but then we were good to go. We got onto Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Jul 22, 2011
- The end of boloviaThe drive to potosi was very weird, we stopped for a cook group lunch and spent our time moaning about the heat - man it was hot!!! Then ten minutes later it was snowing and then before we one it Posted by selson in South America! | Dec 17, 2011
- Arriving in boloviaThe drive to the Bolivian border should have been a short one but owing to the fact that the crossing is in the middle of nowhere and that map reading skills are not in abundance we got lost. As it Posted by selson in South America! | Dec 17, 2011
- The Stache Keeps Travelin´So it´s been a couple weeks since my last post and in my attempt to actually stay up-to-date with this blog I felt it was necessary to catch all of the interested people up to speed. I am currently in Posted by Stachetastic in Tales of the Travelin' Stache | Dec 15, 2011
- Entry 18: The Valley of Dizzy Heights and Quirky DelightsAm:
We had naively assumed that the picture of the bus at the office we bought the tickets on was the bus we were getting. Nope, it was and old and pretty crap bus, hot, packed, and we were lucky to Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Jul 19, 2011
- Entry 17: The Big Blue LakeAm:
We arrived in Puno from Cusco as we had to change buses, and after a very chilly wait the bus arrived and we got onboard- and also saw the amazing Lake Titicaca for the first time. We had decided to Posted by ajuandamanee in Am & Ajay's Big Phat RTW Trip | Jul 13, 2011
- A whistle stop tour of South Peru and into BoliviaSo unfortunately I sort of lost the argument about trekking the Canyon, well to be honest I didn´t have much choice because when we got to Arequipa I felt really unwell for the whole day (some may suggest it was Posted by jemmaprice84 in South America | Dec 7, 2011
- La Paz, the Death Road and Huayna PotosiLa Paz promised to be another one of those places where adventure and adrenaline activities were high on the “to do” list. Firstly we booked into the Loki hostel which is an adventure itself. Not a bad place Posted by mike1967 in Andiamo Coles | Dec 1, 2011
- Adios Gatos--Hola BoliviaAs the subtitle reads, all good things I guess have to come to an end. Although, it doesn´t seem like the long-termers at the park abide by that saying as they seem to just keep coming back to Ambue Ari. Posted by Stachetastic in Tales of the Travelin' Stache | Nov 29, 2011
- La Paz to UyumiI´m a bit behind with my blog so I thought write some current stuff and I´ll go back and fill in the missing gaps when I can!
So, we are currently in La Paz, Bolivia! We were not going to come Posted by Sl_dpm in Sarah & Kate's South American Adventure | Nov 28, 2011