- Chau Chau Bolivia
After Potosi I made my way to lake titicaca - on the border with peru. I arrived at the bus station from Potosi at 6 in the morning. It was downright freezing, I curled up into my little, blue sleeping Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jul 5, 2008
- Inside San Pedro Prison
Back in La Paz for the third time, and having seen a lot of the sights already, a few of us decided to visit a slightly different ´tourist attraction´ - San Pedro Prison. This is a prison unlike any Posted by jamesw in James' World Tour 2008 | Jul 4, 2008
- Dynamite and dust
Sucre was a lovely town with whitewashed walls, beautiful architecture, and winding cobblestone streets, although I didn't find much to do there. Mostly read in the plaza.
I've been surpr Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jul 1, 2008
- Bolivia with a pinch of salt
So what do you know about Bolivia? Well, like me until about 2 weeks ago, you probably know next to nothing! So let me enlighten you. Firstly, Bolivia is famous for having the highest everything! Secondly Posted by mccreadyf in What am I doing today??? | Jun 27, 2008
- third-class seat
I saw some ruins outside of Samaipata the next day. A pre-Inca site with ceremonial figures carved into a huge slab of rock, El Fuerte. I Walked back to town - beautiful countryside - mandarin orange country.
I tried to buy Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 28, 2008
- Bolivia
We arrive at the bus station in Potosi early so that we can get some nibbles etc for the journey. The boys are sent off to purchase the journey staples. They return and we load onto the bus. I ask Posted by spacebooth in Esther's Adventure | Jun 27, 2008
- Dilemmas
Well, I have been traveling for a couple of months in South America and although the issue of ethical travel is always on my mind, the prevelant poverty in Bolivia has made me think harder about this. It`s hard Posted by ChumyChloe in In Bolivia..... | Jun 27, 2008
- Leave your idealism at home
I recovered quickly from my illness and was ready to get out of La Paz. I had been there for 4 days at the time of my departure. I hopped on an overnite bus to Santa Cruz - a city Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 27, 2008
- Going down the mine
The crazyness in Bolivia continued after meeting up with my tour group in Sucre. Our next destination was supposed to be Potosi, but after locals had blocaded almost all of the roads out of Sucre in protest at something, Posted by jamesw in James' World Tour 2008 | Jun 25, 2008
- making music!
Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 25, 2008
- Bolivia
So its back to Potosi. Which has some mines that we want to see. We're now all acclimatised with the altitude so don't feel so out of breath as before. We spend a little extra cash getting a better bus, Posted by spacebooth in Esther's Adventure | Jun 23, 2008
- bedroom fantasy
The last days in tupiza were spent mulling about with Mariano and Lucas (argentineans) and Eilleen and Joel (Aussie/Brit). We all hopped a bus to La Paz because they were headed for Peru and La Paz was the only other Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 24, 2008
- Into Peru
So spent a day in La Paz doing nothing.
Then bed early and up even earlier for a bus to the pampas got a taxu to the bus stop and ended up taking half an hour when i was planning on Posted by Blue eyes in Jo in South America!! | Jun 22, 2008
- A salty birthday
The next to last day of the desert tour our group stayed in a hotel on the edge of the salar de uyuni - at 7,000 sq. miles the world's largest salt flat. We were all glad to finish somewhat Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 21, 2008
- photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherh/ Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 20, 2008
- Swimming with piranhas
I arrived in Bolivia after taking the bus from Chile. La Paz is the world´s highest capital city and I was seriously feeling the altitude when I first arrived. Just walking up stairs gets you out of breath Posted by jamesw in James' World Tour 2008 | Jun 19, 2008
- Bolivia
Dear diario,
I have to pack my backpack and leave Rio. Obviously I'm dead excited about
where I'm off to, but still I'm sad. Thiago takes me out for a nice lunch
and then we head back to the flat to Posted by spacebooth in Esther's Adventure | May 28, 2008
- Singani
My second day in Tupiza was spent hiking around the area taking in the landscape - visited Cañon del Inca (with a small waterfall), Puerta del Diablo, and a valley of odd-shaped rocks names the valley of penises. Phallirific.
That night Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 19, 2008
- Bolivian Salt Flats
After the coldest bus journies we have ever taken we arrived in the town of Uyuni. The start of the 3 day trip through Bolivias salt planes. We were meant to take a train but due to some political activity Posted by DanSue in Wonderlust | Jun 19, 2008
- The Bolivian Pampas
We stumbled up to the Indigena Tours office to greet Mark, Neils and Pip who we had partied with on Christmas Day back in La Paz..... a nice surprise. They had arrived with 3 more ozzies, 1 Posted by stephyd in Around the World in as long as it takes. | May 22, 2008
- Happy New Year 2008
It was a very lazy morning with a wee bit of a hangover, when we managed to pull ourselves out of bed we headed for our favourite cafe Casa De Campo for breakfast......... well lunch!
When we left Casa De Campo Posted by stephyd in Around the World in as long as it takes. | May 21, 2008
- La cordillera Real
Samedi 19 avril
La Paz - Campo alto Huayana Potosi 5130m
Rendez vous à l'agence. Je fais connaissance avec notre guide... Macario. Decidement, ca doit etre l'equivalent du Robert des Alpes!
Arrive mon compagnon d'ascension. Enfin MA compagnone Posted by flavienc in 5 mois sur la cordillère des Andes | Apr 23, 2008
- Bolivian Superstar
Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 15, 2008
- A Dusty road out
My second day in beautiful Cafayate I visited a couple of vineyards - nothing special - just large scale operations - impersonal. Although I did find some excellent local basil cheese. I hiked to some petroglyphs on the edge of Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Jun 14, 2008
- Dynamite
Went for a bit of a salsa dance in Sucre. Managed to convince some bolivian boy to teach me to salsa but after 2 songs he got sick of my horrid sense of rhythum and the fact that i got Posted by Blue eyes in Jo in South America!! | Jun 13, 2008