- La vida de otros
La vida de otros
(The Life of Others)
15,827 feet above sea level Potosi, Bolivia is the highest city on earth. It was during Spanish rule the richest and largest in terms of po Posted by TylerJames in Travel notes | Jan 28, 2011
- La PazBy now, we´d more than accustomed to the altitude, after stays in Cuzco (10,860 feet) and Copacabana (12,600 feet). Now, we´re fit and ready to tackle everything that La Paz can throw at us. The never-ending noise, bustle, and thick Posted by HillKyle in Hillary and Kyle... | Jan 27, 2011
- I hate salad
I Hate Salad
Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in the world its infrastructure is virtually nonexistent. I spent about a month backpacking through some of the mountain ranges around La Paz, hiking in the Amazon, and driving through the Posted by TylerJames in Travel notes | Jan 26, 2011
- Copacabana & La PazAfter leaving Cusco we headed for Lake Titicaca where we crossed the border into Bolivia. We decided to miss visiting the floating islands from Puno as we had heard poor reviews so we headed straight for Copacabana. The Posted by Del-Linda in Our Round The World Adventure | Jan 26, 2011
- Bolivia to PeruSo we have reluctantly left Bolivia and are now in Cusco, Peru, ready for the next stage of our adventure!
But of course a lot has been happening in the meantime:
So we had xmas and NYE in La Paz with some Posted by katieOZ in Katie Saunders Blog | Jan 23, 2011
- Copacabana, Lago Titicaca, and Isla del SolAfter a relatively easy border crossing from Peru into Bolivia (that included a hefty $135 tourist visa ONLY for Americans), we made our way to the small but busy town of Copacabana. It rests right on the border with Peru Posted by HillKyle in Hillary and Kyle... | Jan 20, 2011
- Copacabana, Titicaca and Isla del SolMy last two nights in Bolivia were spent on Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca. Copacabana on the mainland is Bolivia's most important Catholic pilgrimage site and only 12km away in the lake are two sacred islands for the Incas Posted by hollyk in South America | Jan 19, 2011
- Rio Tuichi and the Madidi National ParkI enjoyed the pampas days, I loved the selva (jungle) days. So varied, so few tourists and lots of walking. It sounds silly but it was more authentic wildlife viewing for me, less seemingly manufactured for the hoards.
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- Rurrenabaque and the pampas of the Rio YacumaAlthough I hadn’t wanted to travel by plane at all on my trip, except for the to and from the continent of course, it really was the ideal way to get up into northern Bolivia and close to the Bolivian Posted by hollyk in South America | Jan 13, 2011
- San pedro prisonNo matter where you are in this wonderful world of ours there is one common dominator. Money Talks…it speaks all languages, in this case fluent Spanish. Being in La Paz it shines out even more so, because it’s such a Posted by Oreo in My journey | Jan 12, 2011
- an unusual christmas.It seems like a long time since I added a new blog entry, and in the 30 or so that have passed since the last i´ve added 3 new stamps to my passport, stopping off for 3 weeks in Bolivia Posted by alfielake in south american travels | Jan 4, 2011
- TupizaWe arrived in La Quiaca early in the morning and luckily a french women who arrived with us from our hostel and could speak Spanish lead us across the border into Villazon, Bolivia where we departed on a bus for Posted by marney86 in Miss Mash and Me... | Jan 3, 2011
- La Paz, cycling and ruinsHooray - on the 29th December I got a ticket on the one bus (supposedly) out of Sucre to La Paz - at vast (Bolivian) expense. I stupidly assumed that because the bus was setting off the company were confident Posted by hollyk in South America | Jan 3, 2011
- Salty snakes
You slap the back of your neck instantaneously killing 3 mosquitoes, but in vain... another 2 attach themselves to the very hand that just killed 3 of their comrades. These huge pesky insects, Posted by szewczyk in The Szewczyk's | Dec 26, 2010
- Living higher than most Swiss summits La Paz is a nice city that kind of reminds me of Quitos but I liked it more. There is big party folks at the hostels, I made the trip to Huayana Potost but I did not have time for Posted by Perch in A PERCH ON THE ROAD | Dec 31, 2010
- Christmas, Sucre, hail and strikesSucre, glorious, Sucre.
What a lovely city. Not as high as La Paz or Potosi, or as hot as Santa Cruz - possibly the perfect Bolivian city? It's also officially the Bolivian capital - not a lot of people know that.
Due Posted by hollyk in South America | Dec 28, 2010
- The Bus Ride From Hell and Beyond!Warning in advance for this one folks, there’s a few details into the effects of travel so far on our bodily functions.
Well as nice as it was not living out of my pack in Sucre, we were getting itchy feet Posted by katieOZ in Katie Saunders Blog | Dec 28, 2010
- Boys and their dynamite
There's a llama behind, guess we are having llama for dinner. Our ex-miner tour guide now running for his life shouting at everyone to move back. He reaches us safely, and he just knows there is Posted by szewczyk in The Szewczyk's | Dec 28, 2010
- Bolivian wine, mines and colonial architectureWell after the unexcitingness of Tupiza and another bumpy 12 hour night bus journey I was really surprised and pleased with Tarija. It is lovely. All the better because there were no tourists on the bus there and I only Posted by hollyk in South America | Dec 23, 2010
- BoliviaWell, what can I say about Bolivia…Bolivia is dusty, cold and full of colourful people. I definitely have never felt further away from Norway than I did the 16 days I spent in Bolivia. Bolivia is such an underdeveloped Posted by Oreo in My journey | Dec 23, 2010
- Salt, lakes and flamingoesOne of the best ways to get into Bolivia from Chile is through a three day excursion that leaves San Pedro in Chile in the morning and heads straight into Bolivia’s southern Altiplano for a tour of beautiful landscapes, rocks, Posted by hollyk in South America | Dec 19, 2010
- Sucre, Bolivia 2Hey all,
So we are still in Sucre, Bolivia studying Spanish at the Bolivian Spanish School. We have individual classes and it costs about $6USD/hr. We do 4 hours a day from 2:30 until 6:30pm with a 15min break in between. Posted by katieOZ in Katie Saunders Blog | Dec 14, 2010
- PotosíUpon arriving in Potosí, I was a little disappointed. Having spent 3 weeks in Sucre, learning Spanish and helping to teach English, I had grown to like it a lot. The city was beautiful with whitewashed colonial buildings. Potosí just Posted by warren4184 in Open Pains of Latin America | Dec 12, 2010
- TupizaI had been full of excitement when I learnt that in Tupiza you could take a tour of the surrounding area by way of a horse ride. I hadn't ridden a horse since I was about 10 and the idea Posted by warren4184 in Open Pains of Latin America | Dec 13, 2010
- BloggingSo it has taken me almost 4 months, but I've finally decided to write a blog. I admit I was dubious for a long time, believing your average blogger to be a narcissistic, unnecessarily verbose, wannabe professional; blogs, it seemed Posted by warren4184 in Open Pains of Latin America | Dec 9, 2010