- SucreDue to 'Pedestrian Day' we had a very long and boring journey to Sucre. No cars, buses etc were allowed on the roads of La Paz during the daytime, so we had to leave for the airport at 7.30am Posted by slking in South American Adventure | Sep 13, 2011
- Driving in blessed buses driven by guys named JesusThe buses may be blessed, but the roads are not paved.
The bus drivers may be called Jesus, but they all chew coca-leaves and drive like madmen.
Oh Bolivia, you crazy but beautiful roller coaster ride.
It all started in Copacabana, a small Posted by BasJulia in Bas and Julia on the road | Sep 8, 2011
- Sand BlastedIn case you haven't figured it out by now we are totally behind on blogging and this data dump is a means of getting caught up. That is a good thing because that means we have been too busy Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 6, 2011
- Bolivian BBQ"Bolivia has the best BBQ in the world!!!" Carlos exclaimed with a huge smile and a gleam in his eye that told me he speaks from experience and perhaps a little bias. I was quizzing him on South Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 6, 2011
- Bolivian Butterfly FarmWith about 3 weeks worth of school work done (in about 4 hours) and Dave at the wheel of the Malloy's trusty 4x4, we ventured out to explore. The Malloy's live in a very nice, safe neighborhood. If Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 6, 2011
- Homeschool Katie is cracking the whip and getting the kids rocking on their schoolwork. Jake is half way done with math for the year and Lucy is half way done...with one page of math. Figures she would have to Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 5, 2011
- La Paz, Bolivia - Day 1
This is Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) which is made of sandstone which has been eroded away b Posted by slking in South American Adventure | Sep 3, 2011
- Cuzco to Buenos Aires - Part 2! So after Cuzco we headed over to Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world. We spent one night in Puno which is a big-ish town on the West side of the lake (still Peru side) and were able Posted by EmmaLaBlogista in Emma in the Andes | Sep 2, 2011
- I'm here!Well you´ll be pleased to know I have arrived safe and sound in La Paz, Bolivia after a very tiring 24 hours of travelling. It was an amazing sight coming into La Paz on the plane, the sun was Posted by slking in South American Adventure | Sep 2, 2011
- Peace Baby!It all about Peace when you get to La Paz...
Well, at least that is where I learned what "Paz" means...
And even though Bolivia still represents the ocean through one of the stars on its flag and makes a point of Posted by worldweave in Weaving Around the World | Aug 30, 2011
- ¨pachamama¨well well isn´t this overdue.
trekking through amazon, climbing through mountains, boarding 12 hour horrific bus journeys and being in an irish run hostel will hopefully explain the absence of blog entries over the last couple of weeks. here Posted by jasage in So, you like llamas? | Aug 27, 2011
- Over and OutWell I promise that this is my final blog- of this trip anyway. I am currently back in La Paz for a night and have forced myself to leave my luxury suite at the Ritz and taken the lift 7 Posted by Liz-Buff in Llama Drama | Aug 27, 2011
- Dorm Wars: Return of the TosserHeight of the second largest Christ statue in the world (Cochabamba, Bolivia) =40.4m
No. of hours on spent on Bolivian buses prior to Uyuni = 65
No. of hours in Bolivia in total prior to Uyuni = 240
Height of 'second' highest city Posted by millfred in World Wide Wander | Aug 25, 2011
- Should've Bought Factor 80. Bollocks.We arrived at La Paz terminal for our bus to Copacabana, foolishly expecting our bus to actually arrive in the terminal. Of course this was nonsense and the lady working in the terminal herded us outside, across the road and Posted by Alice_and_Nyree in Trying to Survive in South America | Aug 25, 2011
- More schoolsToday we visited 6 classrooms and had the opportunity to share with the kids about life in the US as well as living life on purpose. We elected to go with a format where Chris interviews each of the Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Aug 21, 2011
- 3rd world version of Brittlestar ParkAcross the street from the house we rented for 2 nights in Samaipata there is a playground that the kids loved.
So we made it back down from the mountains to find the 3 Malloy kids. Jerome Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Aug 19, 2011
- Schools of Samaipata and a vampire monkeyAs I mentioned, the reason we came to Bolivia is we love the work that Rocky and Joske and their talented team at Mission Generation are doing in the schools of Latin America.
Anyone that knows me (and Katie to Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Aug 18, 2011
- Samaipata, BoliviaThe wind is blowing 25-50mph from the north which means it is HOT. North wind means hot??? Gotta love the difference in the southern hemisphere.
After figuring out our ATM cards didn't work we were off to Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Aug 17, 2011
- Bolivia...After months of planning, we're finally starting our trip! First stop is Santa Cruz, Bolivia. We're staying with some friends, Rocky and Joske Malloy. We pulled into their house after midnight on Tuesday. Apparently we offended Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Aug 16, 2011
- Wildly Roving Around La Paz!We arrived in La Paz, exhausted, after being kicked off the bus at 6am. We got a taxi straight to our hostel - The Wild Rover, which seemed to be well-known by the taxi-drivers - and got the grand tour Posted by Alice_and_Nyree in Trying to Survive in South America | Aug 21, 2011
- Workers and Wolf Whistlers - Welcome to the Jungle!Welcome to the Jungle!
My flight there was exciting...in fact the buzz the passengers made just before we got on the plane was almost louder than the engines...we even got to enjoy watching the pilots fly the whole way, with the Posted by worldweave in Weaving Around the World | Aug 19, 2011
- We Gon´Light it Up, Like It´s Dynamite!We arrived at a ridiculous time in the morning at the Koala Den hostel in Potosí and so had thr usual task of getting into bed as quietly as we could. Unfortunately, we had been put in the penthouse dorm... Posted by Alice_and_Nyree in Trying to Survive in South America | Aug 16, 2011
- A Little More Salt Please...We were up bright and early the next morning to meet our group for the tour of the Salt Flats. We were a bit apprehensive as, the way our luck was going, we seemed destined to be stuck with an Posted by Alice_and_Nyree in Trying to Survive in South America | Aug 15, 2011
- Sucre and the Salt Plains!!Our plan to head to the salt flats and transfer from there to Chile wash dashed when we found out that the border was closed between Bolivia and Chile due to snow (very unusual in the desert crossing). So we Posted by Hola Lish-Ands in Lish and Ands hit South America | Aug 15, 2011
- The Bolivian´Cowgirl´ Transformation.Despite the terrible start to our time in Bolivia, we woke up from our nap feeling refreshed. We both knew there was no point in dwelling on the robbery, and we had to make the most of our time in Posted by Alice_and_Nyree in Trying to Survive in South America | Aug 12, 2011