6 hours dirt-road along steep declining canyon walls. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Hostel Casa Blanca, Tarija
Tarija is the center of Bolivia’s wine region close to the border to Argentina. Continue reading
How to catch a bus without speaking Spanish
We arrived at the new bus terminal of Potosi on time for our bus to Tarija at 7:30PM. Continue reading
Salar de Uyuni
We arrived in Uyuni late at night, took a room in the hostel closest to the bus stop and got up at 6:30am to cruise the tour operators for a 3 day trip into the salar and the remote landscapes of Bolivia’s southwest. Continue reading
Potosi
Potosi greeted us with 3 lines of road blocks 4 km outside the city at 9 in the morning. Continue reading
Crossing the picket line
Protests and road blockades are intensifying all over Bolivia. Continue reading
Sucre sightseeing
At the end of a few low energy days in Sucre we discovered 2 sights which made our stay worthwhile: Continue reading
¿Se Habla Español?
Sucre
We are enjoying a few quiet days in Sucre, capitol of Bolivia, Continue reading
Our Peruvian menu
We love food! One joy of traveling for us is to discover food of other cultures. Continue reading
Innovations from the road
One traveler we met in Cusco told us that the reed boats on Lake Titicaca are now made
from empty plastic cola bottles Continue reading
Country of Revolutionaries
We are back in La Paz hoping to make it over night to Sucre by bus. Everywhere in Bolivia are strikes and street blockades interrupt transportation randomly. Continue reading
Rurrenabaque to La Paz
The changing landscape from the Amazon basin to the Altiplano seen from the plane. Continue reading
American Banana Bread versus French Croissant
Ron, the banana bread guy, is a long established institution of Rurrenabaque. Continue reading
Handicrafting in the Jungle
Picking up new skills on the way was one of our objectives: However, learning how to make jewelry in the jungle came as a surprise. Continue reading
Our Jungle Trip
We had an amazing 3 day trip in the jungle of Madidi National Park, one of the larges protected areas in the world. Continue reading
La Paz
After a relaxed day on the Peruvian part of Lake Titicaca we decided to move on to La Paz. Continue reading
Crosssing borders and a NGO
We took the bus along Lake Titicaca to cross borders between Peru and Bolivia. Continue reading
Lake Titicaca
We arrived in Puno at Lake Titicaca on April 30th. Continue reading