6 hours dirt-road along steep declining canyon walls. Continue reading
Category Archives: Bolivia
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
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Sucre
We are enjoying a few quiet days in Sucre, capitol of Bolivia, 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