manu_brava

After a really good night sleep, I woke up to a lovely orange sunshine giving me the energy to start my adventure in the Pampas.. The jeep part was def not pleasant and I really wish I had worn my sport bra, but it was made better from the guide and the cook spotting wildlife on the tree on the way.. The real adventure started on our little boat on the river Beni...it was one alligator after another, lots of exotic birds in the sky, on the trees, in the water; capybaras running on the side of the river, hundreds of turtles gettin their daily dose of Vitamin D stretched on a branch of a tree.. Then we spotted monkeys..i m not really great on monkeys, but I guess they are always fascinating because of the ... read more

Well if i though that my trip to Lapaz was bad, is just because really I had no clue I still had to experience the worst, or being sarcastic, la creme de la creme, of the bolivian buses.. Somehow I managed to keep my self busy on a Sunday morning in Lapaz - and is quite a mission as everyting is shut, and I made my way to Villa Fatima to catch my bus.. I had a look around to see what the best bus company could be to rest my bum for the following 18 hrs, then I noticed there were really not much difference at all, so I just went to the one looked bigger.. Bought my ticket, very cheap ticket, only abut 6$ for all those hrs and got told to come back ... read more

Terminal Terrestre ..8 am I have been freezin my ass for the past two hrs in the lovely terminal terrestre of La Paz...after freezin all night on the bus from Cochabamba..I must admit the bus was the most confortable I have ever had, i only wish it was a decent temperature like the buses in Peru.Now i understand why all the locals had 3 blankets each on their arms when they got in.. I m still a bit asleep and of course all numb from the cold, and all ihave in my mind are those last sad images of Cochabamba: an old couple in tipical clothes going thourgh the rubbish,item by item; my first taxi driver that did nt know where the hotel was and wanted to let me in the middle of the market at ... read more