Blogs from Rurrenabaque, Beni Department, Bolivia, South America - page 16

Well I'm now so far behind with this blog it's almost pointless for me to continue. However, because I promised myself that I WILL for once in my life finish something I started, and because a few people have expressed an interest in this diary (hi mum), I am going to try and carry on. I may however do this in a totally illogical order, and fill in the gaps when I get time. In Bolivia, we obviously wanted to head to the jungle. You can´t go to South America without seeing the Amazon. The obvious transport options were either a 24 hour bus journey or an expensive and somewhat terrifying flight in a tiny plane which apparently lands in a field. Neither of these options appealed to me, so I did a little research and ... read more

The Amazon has to be one of the great experiences that South America has to offer, and with Bolivia being one of the cheapest countries we decided to access it from here. But before we get to the Amazon......... Uyuni At the end of the Salar de Uyuni tour we ended up in Uyuni - the most disgusting town we've been to! People's rubbish is every where. The town is literally a tip. We left after one night and headed to Potosi. Potosi Potosi is the highest city in the world. It's famous for it's silver mines. They still mine silver here, but the miners barely scrape a living now and work in terrible conditions. You can go on a tour of the mines (the main reason most backpackers end up here). We decided not to ... read more

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

Leute, Dus wij waren in Sucre, de stad met de witte huizen op een iets aangenamere hoogte (2700 meter) en dus wat warmer. Omdat we hier een poosje zouden blijven hadden we een fijn koloniaal hotelletje uitgezocht en rustig en veel door de stad geslenterd en op terrasjes gezeten. Vooral het café´tje boven op de berg waar je rustig in het zonnetje met een muziekje over de stad uit kon kijken heeft flink wat Boliviano´tjes aan ons verdient. Bij Sucre is een afgraving met beroemde afdrukken van dino´s, het klinkt redelijk suf maar was eigenlijk best gaaf! De plek was binnen 1 dag gesedimenteerd, wat betekent dat alle voetstappen op 1 dag gezet waren. Zoals je op de foto´s kunt zien was het nogal druk dinoknooppunt! Het parkje wat erbij lag was ook wel aardig, met ... read more

Day 285 - Friday 11 July We'd been given the back seats of the bus and it was so bumpy that I'd hardly got any sleep last night. The bus driver had also been tearing along which didn't exactly make the ride any smoother and we got into town about 5 to 6 in the morning. It was still dark and with the town still shut up we followed a guy we met at the bus station who reckoned he had a room. He did but it was a bit of a hell hole and there was no locks on the doors. The last straw came when he tried putting someone else in our room. We told him no and he gave in but i'm tired, want some sleep and I don't trust him. We left ... read more