Sucre and Tarabuco

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We are a bit behind with our blog but we now try to catch up a bit. With easter we went for a short holiday to Sucre. We actually wanted to go by car but somebody was so nice to break in to it and take out our dashboard and part of the engine. Poor poor car. Luckily we had decided to take an allrisk insurance because it was only 150 USD for one year. So it was a bad one for the insurance.

Unfortunatly the car was not ready for easter,so we decided to fly to Sucre instead of driving. Sucre is the capital of Bolivia and known as the white city. We had a fantastic Hotel (www.parador.com.bo), we looked a bit around and had a very nice relaxing weekend. In Sucre they also have a dutch cafe restaurant with bitterballen. It was the only place open all the time during easter so we really had to go several times (njammie).

Outside Sucre you can see very old footprints of dinosaurs on the hills, so we went to have a look. We also visited Tarabuco a village an hours drive from Sucre, famous for there market and textiles.

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Photos

Rooftop view
from our Hotel

Poor car
This is how we found the car after playing some cards with friends. Speedometer, radio, aircondition, car computer etc. etc. all gone.

Hotel Patio
Great place for an afternoon read

Hotel lobby
of our nice colonian style Hotel

Easter march
with soldiers among priests, pilgrims and Sucre citizens

Jesus
was taken off the crucifix to be able to join the march

Sucre church by night
Viewed from our hotels rooftop terrace

Margot
waiting for a bit of food at a Sucre restaurant

Sucre door
One of many fantastic old doors in Sucre

Michael
In the truck/bus on the way to the Dinosour Park

Dinosour footprints
Close up of some of the many thousands years old dinosour footprints

Dinosour footprints
The side of this hill was actually formerly a riverbank where dinosours were walking

The Dinosour Bus
bringing us from the Dinosour Park back to Sucre

Tarabuco man
in traditional clothing

Tarabuco cholita
taking care of her shop

Shopping
in Tarabuco for some textiles

Sunday market
in Tarabuco