Blogs from Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 18

Sucre is the perfect antidote to La Paz. Very relaxed, long tree lined streets, a stunning central plaza, magnificent whitewashed colonial buildings and a year round perfect climte, but above all, it has oxygen! We had been above 3000 meters for nearly 2 months and it can get tiresome being out of breath just getting in the shower. Sucre is the actual capital of Bolivia and it's hard to tell that you are in Bolivia at first. Sucre seems to be pretty affluent and it felt a little like Argentina, none the less, it is Bolivia and it has its own special characteristics and it's a shame we could only spend one night there. It was so strange to be in a city that was quiet, relaxed, unpolluted and so beautiful. Copacabana had it's charms, but ... read more

Hello again!! This computer is really good and the photos upload in record time (although I dont have many for Sucre anyway) so I thought i might as well do a quick blog for Sucre while Im here! :o) We got to Sucre, capital of Bolivia, early evening and stayed at the cheapest hostel recommended by the Lonely Planet but was more expensive than we had paid anywhere else in Bolivia but breakfast was included so decided to stay there! Things started typically well...... i manged to electrocute myself within 5 minutes of being in the room (its always me!).. all i did was stick the bedside table lamp in the socket and the whole thing exploded and electrocuted me! ouch! :o( The beds were reaaaaaaaally umcompfy and breakfast was absolutely disgusting... just mouldy bread! So ... read more

Dag 142. Vi tok drosje fra bussterminalen til Backpackers Sucre Hostel, som vi hadde funnet i Footprint reisehaandboken. Nicky og Guy var der allerede, selv om vi ikke hadde avtalt aa treffes. De sa at frokosten paa hostellet ikke var noe saerlig, saa vi gikk med Carolina, Marjorie og Jeremy for aa spise frokost paa en kafe like ved hovedplazaen. Vi fikk stor amerikansk frokost med speilegg, toast, syltetoy, juice og kaffe/te for kun 18 b.s. Jane kjopte varm sjokolade i tillegg, som smakte nesten helt likt som Friele kokekakao hjemme. Etterpaa gikk vi rundt og kikket i byens koselige gater. Sucre var grunnlagt i 1538, da med navnet La Plata. Navnet ble senere endret til Chuquisaca, for den i 1825 fikk dagens navn. Sucre er av lov, Bolivias hovedstad, selv om regjering og all administrasjon ... read more

In Sucre war fuer uns erst mal Sparen angesagt. Fuer ganze 7 CHF uebernachteten wir zu zweit inklusive heisser Dusche und Kuechenbenutzung im Hostelling Sucre. Es war sauber und gar nicht so schlecht. Sucre ist ein schoenes Studistaedtchen und ich bekam richtig Sehnsucht nach der guten alten Studizeit. Ich sollte wohl nochmals Vorlesungsstress haben ;-). Jedenfalls haben wir den Tag in Sucre sehr genossen: die Leute sind hier deutlich gebildeter und wohlhabender als im Rest des Landes. Die Haeuser sind besser erhalten und teurer gebaut - es gibt tolle Gebaeude. Besonders gefallen hat uns Recoleta, eine Anhoehe mit schoenem Blick ueber die Stadt und einem traumhaft gemuetlichen Cafe mit leckeren frischen Jugos. Am zweiten Tag in der Stadt genehmigten wir uns eine gefuehrte Tour in die Cordillera de los Frailes. Wer uns kennt, weiss ja, wie ... read more

Day 84 - Sunday 21 September: A relaxing Sunday in Sucre Arrive in Sucre after a draining 13 hour bus ride sometime after 8am. In fairness it could have been worse.....my stomach holds up and I get a decent nights sleep considering part of the journey is on unpaved roads. The risk in taking the bus last night was worth it! Check into the hostel nearest to the bus station....I've got a dorm to myself and the only other people here appear to be a German school group. I know there is football on (Man Utd v Chelsea) which I'd like to watch so ask at reception where they'll have it on in Sucre.......result, they have it on cable in the hostel. Manage to catch the last 10 minutes of the first half and the second ... read more