Blogs from Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 33

Sucre is a delightful old university town; founded in 1538, it has retained much of its colonial charm thanks to numerous plazas surrounded by grand building painted in their original colonial white. It’s no surprise that the city was chosen as Bolivia’s constitutional capital. On my first afternoon in Sucre I jumped on the aptly named dino-bus, which ferries groups of tourists to a nearby archaeological site/quarry in a mock safari type vehicle. The site was created in the Cretaceous Period when a big swamp was frequented by huge numbers of dinosaurs whose muddy footprints were preserved, then fossilized in the soft algae ridden mud. The upshot of all this was an 85m high cliff covered with footprints of such famous dinosaurs as Velocoraptor and Brontosaurus; seeing the footprints of reptiles so long extinct was very ... read more

Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia- is a beautiful city, surrounded by mountains, european styled houses and cobbled stoned side streets. travelling in our group of six mario (australia), alex (england), helen(england), rachael (Florida,US), Lacy(US) and Pierce(england)- we hire taxis from Potosi to Sucre and arrive at 9:30pm. our taxi arrived a half hour earlier- it seems he thought that it was a rally race, or that the coccaine police were behind him!! our reservations had been cancelled for some reason, and we were left wondering the streets tryin to find a hostel- finally found one next to the awakening stench of garbage and vomit- Hostel Charcas. first thing in the morning, we made a move to Sucre backpacker hostel. a white washed spanish style hostel, with curved arches and colourful plants. too bad about the ... read more

Hallo ihr Lieben in der grossen weiten Welt, hier noch ein paar Bilder aus Sucre und Tarabuco bevor wir heute Abend in Richtung La Paz fahren. Von dort fahren wir dann gleich weiter an den Titicacasee. Hier in Sucre haben wir 9 sonnige Tage verbracht und dabei Boliviens Hauptstadt richtig lieb gewonnen. Da die Regierung ihren Sitz in La Paz hat, ist Sucre mit seinen 200.000 Einwohnern sehr ueberschaubar und ruhig. Genau das richtige fuer uns und deshalb faellt es uns auch nicht leicht wieder weiter zu ziehen. Aber es gibt ja noch so viel zu sehen! Was mit zu unserem Wohlbefinden beigetragen hat, war das wunderschoene Zimmer im Al Tronco. Von unserem Zimmer aus hat der Blick ueber die Stadt, die wie Stuttgart in einem Kessel liegt, ein bisschen an zu Hause erinnert. Auch die ... read more

We are still in Sucre, with Mauricio´s family. We have been having a great time sight seeing and enjoying the great food and celebrations. May 25 is the anniversary celebration of the foundation of Sucre. There have been huge parades in the streets, outdoor concerts and lots of other great activities. Yesterday we went for a ¨Dino Tour¨, Bolivia has great dinosaur tracks that were discovered when a company was excavating some land. They are amazing. The thing is that here in Bolivia you can go right up and touch the tracks. We have lots of cool pictures! In addition, we even found fern fossils and salt deposits that we took as treasures... we could have never done that in the US. Anyway, then we visited a Franciscan monastary that dates back to the 1700s, the ... read more

We have spent the last two days helping get ready for the big event, Paola´s Wedding. It has been great fun to be able to prepare with Mauricio´s family for the big event. We have made flowers, prepared favors, transformed baskets and helped with the food preparations. Mauricio has several great aunts that are just like my grandmother. They are great fun to be around and love to talk about Bolivia. We will have more to report after the wedding but we are very much enjoying our time in Sucre so far. Family has come from all over Bolivia for the big day. Tomorrow morning all of us ladies will get our hair done at the salon. That´s all for now folks. We will have more travel adventures later. Love, Jessica and Mauricio... read more