Hola Amigos and Amigas, Before I start I should note that all figures noted herein and in all future blogs are in Australian Dollars and certainly do not include GST! I will always report the figures as it will blow your mind as to how damn cheap it is over here! It is also worth me telling you that the national currency of Bolivia is "Bolivianos"- I could only wish for our currency to be called Australianos! How good would that be? We commenced our Sud American travels in Santa Cruz, Bolivia after 30 something hours of travel from Hamburg Germany. [View Full Entry]

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The first thing we spotted on our arrival in Sucre was an icecream parlour, and succumbing to temptation, we headed here for peach melba and Viennese sundaes before looking for digs. This was to set the tone for the remainder of our stay. Apart from some nice walks, the best thing about Sucre was the food. We stayed in a quite nice hotel just off the main square, and spent some time just wandering around and sussing out things to entertain us for the next couple of days. That night we found an intersting Dutch/Bolivian restaurant and ate far too much [View Full Entry]

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Our first impressions of Sucre as a pretty town were proven right. Apparently there is a local law that requires all buildings to be whitewashed once a year, and the local mayor owns a gardening store in town and is prone to giving herself a lot of business. The result is a town that seems very clean, bright and inviting. The town centre is also well laid out so we got our bearings fairly quickly. We arrived at our hostel in Sucre at 8am after the night bus. The owner kindly let us leave our luggage there until our room was [View Full Entry]

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After 20 hours on the Death Train we spent a few hours in Santa Cruz, a few hours was enough - not much to see or do. We then took an overnight bus to Sucre. Bolivian buses and roads are something to be experienced. The buses are very basic with no facilities, a bit of a challenge when the journeys are so long - in time if not distance. Once out of towns the roads are not much more than dirt tracks. So our journey of ~400km took 15 hours, about the same 30km/h average speed as the train !!!!! but [View Full Entry]

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18/06/09 After waiting for nearly 3 hrs Angela said she had read of a place run by a trench man and a Swiss woman and so we set off for Dolche Vita which was surprisingly close to town and they had one room left. The place was marvellous after spending nearly a week in sub standard acc it was great to have a comfortable bed and a very hot shower! The owners spoke very good French german and English making it very easy for us to know what to do. And so at about 12 we went out to see what [View Full Entry]

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Sucre (6th and 7th of June) and Villamontes (8th of June 2009) After a taxi ride with the craziest driver in the world (we really nearly got driven over by a lorry), we landed outside the Amigo hostel. Richard and I got a room there for 65 bolivianas (we thought that was each, until I paid the next day) and went for some lunch with the Irish and English guys from the taxi. After lunch, we ventured to the bus station where we found out about getting to Paraguay from Bolivia and then took a colectivo back to town. We wandered [View Full Entry]

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Hola, I travelled from Santa Cruz to Sucre last night and the journey was TERRIBLE. Proper roads do not exist here. In terms of luxury of buses it seems that Bolivia<Brazil<Argentina. Argentinian buses are supposed to be plush which is something to look forward to! So the bus was bad. No toilet, only 2 stops in 18 hours. The seats went most of the way back (almost 180degrees) but were pretty solid. The roads were unbelievable. Much worse than the train, you couldnt sleep for the rocking and bouncing. I was sitting near a woman with a new baby, I would [View Full Entry]

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It has been nine days of just non-stop traveling for Randy and myself. Every day we were either waking up on a bus, or setting an alarm after only a couple hours of sleep. And the best part is that I am not complaining! I have enjoy it very much. It all started back in Vicuña, the lovely town set in the Pisco Valley, surrounded by grape vines and want-to-be moutains. We spent our time there seeing the Pisco distillery and then the observatory where we saw Saturn, and even could see its rings! and saw other famous stars and such. [View Full Entry]

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Sucre was exactly what we needed after our Salt Flats excursion. We decided to splurge and stay at a ***** hotel. (That´s right, a 5 star hotel) For 4 nights and some room service, it cost each of us under $100 CND total. The hotel was called Hostal de su Merced. (http://www.desumerced.com/) Their rooftop terrace was breathtaking. A great place to refuel. In Sucre we did lots of walking around. The main plaza is very pretty and very clean relative to some of the other places we've visited. One night we decided to do something different so we went to a [View Full Entry]

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Sucre is a great city to kick back and relax in. My first night here I stayed in the grottiest hostel so far, it was really dirty, felt unsafe and it was the first time I felt home sick. I put myself to bed really early, clutching my backpack, so that tomorrow would come quickly and in the morning I vamoosed out of there. My second hostel was lovely (although I have a sneaky suspicion I have flee bites from my week here). Last Saturday night was great fun, I left the hostel earlier than everyone to meet up with the [View Full Entry]

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