Blogs from Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 30

The long awaited "break" from travelling, finally, we got to a point where we just had to unpack the bag, hang everything up in a wardrobe (it´s the simple things that matter here), and just not move..... Sucre. I don´t think we could have picked a better city for it. It´s big enough to have decent facilities, but not too big (like Santa Cruz) to have way too much anoying traffic. That, and it´s pretty too, most buildings in blinding white, and world heritage listed! Last but not least, it´s cheap as chips!!! We stayed in quite a lovely hotel the first 2 nights, pre booked for us, and even that wasn´t too expensive for starters. Decided to use the first full day there to look for long term accomodation, and also for a good enough ... read more

As mentioned before in Santa Cruz, being off the organised tour now, we more or less make up our plans as we go along. This was another example. After a very nice stay at La Vispera, we got excited about NOT getting on a long distance bus to Sucre. Also, there was word that some of the roads to Sucre were closed for large vehicles as parts of the roads were washed away with the heavy rains at the begining of the year. And this is how we end up in another one of these old converted Japanese taxis to take the backroad to Sucre not in 1 day, but 4, and taking in the sights and scenery. In the end, it turned out to be another gamble with great results. From Samaipata we looked into ... read more

The White City South America » Bolivia » Sucre By Kon BrosMarch 19th 2007Scott and RobWe headed south from La Paz to Sucre. The plan was to spend two or three days here, but it ended up being the city we could not leave: we stayed a week. This was our favourite spot in Bolivia and one of the most beautiful cities we visited. We did a one day bike trip that included a stop at the dino tracks, lunch at a little resort and an afternoon of jumping waterfalls. Great day. Most of the rest of the time we were playing poker and kickin back.... read more

what do you do when you travel to a country basically to take photos at a festival and it is raining all day long the day of the festival? That is correct, you send out a new blog. Well I arrived to Bolivia almost a week ago after stopping in Arequipa and Puno in Peru on the way here. I am currently back in Sucre, Bolivia and I have already been many times to my favorite restaurant in south america and had their world famous $4 fillet Mignon stuffed with olives and cheese. i came here to take some photos, especially of the pujllay festival in tarabuco. Well today is one of the days of the festival and it rained all day long so it was "washed out". Tomorrow i will go rain or shine ... read more

Left Potosi for the 3 hour (plus 1 breakdown) bus ride to Sucre at the dizzying lows of 2,800m - ahhh- smell that oxygen. The town is another world heritage site choc full of impressive Spanish colonial architecture, this time all white - Santorini meets Seville. Seems like a very high student population and the indiginous influence looks to be very much on the wane here. The whole town is in carnival mode. Everyone between 3 and 23 are in large groups marching around town hurling and receiving water bombs, spraying and copping white foam, giant water pistols etc. Tourists and older folks aren´t generally the targets but it´s difficult not to get caught in the crossfire. The marching groups, usually in some form of costume, are accompanied by a big brass band all playing the ... read more