Blogs from Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 8

Having been here in Sucre for 3 weeks now, we have decided to move on elsewhere. We realised that the 10 days we gave ourselves to see the Amazon, Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu wasn´t enough so we cut the stay short by a week so we could fit it all in. The next stop will be Potosi before taking a bus up to La Paz. My last post had details (sort of) of all the various things we´ve been doing here in Sucre so this is just going to be a poorly organised rambling of observations that we´ve gathered up over the past 3 weeks. So here goes: First things first: there are tumbleweeds in the telephone wires. I don´t know how or why they´re there but they are. Maybe telephone wires are always making ... read more

3 mars Ça s´est décidé très rapidement hier soir alors que j´errais dans les environs du "Mercado" de Sucre. Je suis entré dans l´agence touristique "Condor Trekkers" par un hasard complet. Courte introduction d´un trek proposé par l´agence, et me voilà qui acquiessais à l´aventure. Quatre jours de trek dans les environs de Sucre, à la découverte de la campagne bolivienne. Mon cadran m´alarme. Il est 4h09 du matin. Je dois me rendre à l´agence "Condor Trekkers" pour 5h00AM. Je me prend une douche plutôt tiède alors que l´hôtel, le corridor, le ciel, tout est noir autour de moi. Je me rend à la sortie à pas feutrés et je disparais dans la nuit. On est cinq à participer au trek: Thomas et Marion les français, Isabelle l´allemande, Renée l´américaine et moi-même. 1h30 de route en ... read more

After we left the skyhigh Potosí behind us, we headed for the slightly lower Sucre (2750m) which was a relief both physically and citywise. We could breathe easy again and the uphill roads became less of an obstacle. The nation of Bolivia was founded in Sucre and the "Declaration of Independance" was signed here. Eventhough Sucre is not the Bolivian capital anymore, it is still considered the constitutional capital and the Supreme Court is located here. It is no wonder that you can feel the big city vibe around town. The city center is aligned with whitewashed houses that sport very pretty wooden doors and iron balconies. The various small parks were planted with palmtrees and super pretty flowerbeds, this seems to be common in Bolivia for we have seen those in every city here. We ... read more

Rob Writes Taking a taxi to Sucre wasn’t as easy as we thought, purely because we cannot speak Spanish. We knew a couple who stayed at the same hostel as us in Potosi had managed to get a taxi to Sucre for $100Bs (£10) but when we arrived at the taxi rank and proposed this price the taxi drivers practically laughed in our faces, wanting a total of $160Bs. After about ten minutes of not understanding one another we gave up and headed to the bus terminal. Two minutes into our walk and along came a taxi, screeching up next to us asking if we were heading for Sucre and that he could do it for $100Bs, or at least we thought he said that. We hesitantly got in. The driver then headed back to the ... read more

Sucre : les vacances boliviennes Bon bon bon, après quasiment 2 semaines d’absence totale sur notre blog, il faut qu’on s’y remette ! On ne vous cache pas qu’on a pris du retard et que beaucoup de choses se sont passées depuis… Si on réussit à se remettre à jour, les posts du blog vont pulluler sous peu ! C’est parti ! Nous avons donc rejoint la « deuxième capitale » du pays, Sucre, il y a maintenant plus de 2 semaines ! Nous quittons l’Altiplano momentanément pour passer quelques jours dans cette charmante ex-capitale bolivienne, à la douceur plus qu’agréable ! Sucre, à 2790 mètres d’altitude, se trouve dans la région des « Vallées », une région qui longe tout l’Altiplano bolivien mais quelques mètres (voire kilomètres) en-dessous. Un climat bien plus clément du coup, ... read more