Blogs from La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 16

Having arrived in Uyuni mid afternoon after a bumpy bus ride, quickly located a decent hostel, we ventured out to the "happening" town that is Uyuni to find a tour for the next day. The town seemed to consist only of tour company's offering various trips out to see the famous salt flats, but having spoken to several other travellers it appeared they all provide the same things so the mission was to find the cheapest. An hour later and most places were closing down for the night, we managed to book a tour for Bs600 starting at 10.30am the next day, I was happy with out choice of tour company and pleasantly surprised to be getting a lie in! The next day anddddd we're off, we've met the rest of our group; a Canadian couple ... read more

Blog 8th May - 18th May "Soaring Salt Flats" With the bus strikes finally lifted we eventually got back on the move. Sadly there was no vino or bubbles on this 24 hour marathon and we were forced to stand for half the overnight journey due to overcrowding. Nevertheless we arrived safely into Salta, north west Argentina. This picturesque little city is lined with pedestrian streets and a lovely central plaza. Having not slept we soaked up some sun and observed the locals as they supped on the local 'mate' tea brew. This engrained habit requires hauling around the special 'mate' chalice and straw (the Argentine's pride and joy), a separate hot flask and a bag of the god awful 'mate' tea mush. Its a logistical nightmare but they absolutely love it. I'd take a bag ... read more

Arriving into La Paz at 5 in the morning is not fun. We had barely had a wink of sleep the whole journey and the prospect of getting into a bed as soon as possible was all we wanted. We went back to the Adventure Brew Hostel and picked up our bags, managed to slyly have ourselves a free breakfast and then walked on down the street to their other establishment, the B&B. If we would have checked in at 6 they would charge us for an extra night so we chose to find a sofa in the hostel and wade out the tiredness until 8amwhen we could check in properly. Once 8am came and we were checked in we were wide awake and didn't stand a chance of sleep. We had one choice, to stay ... read more

Sekmadienį jau susikraunu visus daigtus ir iš ryto pasiruošęs išvažiuoti, bet kažkaip gaunasi, kad perilgai kuičiamės besiruošdami ir nusprendžiam palaukti dar vieną dieną ir išvažiuoti anksti iš ryto. Be to naktį kėliausi žiūrėti F-1, tad gal ir neblogai prieš kelionę gerai išsimiegoti. Diena kaip jau įprasta, nieko įdomaus verto pasakojimo taip ir nenuveikiu. Tiesa jaučiuosi čia visai gerai, mylimas, pamaitintas ir pagirdytas. Čia tikros atostogos. Net ir keliaujant visai gerai turėti tokių dienų kai nieko neveiki, nieko neplanuoji ir niekuo rūpintis nereikia. Taip praslenka dar dvi dienos. Tik šį kartą nepavyksta išvažiuoti dėl kitų priežasčių. Šį kart vienintelį kelią prie Titikakos ežero užblokavi protestuotojai, tad teks laukti jų blokados pabaigos. Vistik man čia nieko netrūksta, o ir pinigų daug neišleidžiu, tad galima ir patinginiauti. Maysa su mama sako, kad išvis čia turėči... read more

The ride from La Paz out to Coroico for lunch was a day of challenges for the riders, with extremes of temperature and road conditions. My challenge was to get the riders from our hotel to the road to Coroico, and back to our Hotel,that is no small feat, I managed with only doing ONE street the wrong way, all the vehicles coming the other way were flashing their lights at us, including a Police car, but they all made way for us silly Gringo's. as it is 500m up, some of the motos were having trouble with overheating and coping with the altitude. The day started bad when we would not be sold any fuel....Howard will pick up the day as it unfolded..... This day was probably the most difficult and momentous one that we ... read more