Blogs from Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 27

So finaly left LaPaz and headed west for Santa Cruz which was to be my base for the Jungle Trip.... There were 2 options from here one Being Noel Kempth Park that ive mentioned previous and the other Amborro National Park... Now i didn't realise how expensive and exclusive the Noel Park would be so i had to go on the Amborro one but as i was keen to get the best experience i found a small eco tour group to go with and it was really good!!!! Read On!!! So got me trip, a 3 day 2 night one with only 2 other people and the guide, now this was good for 2 reasons!! firstly the less people the more quiet you can be and secondly they were an Argentian couple (Alan 57, Betrise 50, ... read more

Santa Cruz is the biggest and the most modern city in Bolivia. We found there the best night life in Bolivia. From there we headed to a really nice and laid back town called Samaipata, near the national park Amboro. Just after arriving to Samaipata we heard the bad news from back home, about the developing situation in the border of Lebanon and the Gaza strip. Ever since that moment, the trip hasn't been the same for me, as I was half preoccupied with the problems in Israel, being worried about my family and friends, checking whenever possible 'ynet' for the news. Anyway, in Samaipata we made a few day hikes to the national park Amboro, to a nice laguna and some waterfalls near by and to the El Fuerte ruins, dated back from the Inca ... read more

As you may have noticed I've been a bit busy exploring the sites to update my blog recently...sure you all understand being busy with life relocating to new lands and jobs then there are those of you with young ones, exisitng wonder, just arrived and to come in the near future! Congrats to all the new additions to our many friends families - enjoy the young curious people and characters they are! After our adventure in the forest we took a day off to write, rest and see a bit more of Santa Cruz. Planning to visit the nearest of the Jesuit missions: San Javier and Concepcion. An other day trip! we bought our tickets at the bus station and got on board for our journey to San Javier. Pretty much the whole day went off ... read more

two-days and a night...we totally booked, Amboro, on a spur of the moment with a local tour operator in the historic center which I guess is a good thing. We were instructed to wear longsleeves and light coloured clothing and make sure to take bug repellant! We hired a tent and a few other essentials and decided even if the mosquitos ate us alive they wouldn't ruin our fun and it was LOTS of fun. Little did we know that the mosquitos would be the least of our worries but that the ants would be the ones to attack, stealth style, during the night while we slept... Early morning rise, reminded the owner of Hotel Italia that we'd be leaving very early in the morning, um, so she wouldn't think we spent the entire day in ... read more

After a final meal with the Isrealis we spend the last night in our freezing hotel room, a plastic roof desnt hold much or any heat in. The next day we go to get our bus to Sucre but get informed it will only be going to Putosi then we will have to get another bus, refund gained we wait for our 6hr bus to arrive. After a very hot and ipod-less 6hrs for matt (we think its died forever) we arrive in Putosi. Putosi is the highest city in the world, fact. And was once south americas richest city, it now just looks like a big version of most towns weve passed through. The main tourist attraction of the city is its mines, self employed minors mine iron ore in very dangerous conditions, tourist are ... read more