Hi it is Nitzan and I am going to write a long blog. From La Paz we drived 20 hours in a bus to a small town called Rurenabaque. There we found a hostel that was full of Israelis but we had no choice. The next morning we found an agency to go to the Pampas.The Pampas is a kind of a savanna.The next morning we woke up early and got on the way with our group to the Pampas. We drived in a jeep for three hours and on the way we saw lots of hawks, eagles, and even one [View Full Entry]

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Hi it is Nitzan I am going to write a blog about a really fun thing we did after the pampas. We went to an amish family and stayed there for 3 days. They live 45 min. away from the closest town called Ixiamas, but they dont have taxis there, they only have taxis are motocicles that drive there. So we did not have another choice so that what we did. They have 4 kids ,one boy that is 11 years old called Nelson, one girl 18 years old called Judith and one baby that is 1 year old called Daniel [View Full Entry]

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I am about two weeks behind on this blog now so should really start speeding things up, as I write this Jack and I are waiting to cross the border from Bolivia into Argentina but I´ll try and backtrack to our crossing from Peru into Bolivia...our time in this country has been so busy and gone soo fast! The night bus from Cuzco to Puno wasn´t too bad, although the driver decided to lock us into the downstairs section (i think it was his solution to our loose door). This was fine until about 1am when i needed a wee and [View Full Entry]

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Still a bit drowsy from the overnight bus from La Paz, I arrived in Uyuni on Wed 28/10, still undecided on whether to do a 1 or 3 day tour of the Salar de Uyuni, the world´s largest salt flat. Given my recent bus experiences I didn´t want to sit in a Jeep for 3 days (they let you out for 20 minutes at a time) so I chose to do a 2 day tour of the Salar and a couple of the lagunas. The Salar was absolutely beautiful, although I imagine it can get old very quickly. However, despite my [View Full Entry]

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Semaine 15 - Tupiza_Bolivia; Humahuaca & Iruya_Argentina Comme a l'accoutume, le bus de Uyuni a Tupiza fut grandiose, et mit un temps pas possible pour faire pas bp de kilometres. Les Boliviens ont le chic de vendre des places de bus sans verifier si elle n'ont pas deja ete vendu dans d'autres villes que le bus traverse ! Dans un petit blede a 2h de route, j'ai donc laisse ma place a une femme qui avait une quantite pas possible de sac, et donc prenait plutot 2 place qu'une ! Je suis alle m'assoir au fond ou j'avais la place mais [View Full Entry]

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Last Friday, 23/10 I arrived in La Paz from Copacabana. I spent pretty much the entire day trying to obtain my Paraguayan Visa--which I recently found out was actually a planning mistake and now Im traveling to Paraguay because I feel that I HAVE to, given the expense. I took the 6:15 flight from La Paz to the jungle town of Rurrenabaque, which borders Parque Nacional Madidi. Even making the flight was very lucky, as there had been rain for several days prior, and flights cannot land in Rurre after rain because it is made of dirt. The flight in itself [View Full Entry]

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Whilst on Lake Titicaca we visited the Uros Islands, which are floating reed islands anchored to the bottom of the lake, on which communities live, go to school, trade etc. Although the compacted reeds are 2 metres thick its still a strange floating sensation when you are on them. After some shopping opportunities our group made their way to another island - Amantani. Here we stayed the night with a local family in their house. At the dock we were met by our ´mama´in her traditional dress and taken for lunch to her home. It was basic but we were lucky [View Full Entry]

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Walking down the Prado (the main road) in the heart of La Paz I can´t help thinking of Detroit. My memory isn´t envoked for the similarities, but for the stark differences. And for that matter I might as well picture Any City, USA. There is a life here that permeates every corner. Every park bench. The life is outside. Walking down the street. Selling vegetables while huddling over a bowl of soup and a plate of rice. It´s eating ice cream at 10 in the morning, and walking hand in hand with a relative or a friend. It fills the futbol [View Full Entry]

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After a few days in Tupiza, some horseriding and more pizza eating, we headed off on a 3 day 2 night jeep tour of south west Bolivia. Its a well trodden route, every backpacker does it, and i now know why! It was the best 3 days we have had on our travels yet and we have taken in some of the most unbelievable sites, animals and people! As we are with Jack and Jess we already had our group of 4 good to go so there was no danger of being stuck in a jeep for 3 days with people [View Full Entry]

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La Pazista San Pedro de Atacamaan Kolme viikkoa on vierähtänyt käsittämättömän nopeasti ja olemme jo päässeet matkan viimeiseen maahan, Chileen. Lähtö La Pazista oli lievästi sanottuna stressaava - olimme tulleet edellisenä iltana kiireesti viidakosta takaisin kaupunkiin ja koko päivän matkustamisesta uupuneina illalla ei oikein mihinkään tarttuminen huvittanut. Olimme kuitenkin suunnitelleet, että matkatavaroita olisi vähän kevennettävä kun laukut ovat päässeet matkalla jotenkin turpoamaan ja pelko Sky Airlinen tiukoista matkatavarasäännöistä vähän hirvitti. Muutenkin liian täyden k [View Full Entry]

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