Blogs from Bolivia, South America - page 518

"Fifty years ago in Sucre, Bolivia there lived a very beautiful young lady called Lydia. She had wonderfully large eyes with curly, dangerous eyelashes rather like octopus tentacles. Her legs were also very lovely, almost two metres long whilst her lips were as soft, sensual and moist as raw sausages. In addition to her great beauty she was also very intelligent, she spoke five languages and was the best chess player in all of Bolivia. Every man in Sucre wanted to marry her. However she was also very proud. When she first looked at a man his heart would melt but when she spoke it would freeze. To each of her many admirers she said, "If you can conquer me over the chess board then you can conquer me in the bedroom." Every Sunday for five ... read more

On our arrival into La Paz after the fiasco of crossing borders, we noticed the change in altitude almost immedaitely. Walking a few metres with the backpacks on was knackering - we were now 3600m above sea level (London is 14 metres above sea level!!). We found a pretty good hotel to stay in and spent the evening with Alex lounging on the bed watching cable TV and me stretching and psyching myself up for the sole purpose of our trip to La Paz - The World´s Most Dangerous Road - dun, dun, duuuuuun!!!!!! Actually, in the end, we both watched a bit of telly and went out and stuffed our faces instead. I was still a little nervous though, it has to be said. Alex gave it a miss - she´s only ridden a bike ... read more

1. Things are often not what you would expect: seeing a kid pushing around a hub cap with his sister, gitty as can be, makes you wonder about the X-Box. Notice too that they are TALKING while playing. 2. Airline seats are not the most uncomfortable way to seat people on a vehicle, nor is airline food the worst food on the planet. BOLIVIAN airline food is. 3. Sleep is like swimming: you can wade around or get completely submerged, you can dive deep or stay on the surface, and you can always get pissed off when people cut it short. 4. You can learn a lot about the world from travelling with people from different parts from it. I say "football" instead of soccer now and have added about twenty hilarious bits of English slang ... read more

ojalá que ustedes esten bien OK, so it has been a few months since my last Blog. This was partly do to the fact that the Internet in Bolivia is not very fast. It took me about 15 hours to load the fotos for this blog. Also, part of the reason is that I am lazy. I have completed my Spanish studies in Sucre, Bolivia and I will be going to Peru in about a week. I will miss Sucre, it is a nice city, with friendly people, good food and great weather and the prices are just down right cheap!!!! I probably won´t spend too much time in Peru,. maybe a month and then I will head for Colombia for maybe 4 or 5 months. After that who really knows???? The fotos in this ... read more

My last entry mentioned that we were planning a mountain biking trip from La Paz. What I failed to mention was that the route would venture down the so-called "World´s Most Dangerous Road". Yes, there is some validity to that well earned title a we heard that 3 vehicles had gone off the cliff in the last week. And if I´m so afraid of heights why would I even consider this trip? For one, I feel less fear when I'm in control, for another, I enjoy a good a good thrill now and then, and finally, we chose the safest tour operator on the route (one guide per seven riders;our group of 16 had 3 guides) The route is 40 miles of which the first 10 are paved and the balance is dusty gravel, made even ... read more