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Well, after a throughly frustrating attempt to post a entry last night, where the computer shut off 3 times while I was attempting to post, I am back to try again. As Samaipata has only one real internet option, I´m stuck back at the same place. Anyway, we made it here safely and had our first of three one day tours in an attempt to find Sara more birds. Based on the last few weeks, I foresee many future trips centered around birding. Now, for our travels from Rurrenabaque and Santa Cruz to reach our current locale, under the alternate title, ¨Travel and Rest¨, which is less exciting than it sounds, but I´ll do my best. After the last entry, we settled into a bit of a rut. The heat and humidity of the pampas had ... read more
Saffron Finch
El Fuerte
El Fuerte, Side View

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz March 19th 2006

Tiwanaku... Ruínas mais antigas que os Incas... read more
Ruinas
Porta do Sol

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz March 19th 2006

Alors voila, je suis deja plus a la Paz mais a Cuzco au Perou avant d'entamer la visite du Machu Picchu mais comme j'ai du retard dans mon histoire, je vais resumer depuis mon arriver a la Paz. Donc je suis arriver le soir vers les 23h dans une bonne auberge de jeunesse apres un bon trajet en avion avec escale a Santa Cruz (ils auraient quand meme pu m'avertir pour l'escale...). Le lendemain apres m'etre fait bouffer les jambes par un moustique (ou des puces) je pars a la decouverte de la ville. C'est vraiment une ville bizarre avec ses rues paves, ses marches et ses vendeurs de rues. C'est vraiment depaysant et j'ai adore. Mais je dois avouer que c'est pas pour autant que je serais rester une semaine sur place. Pour info, la ... read more
La photo avant la descente
Les fous du guidon
A couper le souffle

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre March 18th 2006

It has been over 6 weeks since we last had spanish lessons and we probably should be better by now, but can make excuses for this.. 2 weeks on a boat with English speakers and time in Chile, where you have to be super fluent to understand a word! So for the last two weeks we have been having more lessons. One to one lessons at 5$US per hour. And they have been brilliant, I have really enjoyed them. My teacher, Lenny, has taught me so much.. not only reflexive irregular verbs, but loads about the culture here, how people live, how much they earn, how much they pay for healthcare, how long they go to school, what they eat and when, what they celebrate and when, etc . I feel like I know more about ... read more
The Fruit Market
dino
people carrier


So we left La Paz on our way to Copacabana on the Bolivian side on Lake Titicaca, hoping for a nice easy journey to catch up on sleep. Well it wasn´t quite what we expected as after a couple of hours we all had to get off the bus by a river. A bit dazed and confused we followed the crowd to a little boat and watched as our bus drove onto what i can only describe as a big raft! We obviously got a tad upset at the thought of all of our personal belongings being sunk but 20 minutes later the bus arrived safe and dry on the other side. We spent our first evening in Copacabana doing very little then decided about 8pm to get a pedalo. Must have been the oldest slowest ... read more
View of Lake Titicaca from Copacabana
Lake Titicaca
Peruvian boy at Isla de sol

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz March 18th 2006

Cidade é uma cidade muito bagunçada, mas também é divertida... read more
Todos no restaurante japones
As meninas no karaoke... com nossas flores...


Firstly, I think we should apologise to those of you who are still with us and haven’t given up hope that we would eventually add another entry to our blog. We are now a long, long way behind in our journals, if you look at the date at the top of this page, then you’ll see that we are now running about 5 months behind where we actually are. If you’re wondering where we really are now, then you might be interested to know that we’re writing this from a hotel room in the good old U.S. of A. We hope that we can now start to make some progress on catching up on the blog, as we have recently bought a laptop (thanks mum & dad for helping get it to us). There are many ... read more
Inti Wara Yassi:  Capuchin monkey / Mono capuchino
Inti Wara Yassi:  Spider Monkey / Mono Araña
Cochabamba: Cristo de la Concordia


Friends and family, I´ve included some past photos from the Itaipu Dam in Paraquay, Zip lining in Salta, Argentina and continued with Chile and Bolivia. I spent most of my time on the photos so I can´t type too much. I arrived in Salta on March 12 and went on a canopy tour as well as exploring the City. I only made in to San Pedro, Chile for a day to catch a salt flats tour up into Bolivia. I´m in Uyuni now and travel to La Paz tonight. Fiona gave some good destination trips but I´ll have to see what I can fit in. I´ve booked a flight from Cuzco to Lima to help me save time. I hope everyone is well. I hope no problems have come up for Jason at work. I´m sure ... read more
Richard in San Sebastian Park, Salta
Canopy Tour near Salta
Lagoona Verde in Bolivia


No Salar de Uyuni e depois pegamos um onibus que demorou onze horas para chegar em La Paz... read more
Eu e minha locomotiva de ferrugem
Pessoal trabalhando no Salar
Paisagem absurda do Salar

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni March 17th 2006

After a harrowing eve in the cave hostel was exaserbated by equal amounts of caffinated coke as well as alcohol it was a sleepless night to be had by all. Still, we were onward by 8am. The Altiplano tours second through forth days consist of driving around in some pretty amazing scenery. Most of it is actually quite ´otherworldly´, and I imagine some great star wars type movies could be filmed here, just due to the oddness of the landscape. One of the biggest obstacles for all involved, including us, is the very high altitude. Most of the area is well above 14k feet, and the highest point we reached was above 16k feet. On humans, the most noticable effects are supreme out of breathness at the slightest exertion, and headaches. I was pretty lucky because ... read more
Bolivian Andes




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