Blogs from Bolivia, South America - page 6

Byebye Chile, Hello crazy Bolivia! Mit dä Travel Agency « Estrella del Sur « ischs losgange, en flotte Herr hät mich öpe drüviertelstund zspaat am abgmachte Ort in San Pedro de Atacama abgholt und denn ischs richtig Norde gange. Ade bolivianische Gränze hani dänn mini Jeep-Gspöndli für die negste zwei Täg Wüestetripp känneglernt. 5 Powerfraue vo Südafrika! Si händ mi ganz herzlich i ihres Grüppli ufgnoo und sind schauuurig froh gsi um mich, will ich di einzig gsi bi wo änglisch UND spanisch hät chöne, drum hanich de Co-Pilot-Sitz im Jeep übercho. Oise Guide und Fahrer, de Gilmar, hät nämmli keis Wort englisch chöne. S hätmer eigentli no rächt Spass gmacht, au weni natürli nöd alles verstande ha und ich am Gilmar sini Gschichte immer vo öpe 10 Sätz uf 1 kürzt ha =) Eimal häter ... read more

Ryte iš hostelio praktiškai visi keliaujam į Boliviją. Iki pasienio nusigaunam kam kaip patogiau, vieni taksi, kiti autobusu. Aš iškeliauju pusvalandžiu vėliau nei visi ir važiuoju iki pasienio autobusu. Pasienyje sutinku visus vienoj vietoj, laukiančius antspaudų. Priduodu ir aš pasą ten kur ir visi davė ir už pusvalandžio jau turiu antspaudą. Bolivijos pasienyje irgi neužtrunku, tad netikėtai greitai visi pereinam į Boliviją. Ten susėdam į taksi ir važiuojam iki autobusų stoties. Visi važiuoja tiesiai į Santa Cruz, o aš dar noriu aplankyti kelias įdomesnes vietas prieš Santa Cruz kurias man parekomendavo Viviana ir Angela. Pasiūlau ir kitems bendrakeleiviams prie manęs prisijungti, bet vieni jau nusipirkę bilietus, o kiti neradę apie mano siūlomas aplankyti vietas informacijos savo kelionių giduose nusprendžia, kad jei narašo, vadinasi neįdomu. A�... read more

Our Lady of the Peace. What a name for a city, there must have been a lot of fighting going on around when the city was named. We reached Nuestra Senora La Paz just before sunrise. As the city is built inside almost a canyon when you approch the city you are astonished with the low central area, with their cluster of lightings, and the city climbing, spreading on to hills surrounding, the street lights thinning as they move away and up into the hills. We were coming from the top flatlands winding our way down into the city center. The bus ride from Uyuni to La Paz was another 11hour trip. Took a taxi to the hotel as the hotel was in the very center of La PAz. The staff was courtious enough to let ... read more

This is a reproduction of a blog entry I deleted by mistake. The next morning we were picked up from the hostels for our pre arranged tour. The vehicle was a Toyota Luxus 4x4. After doing a rond of Uyuni we headed of to the cemetery of trains. This appears to be one of the standard destinations of the tour. There were a lot of train engines, most of them corroding away, not surprising that slat flats were not far away. If you are interested in trains it will be an interesting place to visit but for me it was an indication of the state of railways in Bolivia. As in most of South and Central America the age of trains seems to have passed. Most routes have been taken over by buses or more recently ... read more

Tupiza was a small village of no onsequence. Now mainly due to back pacKers things are improving, the roads are getting better, there are good places to eat and a few ATMs and reasonable places to stay. The costs are half of what is in Argentina across the boarder. The town is surrounded by hills of a particular nature. They are almost bare and compltely made of red stone (something like the laterite stone, but dry). It is something unique to this area. The hills are with sharp sides. Erosion has made interesting statuets and figures on these rocky formations. There are 4 wheel drive conducted excursions to the hills. After our pleasant "Ride with the Gouchos" experience in Salta myself and Laticia opted for a horse riding trip to the hills rather than a jeep ... read more

My first impressions of la Paz came from the stunning view I saw out my window as my plane approached the sparkling city from the north. My plain flew in at 6:00 am, and while all I wanted to to was sleep it was obvious la Paz never did. This city is a sea of light situated in the high altitude mountains and while I have only been here for 24 hours I can tell you the lights never really go out. I'm happy to say the list of breathtakingly amazing sights has completely been rewritten after just my flight to Bolivia. Flying into Miami at night was spectacular, as well as the sun set over Dallas. But hands down flying over the amazon at sunrise had to be the unexpected amazing moment. With winding rivers ... read more

Atsikėlęs iš ryto keliauju į turgų ieškoti kur skaniai papusryčiauti. Turguj visada galima rasti nebrangiai pavalgyt. Nusiperku čeburėką su sūriu ir puodelį kavos, sumoku maždaug 2 litus. Eidamas iš turgaus dr nusiperku 6 bananus už 1 litą. Visai neblogi pusryčiai. Parėjęs į hostelį bandau surasti vakarykščią australų porą, mat tikėjausi, kad kartu važiuosim iki krioklių, taip būtų pigiau nes iki jų apie 25 km. Bet jų neradęs keliauju vienas. Nueinu iki pagrindinio kelio ir labai greit susistabdau mašiną kuri nuveža iki pat krioklių. Dar tikėjausi, kad paprašys sumokėti, nes mašina panaši į taksi, bet pinigų nepaprašo. Čia yra trys kriokliai, du gan dideli ir vienas mažiukas, bet smagiausia tai, kad prie visų jų galima įšokti išsimaudyti, o prie viso to aplink dar ir įspūdingi kalnai. Prieinu prie trečio krioklio, užlipu ant jo vir... read more