http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Bolivia , Chuquisaca Department en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 09:31:53 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:31:53 +0000 I failed miserably at writing any sortof blog whilst in Whistler so a quick recap. Lots snowboarding lots of drinking lots of spending and so far the best 6 months of my life Met some of the most amazing friends ever and plan to keep in touch with lots of them for years to come so I do apologise to anyone in advance if you ever get stuck with a group of us listening to endless Whistler stori http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-785790.html After finishing the salt flat tour and staying in the middle of nowhere Uyuni me and Jon were looking forward to heading to a big city for a few days. We arrived in Sucre the constitutional capital of Bolivia late in the afternoon after passing through Potosi the highest city in the world. We had our own private room in our hostel called Wasi Masi. The room was really cute and we had our own http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-782087.html Bevori min bus uf Sucre gno ha hani no en Zwschehalt in Potos gmacht. 3h weg vo Uyuni 4050 Meterli ber Meer und somit di hchscht glgenscht Stadt vode Wlt Potos isch eigentli bekannt fr sini Miine. Damit mer sich das chli besser chan vorstelle wie das usgseht i sonre Miine giz tusigi vo Reisebros wo Toure det ine abtet. Mir isch das aber z unheimlich gsi Mir hnd Trave http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-780352.html Ive been in Sucre for 2 and a half days mainly having a bit of quiet time after all the travelling around It is a nice city known as the White Cityas all the buildings have to be painted white. We are staying by the main square. Mum tells me it is twinned with Cardiff which is very randomThe first afternoon we had a wander round going to the park which had some kind of festival on comple http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-778068.html Sucre mieste siloma daug tradicini pramog ygiai psiomis su irgais arba su dviraiais po kalnus. Vienintel mane sudominusi ekskursija tai parkas kuriame galima pamatyti dinozaur pdsakus. Parkas visai netoli miesto tad sdam miesto autobus ir vaiuojam iki parko. jimas apie 13 lit parke keletas realaus dydio dinozaur skulptr bei iokia tokia istorija http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-772615.html Atsikeliam papusryiaujam ir vaiuojam autobus stot. Su manim ir toliau kartu keliauja olandas vardu Freek. Autobusu vaiuojam apie 3 valandas iki miesto Sucre kuris pagal Bolivijos konstitucij yra valstybs sostin. ia iek tiek iliau lyginant su Potosi aukio skirtumas apie 1500 m. tad ir temperatras madaug 7 laipsniais iltesn. I pirmo vilgsnio atvaiuojan http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-772459.html So now we39re in Sucre. We39ve taken a bit of a diversion from our planned route clearly it39s a rubbish plan as we never stick to it but with good reason this time. After leaving the jungle we jumped on a bus to Cochabamba I39ll admit that I39d never heard of it either until Ellie mentioned it in the bus station but although that went off without a hitch it was in fact a won http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-758983.html The journey from Chaco to Sucre was not one of our favorites that is for sure. Bolivia seems to have a lot of spots that are named the highest ... which is pretty understandable when you enter the country. Despite the fact that the winding Andean road offered us the most tremendous views we could imagine it was far from being labeled the most secure. Majority of it was just a sandy path http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-756969.html My good friend Dr. Kathlyn Ignacio issued stern orders from 5000 miles away get some rest and recuperate or else she would do something that I can39t print. Rather than risk her wrath when I return to the States Amei and I agreed it was time to pull off the road and decamp for a month in one place. Our choice was just right. Sucre is a wonderful relaxing college town filled with revolutionary http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-746643.html The horizon west of Sucre is dominated by the dry earthy tones of the Cordillera de los Frailes. A supposed paradise for hiking among the rugged ochreredandorange hills ancient volcanic craters and perhaps best of all dinosaur footprints I signed up for a twoday wander through this littlevisited area. And a real treat it was putting your hand inside a dinosaur footprint made over one http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Cordillera-de-los-Frailes-/blog-744919.html Day 325 Friday 31st AugustToday we are off to Sucre so we had to pack our bags have breakfast and get a collectivo taxi which the hotel booked for us. When the driver arrived he parked so close to the door of the hotel on the curb and to the car in front we could only just squeeze through dragging the bags across his bonnet. Then he started talking to us at a hundred miles an hour and we could http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-742031.html For its size government buildings complete with apparently almost constant protests a Bolivian speciality I will get to find out about before too long I39m sure and incredible hustle and bustle La Paz is not officially constitutionally speaking Bolivia39s capital city. That honour goes to the city of Sucre located some 600 kilometres southeast of La Paz in the dry rolling hills http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-741443.html Wow... Sucre feels like ages ago. How the hell do people keep upto date with blogs and that its too hard Im in bloomin Chile now and I still have loads of Bolivia to do.Well I remember Sucre being lovely and warm. Which was exactly what i wanted It makes such a difference being out of altitude transported from winter to summer and I dont know if its the altitude easier to breathe b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-737001.html Hola mis amigosvor etwa einer Woche bin ich in Sucre nach einer holprigen Nachtfahrt angekommen. Zu Fuss machte ich mich samt meinem gesamten Equipment auf die Suche nach einem passenden Hostel. Nach Umwegen zum Tourist Informationcenter entschied ich mich fuer das WASI MASI. Warum ich mich fuer das WASI MASI entschieden habe Erstens auf die Empfehlung einer Reisegefahertin hin und zweitens da http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-731646.html Hola Amigosnach dem wehmuehtigen Abschied aus Samaipata und meiner suppertollen Gruppe ging ich ins Callcenter um in der Heimat mal anzurufen. Trotz eines 30minuetigen ehrgeizigen Versuchs ein internationales Telefongespraech auf ein oesterreichisches Mobilfunkttelefon anzuwahelen hoerte ich staendig nur dass dieser Anruf mal wieder nicht moeglich sei. Nicht weil ich mich vertippt habe sond http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-730813.html We continued to move north to another of Bolivias cities named Sucre. Sucre is known as the Ciudad Blanca The White City as the main centre is amassed with whitewashed buildings. This makes for a very attractive place indeed. The main square was definitely one of my favourite squares so far because the surrounding structures were kept immaculately. Sucre turned into a place for a bit of relax http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-730071.html In true Bolivian fashion the flight to Rurrenabaque boards 20 minutes late without explanation. A mostly gringo crowd anxiously walks across the tarmac to our miniscule 2 propeller plane and though there is no overhead compartment and no room to stand up straight on the plus side every seat has both a window and an aisle. There are no flight attendants no safety talk just two illuminated si http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-727085.html From the frontier town of Corumb Brazil we cross into Bolivia and Puerto Suarez Bolivias gateway into the Pantanal. An overnight train ride brings us to Santa Cruz Bolivias second largest city. A local flight then takes us to Sucre. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-725147.html Having been here in Sucre for 3 weeks now we have decided to move on elsewhere. We realised that the 10 days we gave ourselves to see the Amazon Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu wasnt enough so we cut the stay short by a week so we could fit it all in. The next stop will be Potosi before taking a bus up to La Paz. My last post had details sort of of all the various things weve been doing her http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-711404.html The title of this post is tenuous. Its vaguely linked to a dog weve come to befriend but is largely an attempt at a pretentiously symbolic title to try and rack up a few blogviews. A more accurate title would be The boy manly man man me who saw a dog that scared the crap out of him because it looked like a wolf which then followed him around everywhere and acquired the nickname wolf a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-710305.html