Blogs from Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 10

After an 11 hour overnight bus trip in a fully reclining bus from La Paz t Sucre, we arrived at 7.00am on Saturday 30 April. We took taxi to our hotel which was an old, gracious colonial building which was being renovated. Our room was large with 13-14 feet ceilings. It was a bit ‘tired’ so we understood why they were renovating. We couldn’t get into our room at this early stage of the morning so we went for a walk around the historic CBD of the city. We stopped at a restaurant called Joy Ride for a wonderful breakfast. We then completed our walk back to our hotel where our rooms were ready. Sucre (population about 300,000) is the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the department of Chuquisaca. Located in the ... read more

Day 45: A fantastic day horse-riding on the ranch with Janni! Got up at 7am to leave at 8 from the office in town but a mix-up with the minibus and a very long drive meant we didn't get started until about midday. My horse, Mio (mine in Spanish) was huge but great to ride, very calm and quick! The scenery was stunning, like a postcard, and so overall it was a very good day! Day 46:Quite a lazy day today as still tired from yesterday. We we explored the huge park (250 hectares) about 15 blocks from the city centre which was really pretty and had a very friendly atmosphere. We then went to a fairly posh street next to Plaza Independencia for a drink and then in the evening we were all pretty tired ... read more

Oh how we loved Sucre! It is a beautiful town nestled by surrounding mountains. Sucre is a very modern town for Bolivia. We were still traveling with our new friends so we were able to explore the town with them. The first day we arrived we walked around the city a little, then went up to a wonderful viewpoint. It was quite a climb because this was our first stop at high elevation and we were not use to the low oxygen level. Once we arrived at the top we could see everything. There are very nice buildings in Sucre, a colonial town so most of the buildings are painted white. On our way back into town we witnessed a school riot going on. It consisted of angry college students mad about the high tuition prices. ... read more

À Sucre, c'est avec l'organisme à but non lucratif CondorTrekking, que nous avons décidé de partir faire un trekking de 2 jours. L'avantage de partir avec CondorTrekking est qu'un minime pourcentage de notre argent sert à maintenir l'organisme, tandis qu'environ 10% va au guide et tout le reste sert à développer divers projets dans les villages voisinant et visités en chemin. Régulièrement, certains des guides de CondorTrekking sont invités à participer à des réunions avec les dirigeants des villages afin qu'ils soient mis au courant des différents besoins et puissent fournir une bonne partie du financement nécessaire. Aussi, avec nos sous, de plus petits gestes sont posés, soit l'apport de cadeaux aux enfants rencontrés en chemin, tel que des cahiers et crayons étant donné le début des classes. Comme on craint qu'il s'agisse toujours des mêmes ... read more

Vstavali jsme brzy a moc se nam nechtelo. Dneska byl v planu vylet na znamy trh v Tarabuco - asi hodku vzdalene vesnice. Nevedeli jsme jak se presne dostaneme, ale jako vzdycky - nebojime se otevrit pusu a zeptame se... Nakonec jsme se tam dostali a podarilo se nam nakoupit par peknych veci. Stacili jsme se do 2 vratit do Sucre a tak zbyl cas omrknout zdejsi miliony let stare dinosauri otisky ve skalach, ale moc videt nebylo, protoze se nedostanete bliz nez 100metru. A protoze stale jeste zbyval cas a Kacanka tam tolik chtela, vydali jsme se do Castilla la Glorieta - maly zamecek postaveny nejakym blaznivym senorem a mixuji se tu minarety s renesanci atd. - symbol kyce. I kdyz zde probiha rekonstrukce, pustiuli nas dovnitr a Kacence se to mooooc libilo. Vecer bylo ... read more