Blogs from Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 6

We arrived in Sucre (Bolivia's judicial capital) after a two hour flight from La Paz, it was half an hour to Cochabamba then another half hour to Sucre, the rest of the time was sat in the plane whilst they cleaned it around us which was a bit weird. The scenery from the plane was amazing, the wing tips were below the level of the mountains. We had pre-arranged a week of Spanish school, (beginners for Mark, intermediate for me), so we had two days to orientate ourselves before classes commenced on our 8th wedding anniversary (nice present)! We had 20 hours, four a day, which believe me is enough. Classes were very intense as I think they try to teach you everything in one week. This is good in one way as you end up ... read more

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 stories. But anyway on to the current adventure, having arrived in Santa Cruz de la Sierra I must admit feeling slightly relived to be on a different continent to my insane insane family, I somehow managed to clamber into a taxi barely speaking a word of Spanish. As far as first impressions go, I will say I'm pretty convinced ... read more

Bevori min bus uf Sucre gno ha, hani no en Zwüschehalt in Potosí gmacht. 3h weg vo Uyuni – 4050 Meterli über Meer und somit di höchscht glägenscht Stadt vode Wält! Potosí isch eigentli bekannt für sini Miine. Damit mer sich das chli besser chan vorstelle, wie das usgseht i sonre Miine, giz tusigi vo Reisebüros wo Toure det ine abütet. Mir isch das aber z unheimlich gsi! Mir händ Traveller Gschichte verzapft da ischsmer fascht opsi cho..s heg Chind wo schaffed die Miine…dLüüt werded so um di 30 Jahr alt wild Luft und dBedingige so schlächt seged..dMiinearbeiter gsäched aml usser a eimal ein Tag pro Wuche kei Tagesliecht…Es git sogar Tourabüter, womer chan Dynamit chaufe und die Miine zersprenge laah.. (de Guide vo mim Kolleg seg ganz stolz si woner akündet hät, dass sit noistem ... read more

Sucre mieste siūloma daug tradicinių pramogų: žygiai pėsčiomis, su žirgais arba su dviračiais po kalnus. Vienintelė mane sudominusi ekskursija, tai parkas kuriame galima pamatyti dinozaurų pėdsakus. Parkas visai netoli miesto, tad sėdam į miesto autobusą ir važiuojam iki parko. Įėjimas apie 13 litų, parke keletas realaus dydžio dinozaurų skulptūrų, bei šiokia tokia istorija apie gyvybės evoliuciją žemėje. O pagrindinis objektas, dėl kurio važiavom - dinozaurų pėdsakai, priešais matomi ant vertikalios uolos. Deja prie prieiti ir iš arti jų apžiūrėti negalima, bet jie ir taip matomi plika akimi. Vizitas parke trumpas ir gal nevisai toks kokio tikėjausi, bet vistiek įdomus. Sako, kad šie pėdsakai įrašyti i gineso rekordų knygą kaip ligiausi dinozaurų pėdsakai. Grįžtam atgal į miestą. Mieste susitinkam dar kelis žmones iš hostelio Potosyje, kartu einam pasėdėti į barą, po to vakarieniauti į ... read more

So, now we're in Sucre. We've taken a bit of a diversion from our planned route (clearly it's 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 (I'll admit that I'd 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 wonderfully scenic journey along winding mountain/valley roads, the same couldn't be said for our attempt to get to Samaipata. As Bolivians are want to do, without warning, some union or other decided to protest about something or other (the people here have many things to vent their anger about), and they figured blocking the roads to Santa Cruz (which we needed) would ... read more