Blogs from Coroico, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 3

A Coroico, paradis des bananes, du café et des avocats, ce fût quelques jours de repos, incluant de petites promenades aux travers des champs de coca, autour de la petite ville, et en direction d'un village à quelques deux heures de marche, là où se trouve... bah, pas grand chose. Coroico est un lieu ou se mêle les origines Africaines et Boliviennes. En effet, le jour où le Vatican a décrété que les indiens possédaient une âme (!), ce n'était pas encore le cas pour les africains (!) qui furent dès lors utilisés comme esclaves pour travailler dans les mines en Bolivie. Ainsi, on retrouve dans cette zone de la Bolivie des descendants africains vêtues des costumes traditionnels boliviens, offrant une image en soi particulièrement intéressante. Je n'ai malheureusement pas de photo à l'appuie de ce ... read more

Day 67-90 11th November-4th December This is going to be a hard one, I’m not sure Ellory and I will ever be able to fully explain what an amazing experience this was. On the morning of the 11th, we got a taxi to Villa Fatima where we could get a bus to Coroico, the town near La Senda Verde. It was a bit interesting when we got there! Very chaotic and confusing and it took us a while to find the Totai bus company where we could get our bus. We managed it eventually and booked 2 seats for the 1.30pm bus. The bus ride down was fun, we were all squashed into a little mini bus for 3 hours with our stuff on the roof! There are 2 roads down to Coroico, ‘The World’s Most ... read more

Hola todos, Hier zijn we weer met een volgend verslag van onze belevenissen in Bolivia. Dit keer nemen we jullie mee van de yunga´s tot aan de hooglanden! Ons verhaal begint in het dorpje Coroico en eindigt in een ander klein dorpje Sorata. Hier ons verslag. We hopen dat jullie er allemaal weer van genieten!! Coroico Het dorpje Coroico wordt ook wel het paradijs van Eden genoemd. Dit vanwege de geweldige mooie ligging midden op een berg met een onbetaalbaar uitzicht op de vallei daaronder en de bergen daar tegenover. Dit wilden wij natuurlijk graag met eigen ogen aanschouwen! Na een heen en weer slingerende en hobbelige busrit van een paar uur kwamen we er dan eindelijk aan. En het uitzicht was zeker niet teleurstellend!! Wauw, wat een plaatje!! Aangezien er meerdere hotels waren die ook ... read more

The Choro trek is a three day hike from La Cumbre just outside La Paz to some tiny little town near Coroico. You can do it as a tour, but since Elina and Barry had all the camping equipment, we did it ourselves. Barry couldn´t come as he had to work, so it was just Elina and me. We set off with two chaps from our hostel who were also doing the hike. The hike starts off with a steep ascent to something like 4900. I might have just made that up as I really can´t remember and I´ve sent the bumpf home. Anyway, it was super high and quite a challenge at altitude with a heavy pack. We stopped at the pass to catch our breath and witnessed a pack of llamas coming up the ... read more

We decided to temp fate and try out our biking skills down the ¨World´s Deadliest Road¨! We were driven up to the top of a mountain at La Cumbre some 4,500 meters up, and began an almost 70 kilometer ride down to 1,100 meters on one heck of a road. They call it the death road because more than 150 people die on it each year. Mostly in motor vehicle accidents. As of now, only two bikers have perished off the 1000 ft cliffs this year. Thankfully we were not a statistic. We went with our French friends and had a blast. Our guide told us we were the fastest group he had ever riden with!!!! Thats right!... read more