Blogs from Coroico, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 9

Yesterday we got the bus form Rurrenabaque to Yolossa, on the way to Corrorico. Yolossa is only about half an hour form Corrorico and when we booked our tickets we were assured that we would be able to get another bus or a taxi for the last part of the journey. Well, we arrived at 2.30am instead of midnight, tired and grouchy, especially as one of Jamies flip flops had fallen from where it was wedged down the side of the seat and disappeared off down the bus, especially unhelpful as they are his last remaining shoes! Unsuprisingly there were no taxis or busses anywhere to be seen. We walked for a little way in each direction, and knowcked on the door of a very closed hostel, then decided that the only choice was to wait ... read more

Well we left La Paz yesterday, we took a quick bus out of town to the place where we can get microbuses (basically a van) to the town of Coroico. Coroico is not has high elevation wise as La Paz, which was nice, but to get there one heads north east through the mountains. The trip started off pleasant enough, we climbed upward, I had a bit of a buggered stomache so I took a gravol. We saw llama´s and farms and even some snow! After awhile we started back down, into the jungle, clouds and rain and slippery mountain roads. Now, I saw pictures of this "highway" before leaving, it´s actually a popular mountain biking excursion, and judging from the shots I saw in La Paz, it looked like a narrow, wet, deadly road through ... read more

The Cordillera Real is a mountain range that sits between the high lands and the jungles of Bolivia. It is only 40 km across but drops from 6000 m to nearly sea level in the jungles. We decided to take one of the famous treks here known as “El Choro” trek. Again we just packed our bags and off we go. No more donkeys, guides and cooks. We started off at 4900 m in a near white out blizzard and walked a very old Inca route that dropped down to 1300 m near the jungle. Most interesting point about this trek is some great unrestored ruins and Inca steps. The change in weather from the altitude difference also left something to the imagination. Really pretty walk but very hard as a lot of the down was ... read more

Ahoj.... je rano 7:30 a my stojime pred cestovkou ktorej uz nazov napoveda ze sa nejedna o hocaky vylet.....Dostavame helmu, rukavice, nohavice, vestu a horsky bycikel, ktory sa nalozi na strechu auta ktore nas vyvezie hore nad La Paz do vysky 4630 m.n.m. kde nasa cesta 65 km dlha cesta zacina. Este posledna kontrola horskeho bycikla a ide sa dolu do dzungle..... Zaciatok cesty je asi 30 km po asfaltke ktora dalej prechadza do nespevnenej prasnej cesty miestami len 2 m sirokej.....cesta je lemovana krizmi ktore oznacuju miesta kde sa zrutil dolu autobus..... Cestou prechadzame cez 2 vojenske kontroly ktore si zapisuju nase cisla pasov. V oblasti s tak velkou produkciou koky nas to vobec neprekvapuje. Ako postupne klesa nadmorska vyska, otepluje sa a my postupne zhadzujeme veci do auta ktore ide za nami....cim ideme nizsie ... read more

Phew. I made it down the world´s most dangerous road. I enjoyed it a big lot, and wasn´t nearly as afraid as I was afraid I would be. Still have to drive back up to La Paz though... I was lucky. Two days ago, it rained and so the road wasn´t nearly as dusty as it can be. I´ve taken some photos which I shall eventually display. We´re looking for something to do tomorrow night for fun, and Alice and Chris are off to the jungle on Monday morning. (I don´t know what I´m doing yet. Salt flats if I can sort it out.) Nightclub suggestions, people who´ve been? Not the cinema. Did that yesterday - it was as cold as one of those overnight bus journeys. Saw Batman. It wasn´t bad, actually.... read more