Blogs from Tupiza, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 13

Après quelques jours à profiter du climat de Tarija, nous reprenons le bus de nuit, car le seul disponible à se rendre à Tupiza, sur une route de terre en montagne qui nous a empêché de dormir. Nous passons d'une altitude de 1 800 m à 2 950 m. Nous arrivons donc à 5 h du matin dans la petite ville de Tupiza, 25 000 habitants, au coeur de la Cordillère des Chichas. Trop tôt pour pouvoir trouver un hôtel, nous restons plus d'une heure dehors, sur un petit banc du terminus. Et le froid est de la partie, capuchon ou tuque auront été de mise! Nous n'avons pas trop accroché sur cette ville et nous n'y sommes restés qu'un jour et une nuit. Malgré notre état plutôt somnambulant, nous avons tous de même parcouru en ... read more

The train to Tupiza arrived at 4 am, a really unusual time of day to be looking for accommodation. Across the road from the railway station is a really nice hotel called Hotel Mitru Anexo which had a room for us, a good hot shower and then a sleep. Turpiza is a really nice town, has an easy feel, we had a walk around and booked a tour to have a look at the canyons the next day. Tupiza is near where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid robbed the payrole at Huaca Huanusca, and San Vicente is a mining town where they met their deaths in a shootout. I had wanted to do a tour of these sites, but when I learned the trip ended at over 4000meters and was very cold, I decided not ... read more

We arrived in Tupiza, Bolivia with the sole purpose of booking a 3 day 4x4 tour to the salt flats of Uyuni. Tupiza itself resembles that of an old western town, minus the saloon and tumble weed. Mudbrick constructions pass as housing and shops and there is about 20 meters of actual sealed road, makes for a great town for passing through. After a miner setback on our hotels behalf, we were off for the adventure of a life time. As per usual pictures do a complete injustice of the sights and images of the Bolivan desert. First stop, a small town around 10 hours drive away, provided us with an insight into the pressure of altutide. At around 3.500 feet, the headache kicks in, followed by breathlessness and thrist. With a quick game of football ... read more

Det blev en lang køretur, hvor en stor del var bjergkørsel, grus/stenvej med hårnålesving uden nogen form for autoværn. De mange kors langs vejen, vidner om faren ved at køre på bjergvejene. På trods af den nervepirrende vej, var vi meget glade for at have Marco som chauffør. Der var også flad højslette med mange små landbrug. Undervejs serverede Marco en meget delikat ret fra Tupiza, majs med kød og frugt, indpakket og kogt i majsblade. Vi så nogle ørne undervejs, de var meget flotte når de svævede over en canyon lige ud for os. Desværre har vi ikke set kondorer. Når vi passerede pas, lå der ofte hunde der ventede på en godbid. Det er deres 'arbejde'. De går hen til passet hver dag og venter på at lastbilchaufførerne skal kaste brød ud til dem, ... read more

...gimme some salt South America » Bolivia » Tupiza By Elmo AbbeyMay 25th 2007Abbey Elliotthiya gang. we´ve been out in the desertish altoplano of bolivia at heights of up to 5300 meters. its mucho frio and mucho loco up there. its a tour that you can´t really miss if you are in bolivia and involves taking a jeep for four days three nights on rough roads. the reward is some pretty amazing scenery, smelly arm pits and luke warm dinners. right close by (in a place called san vincente) is were butch cassidy and the sundance kid bought it. enjoy the pics... ... read more