Blogs from Samaipata, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 2

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vor knapp 2 Stunden bin ich endlich in Samaipata angekommen. Auf den Rat der Amigos Santiago und Tati habe auch in einer sehr idyllischen Herberge in Samaipata eingecheckt. Es ist mehr ein Resort als eine Herberge. Sobald ich hier aus der Tuer meines Zimmers trete, finde ich mich vor lieblichen Gaerten mitten im Urwald wieder. Doch bis es es soweit kam, durfte ich mich noch in Santa Cruz vergnuegen(???)!!! Nach meiner ersten Nacht in Santa Cruz habe ich mir wie angekuendigt was zu trinken (Wasser) gekauft und bin dann zurueck zum Hostel gegangen, welches ausserhalb des Zentrums liegt. Ich wollte noch ein wenig lesen, aber vor lauter Jet-Lagmuedigkeit bin ich noch bei angedrehtem Zimmerlicht eingeschlafen. Am naechsten Tag habe ich in dem Hostel ausgecheckt und habe mich zu einem Hostel bewegt, welches ich am Vortag angesehen ... read more
Buena Vista a samaipata
Mis amigos Nayra y Sebastian
Hostel El Jardin en Samaipata

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Samaipata October 12th 2011

Tina Writes The taxi ride was ok but my arse was killing me by the time we got there as my seat was in the middle of the two back seats. When we got to the town of Samaipata, the driver didn’t know where our hostel was, so he and the other passengers all talked between themselves and asked passersby. We finally found it and quickly discovered it was the best hostel we had stayed in so far. We had also booked the best room they have, a little more expensive than most but at $140Bs (£13) a night it was really nice. La Posada del Sol is set in lovely landscaped gardens, the owners, an American from Texas and a Bolivian. So English was spoken fluently, making things so much easier and we feel less ... read more
El Fuerte, Samaipata, Bolivia (7)
Che Museum, ValleGrande, Bolivia
Che Laudry room, ValleGrande, Bolivia


So Fee and I decided that it was time to leave Sucre and head into the country side before she made her way back to Australia and I headed up to La Paz a bit dirty city. After being advised against the 14 hour bus ride that is extremely dangerous we opted for the plane which only took 25 minutes and was the equivalent of $60 NZ a no brainer really! Unfortunately the night before I got excited and ate a hamburger which made me regret it all night and all the following day! So I wasn´t much company our first night in Santa Cruz but as always Fee was wonderful and patient! Santa Cruz didn´t really feel like Bolivia at all there were no Cholitas (the indigenous Bolivians) anywhere to be seen it could have ... read more


After crossing the border from Brazil into Bolivia, we took an old train to Santa Cruz, the most modern city in Bolivia. We met some cool people from Vancouver, Wash. DC, and London and left town after a few hours to the mountain village of Samaipata. The scenery was stunning on the way up there. Thick lush green jungle clinging to steep cliffs carved out by waterfalls and rivers red from the crimson earth of Eastern Bolivia. The ride was a bit scary, passing trucks at high speeds on muddy roads with 100 ft cliffs everywhere. We stayed at the first hotel we could find as it was pouring and it only cost US 2 dollars. The rain kept us indoors so we went to a small family restaurant and ordered beers and played cards for ... read more
living quarters
cuevas
under the falls


Chers lecteurs, entre vous et moi, qu'y a-t-il de plus agréable qu'une marche dans la jungle? Hein? ... Mais bien sûre... TOUT!! :S C'est dans les environs de Samaipata que se trouvent, entre autre, d'un côté le Parc Amboro, de l'autre une forêt remplie de fougères géantes. Oui oui, fougères géantes. C'est avec les mollets encore courbaturés dû à notre expédition au Cratère de Sucre d'il y a quelque jours que mon ami et moi partons seuls avec un guide (Carmelo, exceptionnel, il faut le dire) pour un deux jours dans ce qui s'apparente être, quoi que officiellement ça ne l'est pas tout à fait, la jungle.. Alors on débute tranquille, sur un petit chemin longeant un Hôtel de luxe, pour s'enfoncer de plus en plus dans la brousse, et terminer carrément à se frayer tant ... read more
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South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Samaipata February 15th 2011

Depuis Sucre, nous avons pris un autobus direction Santa Cruz, mais qui en chemin, arrêtait au environ de 4h30 du matin, à côté d'un petit village nommé Samaipata. C'est là que, pour une petite poignée de touristes, moi incluse, la course se terminait. Dans les environs de Santa Cruz, mais plus près encore du village de Samaipata, se trouve le parc National Amboro dont nous désirions fouler le sol. Ayant entendu que du mauvais concernant la grosse ville de Santa Cruz, et ayant, heureusement, rencontré des voyageurs qui eux étaient passés par Samaipata et n'en avait gardé qu'un bon souvenir, nous avons opté pour cette dernière option. Ce fût là une bonne décision. Samaipata est petit et agréable. Nous avons séjournée à l'hostel Vargas, modeste et peu cher, où, Thérèse, la propriétaire, est plus que sympathique. ... read more
hmm je jouerais bien dans les câbles électriques..
Là tu parles!
Ne pas reproduire à la maison!

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Samaipata December 30th 2010

Nas hotel mal malu kuchynku a vystahovat sme sa mohli az o 12 a tak sme sa ju rozhodli urobit si prijemne ranajky - palacinky s dzemom. Autobus nam isiel o 7.30 vecer a tak sme mali kopu casu len tak sa ponevierat po Samaipate, malikom mestecku so 6 ulickami a to dalo celkom zabrat. Dalsou specialitou Juznej Ameriky je ze pokial je nova sedacka, a tym myslim aj tie v aute alebo autobuse, potiahnuta plastom, tak plast sa dole nedava. Nas autobus musel byt pomerne novy a tak vsetky sedacky krasne suchotali vzdy ked sa niekto co i len troska pohol. Cesta do Sucre, nasej dalsej zastavky vyzerala slubne, siroka a asfaltova, to sa vsak rychlo zmenilo a mi sme sa zas raz ocitli na prasnej, hrbolatej. Aky nevdacni sme boli ze sme si priali ... read more
Samaipata

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Samaipata December 29th 2010

Rano bylo hodne neobvykle - zadny kohout, ani papousek, ale dnes to byl pan domaci zatloukajici v 7 rano nejake hrebiky ve vedlejsim pokoji...Celou noc proprselo, spis prolilo tak jak jen v dzungli se to povede a ani to nevypadalo, ze brzy prestane. Dneska jsme se vypravili na El Fuerte, predspanelskou pamatku, jakesi ceremonialni misto - v desti. Prodejna listku byla zavrena, stejne jako hlavni brana, kterou jsme ale prelezli. Po ceste jsme narazili na rozvodnenou ricku, nastesti jsme nasli dve desky, ktere jsme polozili napric a nakonec se na 2.stranu dostali - jo, Cesi a Slovaci si poradi se vsim... Na samotnem El Fuerte nikdo nebyl, jen jsme to tam prosli, ale nezustali dlouho, protoze uprimne receno tam toho prilis k videni nebylo. V 5 jsme byli zpatky, koupili si vyborne bolivijske cervene, udelali testoviny ... read more
co teraz ?/ what now ?
toto/ this
na ceste/ on the way

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Samaipata December 28th 2010

Pred nami bol dalsi den plny cestovania a tak sme sa chceli co najdlhsie vyspat, ale zakerne papagaje nam to opat nedovolili. Zbalili sme sa a pri odchode zaplatili len polovicku sumy za posledny den. Pani domaca protestovala a chcela volat policiu, ale nakoniec z toho samozrejme nic nebolo, velmi dobre vedela ze spravila chybu. Na namesti sme rychlo nasli trufi /auto pre 6 pasazierov a caka sa kym sa vsetky miesta nezaplnia/ do Santa Cruz a tesili sa ako nam to krasne vychadza. Asi po hodine auto zastavilo s tym ze toto je konecna zastavka, vedeli sme ze do Santa Cruz to trva dlhsie a samozrejme - boli sme v inom meste. Sofer nam proste odkyval co sme chceli len aby zaplnil auto a mohol ist. Ked sme sa ho opytali ze preco nam klamal ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Samaipata November 15th 2010

After the first day in Santa Cruz, whether it was the food on the train or the 38degree heat, Laura wasn’t feeling good so Stuart went out to get some dinner. Feeling confident about his tolerance to the heat and his strong stomach he ate some mystery meat (could’ve been guinea pig as that’s a Bolivian delicacy!) from a street stall with some of the locals. Stuart soon discovered he wasn’t invincible. Blaming the heat we decided to head up the mountain to Samaipata where it is cooler. This didn’t seem to help Stuart and after a trip to the local hospital he was told he’d got salmonella. We spent a week in Samaipata most of which was spent recovering but at the end of the week we went for a trip to see the Inca ... read more
scorpion we had in our room
market day
el fuerte inca ruins




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