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South America » Bolivia March 16th 2005

Bolivia - A Total of 3 Months I visited Bolivia on three different occasions. 27th Jan - 13th Feb 2004 (17 Days) to see photos of this section see Iquitos to Rio The first time I went to Bolivia I entered from the North, having just travelled along the River Amazon and down the Madeira River to Porto Velho. After I recovered from fever I crossed the river Mamore from the Brazilian town of Guajara to enter Bolivia at Guayaramerin. I spent days trying to arrange a boat trip through the jungle to Trinidad but I was continually told there would be one tomorrow. Eventually I decided to forget about sailing down the river and took a public bus to Trinidad, on what turned out to be a lengthy and eventful journey as the Bolivian ... read more
Potosi
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Potosi

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana March 13th 2005

Up early and headed 72km out of La Paz to the Tiwanaku ruins. In comparison to whats ahead theyre known as quite small. Theres been some restoration work but its fairly poor quality. Patrizia the tour guide was fantastic and made it fairly interesting. Theres two museums at the site, as well as the ruins. Including the {alien} face, that began many of the hypotheses about who built the ruins. Only had three hours sleep, so was too tired to be impressed :) Jumped on a bus to Copacabana on Lae Titicaca when I returned. 4 hours squashed with the locals, watching the spectacular sunset across the lake and mountains. Everybody piled off the bus for a small lake crossing. Bus went on ferry, we were in boats. Tried an explosive hamburger, extra salsa on the ... read more
The Isla de Sol Hell Stairs
Lake Titicaca

South America » Bolivia March 11th 2005

05.03.05 Um 06.00 Uhr weckte uns der Buschauffeur. Nun fragte ich die Clique betreffend Sucre. Wir teilten uns erst einmal ein Taxi zum Terminal und schauten dort weiter. Ein Bus fuhr Richtung Sucre, sie informierten uns jedoch, dass sie nur bis 45km vor Sucre rankommen wegen den Blockaden. Die Clique meinte, das sei kein Problem. Ich dachte mir, lieber jetzt mit der Clique mitgehen als nachher tagelang in Potosí festzusitzen. Und ich wollte ja am Sonntag unbedingt nach Tarabuco an den speziellen Markt gehen. Ich und Marisa (von Potosí) schlossen uns der Clique an - José, Sabino, Regis, Marcelo, Rogelio und Claudio. Waehrend der Busfahrt lernte ich die Clique auch ein bisschen naeher kennen, oder zumindest mal José. Kurz nach Potosí hielten wir an einer Polizeikontrolle, wobei uns ein Polizist erneut warnte wegen den Blockaden. Wir ... read more
zurzeit praktisch ohne Wasser
am Anfang unseres obligatorischen Marsches
Blokaden verhindern die Durchfahrt - laufen ist angesagt

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz March 11th 2005

9/3 The bus wasnt cancelled. They changed the time but it still ran and being Bolivia as it was nearly full at 1815... they took off 15 minutes early while a family of four attempted to pile their belongings in the side and clamber on board. This was a continuiing theme throughout the entire journey. Certain groups in the country were demanding the resignation of the President but the Congress wouldnt let him, so there were road blocks throughout the country and some buses were unable to make it throught to destinations. I was travelling next to a very jolly local and woke up on the side of a mountain in a huge lines of buses and trucks with police patrolling everywhere. The bus took off again without half its passengers and they sprinted down the ... read more
Changing the Flag

South America » Bolivia March 9th 2005

8/3 Sleepy bus ride with Daniel from Rio to Sao Paulo. Greater Sao Paulo has a population of 17 million, by the way. Made it to the city at 4 and the plane left at 5.45. Slight panic attack but arrived at the airport with an hour to spare and there was nobody else checking in and nobody at customs, so it was easy after all. Plane was filled with people heading to Mexico, felt so tired I considered taking a flight straight to La Paz but decided to try for the bus overnight. Not only did I arrive too late but because the president wants to resign there are demostrations and some of the buses arent running and roads are blocked. Checked into a hotel instead, grabbed a beer with a local and chilled out ... read more

South America » Bolivia March 7th 2005

to break up the monotony of my 3 week binge in santa cruz, we took a trip up to villa paraiso (jason´s site) and urubichá, a volunteer named gerid´s site. our trip to villa paraiso was relatively uneventful. it was hot, dusty and quiet. his project partner seemed to me a bit cold and demanding; in all it didn´t seem like a place i would want to spend 2 years as a peace corps volunteer. that explains why jason spends lots of time out of his site: it is not cool. later we got a ride in the peace corps land cruiser (much nicer than the shitty ford explorers we had in peace corps DR) up to the edge of the amazon jungle in a town called urubichá. this is a very quaint medio-campo town of ... read more
Jason´s Room in Villa Paraiso
¨Smile, Your Woman Loves Me¨
Coffee Before the First Day of Digging

South America » Bolivia March 4th 2005

26.02.05 Um 12.00 Uhr habe ich mit Felipe und Lola abgemacht. Sie begleiteten mich zum Bolivianischen Konsulat, wo ich noch etwas abklaeren wollte. Wie immer, am Samstag und Sonntag logischerweise geschlossen. Wir schauten uns noch einige Sachen an in der Stadt, dann gingen wir etwas trinken. Felipe und Lola gaben mir etliche Tipps fuer meine weiteren Destinationen, da sie schon an vielen Orten gewesen sind. Spaeter gingen wir noch kurz was essen und dann kam auch schon wieder der Abschied. Es tat gut, fuer einige Tage eine nette Begleitung zu haben. Die beiden sind echt ein supertolles Paar. Diejenigen die Erwin und Erich kennen, koennen sich sicher vorstellen, wie meine Tage mit dem Ehepaar in etwa abliefen. Es verging kaum eine Minute ohne sich staendig "anzuzuenden", es war staendig sehr lustig. Ich fuehlte mich danach schon ... read more
Artesanías werden auch an Strassenraendern angeboten
Landschaften wie in der USA
Weindegustation und Weinmuseum in Cafayate

South America » Bolivia March 1st 2005

So I have been hanging out here in santa cruz for about 3 weeks now. this is jason´s regional city where he and his nearby volunteers come in to do office work and hang out. we have been concentrating on the latter. there really isn´t much to say here. i got here after chrissy had already been here for several days and we immediately started a pattern. every night we would go out for an incredible meal that cost around 4 dollars per person and wash it down with several paceñas (bolivia´s main beer) and wine. it was very similar to my lifestyle while in the capital in the DR, hanging out, eating too much and drinking. i met nearly every one of jason´s friends over beers and lots of coca. it has been a blast, ... read more
The lovely streets of Santa Cruz
Chopping Meat with the German Sandwich Man
Dancing at the Despedida

South America » Bolivia February 25th 2005

So tom randomly met up with us at the Ballivian hostel, the peace corps hostel in Santa Cruz, and we soon were on our way to hike around and camp in the nearby Amboró National Park. Once arriving in Buena Vista, a small town near the entrance to the park, we got to work figuring out the logistics of our hike. it was a pain in the ass. after asking everyone, and with nearly nobody being helpful, we figured out a way to get to the entrance for merely 10 Bs. (about a dollar). We then were purchasing food for the hike when a little kid about 13 years old came up to us, introduced himself as Danny, and offerred his services as a guide. It would only be 15 dollars a day, he remarked, and ... read more
Posing in front of a big ass spiderweb
Avocado sandwiches
Big track we found next to the river

South America » Bolivia February 21st 2005

phew. this is a lot of travelblogging. i´m tired. i´ll make this one quick. after 15 hours on my bus cama (a kickass bus with about 5 feet between you and the seat in front of you where you can lay completely flat like in first class on a plane) i arrived at 530am in samaipata, a touristy town in eastern bolivia just outside santa cruz. chrissy and jason were supposed to meet me out there, but i didn´t see them, so i lugged my shit into town from the side of the highway into a hostel. i was tired. later, i ran into chrissy and she told me that she had indeed been waiting there at 5am right next to where i was. we were just too retardedly tired to realize. we proceeded to do ... read more
Nightime partying in Samaipata
Waterfall
More hiking in Amboró




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