Destination: Bolivia
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Bolivia may be one of the poorest countries in South America, but its cultural wealth, the vastly differing Amazonian and Andean landscapes, and the remnants of mysterious ancient civilizations make it a rich and exciting destination if you're looking for more than postcards.
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Fri, 3 Jul 2009 | By thebigtrip | Views [10] | Comments [1]
On Monday we flew to Rurrenabaque (Rurre), a small town at the edge of the Amazon. The flight from La Paz was an experience… The plane was a turbo prop plane and it was tiny. There were only 19 seats in single row on the plane. It was so small ... Read more >
Tags: amazon, pampas, wildlife
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 | By treezy | Views [31] | Comments [1]
Day 3 saw us have a little bit of a sleep in (8am) and then we were back on the road. The highlight for me came when we saw our first glimpse of a salt flat. It looked exactly like snow and the effect was otherworldly. On the third night we stayed ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 | By treezy | Views [29]
Day two saw us begrudgingly get out of bed at 4am! Not a particularly nice start to the day. But we were happy we had when we got to our lunch spot. It was a hot spring in the middle of nowhere and it was lovely to sit in for a while. Today we saw the ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 | By treezy | Views [28] | Comments [1]
So Thursday last week saw me getting in a jeep for a four day trip from Tupiza. Tupiza is a nice wee town, very wild west and is where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid came to their demise (or very near). I watched the movie to celebrate being in ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By thebigtrip | Views [13]
After the awful bus trip from Uyuni we were all wrecked after our Salt Flats trip. We decided to spend a few days in Potosi which is the highest city in the world at 4060ft above sea level. The altitude at this level was a killer and just doing simple ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia, potosi, sucre, la paz
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By treezy | Views [28]
(belated entry - actually wrote this about a week ago) So I´m in Bolivia but not without a little bit of trial and error. My bus didn´t leave until midnight on Monday, and so the hostel kindly let me wait inside the hostel. It was all good and in ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By thebigtrip | Views [59] | Comments [1]
After crossing from Bolivia at 7am we had a eight hour wait for the train to Tupiza. The Bolivian border town is a dirty, dusty and very basic town. The wait was long and cold; the food was bad and we were wrecked. We eventually got the train ... Read more >
Tags: salt flats, bolivia
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [48]
I was in the middle of a trip to Bolivia when I got this massive headache and my body felt like it was freezing even though it was hot outside. I began to shiver uncontrollably, and my chattering teeth almost caused me to bite my tongue off. I went ... Read more >
Tags: true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, dengue fever
Fri, 29 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [69] | Comments [7]
The ‘little altitude sickness’ we mentioned in our last entry turned out to be a bit more than that for Jo. She’s fine now, but spent almost three days in bed with altitude sickness and stomach ‘issues’ before calling a doctor at 1am and being admitted ... Read more >
Tags: la paz, altitude sickness, hospital
Tue, 26 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [53] | Comments [1]
This place is paradise. About 3700 metres lower than La Paz, surrounded by miles of beautiful rainforest sits a town called Rurrenabaque. It´s a nice, relaxing riverside town itself, but the real attraction is the nearby Madidi National Park.... Read more >
Tags: bolivia rurrenabaque monkeys
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