Destination: Bolivia
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Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Views [398] | Comments [11]
Que ganas tenía de llegar a Bolivia! Esperaba este cambio cultural, encontrar verdadera diferencia con "mi mundo", llegar a la estación de autobús y tener que sortear innumerables vendedores de boletos que te tratan de convencer, subir a un ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 | By violajenn | Views [396] | Comments [10]
i am in Boulder Colorado (july 2008) where i have been climbing rocks and mountaineering with the same climbing partner for 6 years. january 2008 we summited Citlaltepetl, which is the highest mountain in Mexico, the third highest mountain in North ... Read more >
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 | By tjwhale | Views [1007] | Comments [7]
Hello friends and family, We have yet to tell you about our 4 day jeep trip through the Bolivian salt lakes. The trip really started with our 13 hour bus ride to Uyuni from La Paz. I had just gotten out of the dentist, finding out that my tooth was ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [367] | Comments [7]
La Paz is an awesome city, however let me backtrack to where I left off. After leaving Sucre, we headed to Potosí (I had to pee so bad on the bus ride) to do a tour of Cerro Rico, the richest silver mine in the world. Getting into Potosí it was evident ... Read more >
Fri, 29 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [169] | 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
Mon, 19 Jun 2006 | By will | Views [3301] | Comments [6]
Uyuni is the kicking off point for trips into the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt pan in the world and a must on most visitors’ itineraries to Bolivia . The trip out to the lake also usually includes the dramatic landscape to the south of the lake, ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Views [448] | Comments [6]
Seguimos con el periplo boliviano! Jonathan, Holly y yo continuamos camino hasta Uyuni, en el suroeste del país; allí estuvimos 3 días recorriendo su famoso Salar; de hecho la zona colinda con Atacama (Chile), donde ya estuve hace unos 3 meses, ... Read more >
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By alpiner84 | Views [382] | Comments [6]
Location: La Paz, Bolivia, at a mere 11,942 feet Mood: Relaxed and still in disbelief Most recent meal: Pancakes! Hallelujah for pancakes! Well, folks, I have climbed the mountain. Just shy of 20,000 feet (6,088 m), Huayna Potosi is the most ... Read more >
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By supercozi | Views [311] | Comments [6]
Gisteren maakten we iets fantastisch mee: begeleid door een sjamaan van het eiland offerden we volgens de Aymaratraditie. Ik had geen idee dat we dat gingen doen, maar na een korte ochtendklim, kwamen we op een prachtige plek waar een oude man ons opwachtte.... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [276] | Comments [6]
Hola Chicos y chicas, nach einer erlebnisreichen Busfahrt (siehe Bericht Paraguay) bin ich nun seit 6 Tagen in Bolivien. Und mein Gefühl sagt mir: „Hier bist Du richtig!“ Nach einer fast 20 stündigen Busfahrt kam ich in Santa Cruz, der größten Stadt ... Read more >
Tags: bolivien, santa cruz, samaipata, cochabamba
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [206] | Comments [6]
We know our parents are the only people who read this, so, parents, we want to reasure you that, now that we have crossed the border to Bolivia, our biggest danger thus far has been water. We can imagine that your concerns were invested in bandits and ... Read more >
Mon, 21 May 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [497] | Comments [5]
Well I promised I would write about everything, so it wouldn´t be true to form if I didn´t create an entry about the past few days in La Paz. However, let´s first go to happier times, 4 days ago... Trishy and I left stinky, dirty Puno, Peru on an ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By johannhermann | Views [437] | Comments [5]
(BB) Gestatten? Bettina Blanic aus Argentinien und Jonathan Johann Hermann aus Deutsh. Kennt Ihr nicht? Wir auch nicht. Trotzdem stand es so auf unseren Tickets fuer den Nationalpark Machu Picchu. Ob das ein Problem beim Einlass ist? Noe. Aber ein Problem ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 | By caspar | Views [395] | Comments [5]
“O, o, o,
Even rustig ademhalen
O, o, o,
Lijkt alsof het regent als altijd
Maar het regent, en het regent zonnestralen...
Een week geleden, in een park in Amsterdam
Had 'ie z'n leven overzien en schrok zich lam
Hij was een man wiens ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [382] | Comments [5]
Waking up at 8 was not too much of a challenge, we are finally headed to Salar Del Uyuni! We walked over to our tourcompany and mat the people who we would spend the next 3 days with. 5 Brasileanos, an Aussi, a Brit, and a girl from the USA. We all ... Read more >
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 | By lionel14 | Views [363] | Comments [5]
ENGLISH Well guys, I am now in Bolivia and felt like I’ve entered a different dimension – Slower, more colourful, culturally so diverse and also definitely on slightly rougher side (travelling few hundred kms can take hours on end) … ... Read more >
Fri, 8 May 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [273] | Comments [5]
Sodele liebe Leser,
es geht wieder weiter. Zwar ned so
spektakulär wie mit dem letzten Video, aber auch aus La Paz, vom
Titikakasee und von der Isla del Sol gibt es doch so einiges zu
erzählen.
Angefangen hat das ganze Abenteuer nach
der ... Read more >
Tags: la paz, tihuanaco, copacabana, isla del sol
Wed, 13 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [192] | Comments [5]
We’re in Tupiza, Bolivia after an amazing three-day 4x4 trip across the Altiplano and Salt Flats from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. The scenery in this area is crazy (we really need to find somewhere ugly for a few days so we can appreciate the landscapes ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia tupiza altiplano
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By daniryan | Views [80] | Comments [5]
La Paz … wow! Coming around the corner from El Alto to get the first view above this huge city is breathtaking. Not a pretty city, although they are trying, but if ever the word ‘sprawling’ was appropriate, this is it. It’s beautiful though in ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Sep 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Views [8628] | Comments [4]
I think the photos speak volumes about this ride. In Bolivia a hour drive out of La Paz, it started up at 4700m, freezing cold with a 65k decent to 1400m in the jungle to Yalumba. Starting the ride rugged up, fleeced up on tarmac. Smooth road that you ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Sat, 7 Oct 2006 | By vegemite_vagabond | Views [1176] | Comments [4]
The flight North to `Rurre`, in a plane seating 14, was rather eventful. Whether it was the size of the plane, the weather conditions, or the pilot, I dont know. However, at least three people were sick, and another 10 terrified. In fact, it seemed ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 15 Jun 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Views [1075] | Comments [4]
Wow, with our arrival into Cusco on Corpus Christi, spaced out from our 12 hour bus jouney from Arequipa it was like landing on the moon. In the words of the great Lional Richie "Fiesta forever, come along and sing along, all night long............ Read more >
Tags: Party time
Sun, 3 May 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [433] | Comments [4] | Video
Hi Leute, ja Ihr habt recht gelesen ich betätige mich in meinem Urlaub auch mal sportlich! Gestern wars also Spinning. Na ja nicht direkt sondern eine 3,5 stündige Fahrradtour. Jetzt denkt Ihr sicherlich, was denn das soll, doch diese Radtour werde ... Read more >
Tags: ruta de los muertos, deathroad
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 | By carlala73 | Views [374] | Comments [4]
so, i am sitting in yet another internet cafe, waiting 4 hours to check into my hostel so that i can sleep, shower for the first time in days, and eat something other than crackers and cookies... at 6 am there´s no a whole lot to do here in la paz. ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [337] | Comments [4]
It is a sunny day in Cochabamba in the rainy season. We survived the amazon jungle with little more than an unidentified plant rash. We are a day away from carnival and a day away from Ororu where, upon arival, we either have three places to stay, ... Read more >
