Destination: Bolivia

Photos: Tupiza, Potosi and Sucre

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By beckandphil | Photo Gallery

Photos: Atacama Desert and the Bolivian high plateau

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By beckandphil | Photo Gallery

The Bolivian Highlands

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By beckandphil | Views [554]

The Atacama Desert San Pedro de Atacama is a small town in Chile, the tourist access point to the most accessible parts of the Atacama desert. It was a very touristy town, and all the restaurants did fixed price 3 course meals, and those not on the ... Read more >

Photos: Copacabana

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

We heart Bolivia

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 | By tk_inks | Views [3632] | Comments [3]

Can I just firstly say that surprisingly that overnight bus we took from La Paz to Sucre was the best overnight bus we had in all of South America. Not only did it only cost us $20pp for a 12 hour bus ride but it was also the only bus we had ... Read more >

Photos: Bolivia Part 2: Sucre & Potosi

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 | By tk_inks | Photo Gallery

A month of kids

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [630] | Comments [1]

Sat in a chilly hostel room in La Paz (it is at 3'500m after all), 4 days and 2 cities away from our time in the Aldea and it already seems so long ago!! Our first day at the charity started in true Bolivian fashion, late! We said our goodbyes to Simon ... Read more >

Photos: Cochabamba and La Paz

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Photos: Alalay

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

“Holy Crap! Where’s the oxygen gone?!?!”

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By tk_inks | Views [1665]

It is so hard to describe Bolivia. It’s the land that time forgot yet held so close to its heart. It’s a place of incredible beauty yet a lot of its people have a hard way of life. It’s a country that everyone should experience ... Read more >

Photos: Bolivia Part 1: Copacabana & La Paz

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By tk_inks | Photo Gallery

Photos: Potosi

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Part 3: Carnaval wrap-up.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 | By spacemanafrica | Views [849]

A good time to visit a place is during the national or town celebrations as you get an insight in to the culture of the place and experience something you wouldn’t normally get to experience. For example, witnessing fifty grown men, from the army ... Read more >

En route to Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [544] | Comments [2]

It's been a while, but here are our last few days before arriving in Santa Cruz to start work with Alalay. We arrived in Potosi after a six hour bus ride along some pretty interesting roads - luckily for us they were paved (always a novelty in Bolivia) ... Read more >

Bolivian Befuddlement

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By agrant | Views [356]

Time for a long overdue blog session! I´m writing from Cuzco, Peru but feel that the 12 days spent in Bolivia deserve a story of their own! We entered Bolivia through Villazon, north of Salta, Argentina and bussed through to Tupiza. It was clear straight ... Read more >