Destination: Bolivia
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Fri, 9 Mar 2012 | By spacemanafrica | Views [1416]
As we jumped out of the micro-bus and surveyed our surroundings, one couldn't help but think that we'd landed in the future, sometime after Armageddon. The rocky, treeless landscape with tangerine coloured bricked houses as far as the eye could see, ... Read more >
Wed, 7 Mar 2012 | By doodledawn | Views [1467]
Having spent less than 24 hours in La Paz before Carnaval, I decided to backtrack a bit and give the city another look. It also helped that Hannah, Tijs, and Bethune from my Salar tour were all heading in that direction anyway. My cold was still ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia, cochabamba, death road, la paz, mountain biking, santa cruz
Sat, 3 Mar 2012 | By spacemanafrica | Views [1972]
There’s a famous quote that goes, ‘ The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.’ I think the same could be said about Bolivia, as well. On the bus trip to Carnaval in Oruro, we experienced snow yet officially it ... Read more >
Sat, 3 Mar 2012 | By spacemanafrica | Views [1808]
February 12 2012
It's Carnaval time and from what I’ve seen on TV, during carnaval I’m going to be surrounded by about 1000 of my closest friends; everyone will be having a great time dancing in the streets; I’ll have beautiful women ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Mar 2012 | By simonehawkins | Views [435]
So, yeah Tiwananku...... You amazing feat! At 4100 mtrs, I feel that foggyness returning.... Especially as I'm on a bus with 12 other tourists no English speakers of course), which actually turned out to be the BEST Spanish lesson yet! They laughed ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Mar 2012 | By simonehawkins | Views [465]
Hola! Just a quick post script to last story, got to Asunscion airport, no probs, walking into the departure lounge.... And whats that I hear?! A little bit of harp playing Bolivian style?! Cool! And even better, what are they playing K Young???????! ... Read more >
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery
Salt flats, llamas, flamingos and lots of lagoons
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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [2050] | Comments [2]
Wow! This could be a long one... So, having arrived in San Pedro de Atacama and made some pretty rapid decisions (for once), we found ourselves on a three day tour to the Bolivian salt flats of Uyuni. The tour was something we always intended to do, ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 | By doodledawn | Views [1441]
After
catching the train from Oruro to Uyuni, I arrived with my new friends Bethune
and Hannah and we looked for a hostel.
Bethune had caught the nasty flu that was going around and was not
terribly coherent. I found us a place to
sleep near ... Read more >
Tags: bad roads, bolivia, la paz, la torre, salar de uyuni, tour, tupiza, uyuni
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 | By doodledawn | Views [1183]
Arriving in Oruro on a surprisingly decent bus, I contacted my couchsurfing host, Juan Carlos, from an ancient payphone. He gave me an address to meet him and I headed off with my backpack. Juan Carlos set me up in a room in the basement and invited ... Read more >
Tags: 2012, bolivia, carnaval, couchsurfing, oruro, parade
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 | By doodledawn | Views [962]
As I type, I am sitting in an internet cafe in Oruro, Bolivia. It is cold as hell, and the altitude is around 3700m, but I think coming here was definitely a great idea. Backing up a bit, I spent most of the last week at Lago de Atitlan in Guatemala.... Read more >
Tags: antigua, bolivia, couchsurfing, guatemala, la paz, lag de atitlan, llama sausage, oruro
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 | By tessabeedle | Views [263]
After five flights, 25 hours in layovers, and five flights we made it safely to Cochabamba, Bolivia. Everything is super awesome and we are doing really well. We have have already found some really cool people from all over the world that are here ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By hootons | 
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Sun, 15 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Views [4736]
We boarded a local bus in La Paz in the morning. It was in a worst state than the buses in Ecuador! The chairs were stained, the paint was chipped all over, the door held together by tape and the driver had a sickly hacking cough. Luckily we got ... Read more >
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery
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