Destination: Bolivia

Un ansiado cambio cultural

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Views [2194] | 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 >

Gallery: Bolivia (este)

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sucre

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 | By clairejennings | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Potosi

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 | By clairejennings | Photo Gallery

La Quiaca, Mugging, Journey to Uyuni

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 | By clairejennings | Views [1204] | Comments [1]

We crossed over together to Bolivia to buy bus tickets and then the lads headed straight off to La Paz and I stayed for the night in La Quiaca on the Argentine side. I have never seen such a badly managed frontier. There were crowds of people swarming ... Read more >

Gallery: Uyuni - Salt Lakes Trip

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By clairejennings | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Boliva

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By porridge | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 | By doreen-b | Photo Gallery

Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 | By doreen-b | Views [2785] | Comments [1]

I went to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, from December 27 to January 12, 2009.  Now this country IS Latin America!  There is a definite gap between rich and poor, and a large indigenous population. I attached this darling picture of a little bolivian indigenous ... Read more >

Cycling, Coke and Cholitas

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By porridge | Views [992]

Happy New Year folks!! Hope the jeans aren´t a bit tight, Santa paid a visit and all the New Years resolutions aren´t in tatters just yet :-) I really feel as if I have stepped into South America now. Crossing the border from Chile into Bolivia ... Read more >

Cheers to the devil

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [664]

After the salt flats and the 3 day jeep journey we moved on to potosi, bolivia. A world unesco heritage site. Potosi is important because it has been a mining town since the 1500s. Spain brought over africans and used indigenous bolivians and forced ... Read more >

Beautiful Amazing Bolivia!!

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [1026]

After all of the problems i had with immigration it felt really good to be done with all of it and start experiencing things inside bolivia without the immigration complications hanging around in my mind. So the third day of our jeep ride we would leave ... Read more >

Immigration PROBLEMS IN BOLIVIA

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [652]

Sorry for the delay in blogging but the the internet in bolivia is exetremely slow and i'm behind about a week. But i can't forget THIS!! So after the first day we headed to Uyuni because we couldnt access the salt flats because the route was too flooded.... Read more >

Entering bolivia....Money is politics

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [600]

Ok so the next destination is bolivia. In san pedro chile we booked a tour that will take us from san pedro to uyuni, bolivia. To get there isnt just your normal sunday afternoon drive, it´s a 4x4 jeep expedition through some really rough terrain. No ... Read more >

The best jeep ride ever!!! and the worst for some...

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [627]

Sooo once i got thru the bolivian customs we set out thru the remote bolivian highlands. The first day we constantly ascended through the andes mountains. The whole place is pretty lifeless, not much greenery. But because there are loads of volcanoes ... Read more >