Bolivia

Copacabana & La Isla del Sol

Copacabana & La Isla del Sol

Posted by on Sep 15, 2013

Copacabana & La Isla del Sol

In this order Bolivia revealed its natural wonders to the world: Lago Colorado, Salar de Uyuni, Lago Titicaca y La Isla del Sol. And in that order I visited them! In a natural progression I wound my way north through Bolivia, beginning in the south with the Salt Flats tour, bending east and north...

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Camino de la Muerte, “Death Road”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2013

Camino de la Muerte, “Death Road”

I‘ve been busy doing tours in Bolivia, so although they say it’s cheap; when you’re taking four day four wheel drive tours through Andean landscapes or three days hikes from the eternal snow of 5,000 meters down to the jungle… it still is very reasonably priced for what you’re getting! After the Choro Trail...

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Choro Trail

Posted by on Sep 15, 2013

Choro Trail

When I was in Iguazú, I met a couple of English doctors who were travelling together and it was they who recommended the Choro Trail as well as the Uyuni Tour (Marina, you also told me about it). The description sounded appealing: Three days of hiking from the high mountains behind La Paz down...

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Nuestra Señora de La Paz

Posted by on Sep 12, 2013

Nuestra Señora de La Paz

To think that a week in a place makes one able to articulate the sense of that place is perhaps ambitious, but of my experiences to date in Bolivia, La Paz was in every way the capital of Bolivia. Nuestra Señora de La Paz stands at between 3,500 and 3,800 meters above sea level...

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Sucre

Posted by on Sep 9, 2013

Sucre

O fficially – that is, according to the constitution – Sucre is still the capital of Bolivia, but the de facto legislative and executive centre is La Paz and has been so for more than 100 years. Architecturally, the city is a marvel thanks to its role as the home of the conservative and...

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Potosí

Posted by on Sep 5, 2013

Potosí

I had mixed feelings about going to this place. To begin with, I knew very little about it, recalling that ‘there are some mines there’ when someone mentioned the name Potosí. Well yes, there are ‘some mines’ there, one in fact; the infamous mines of Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) at the base of which lies...

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