Bolivia Travel Blogs

To travel and know Uyuni and their surroundings is just to differentiate between two points, first the trip to Uyuni in this case from La Paz and second the tour to know Uyuni and the surrounding area, mainly the Salt Flat, The Geysers, Red Lagoon and Green Lagoon. First to get to Uyuni from La P…

It was the third day of the civil unrest, and my fifth day in La Paz. In an attempt to force the Bolivian government to improve life for the Bolivians, farmers and students had organised a series of protests. By blockading all major roads in the country they literally brought the entire country to …

Santiago de Chiquitos - Ended the year with walks and Baroque Music in the Antechamber of Heaven The last day of 2008 was used for two main activities, the first which began in the morning after breakfast and was doing a walk of about two hours to a place called "The Hill" “La Colina” which i…

On Saturday, we met Michael (morle) a little late, after the folk festival of Friday’s nigth, and went to lunch but this time barbacoa because Michael as the previous day proved a "Hot assortment" (see A tour by La Paz) Our trip was a citytour by various neighborhoods of La Paz, even the first c…

To give just an idea, biodiversity offered by my country is so rich as few in the world. Bolivia has 17 ecoregions, 14 ecological floors , 190  ecosystems and 19 byoclimates. That are home to 1,392 species of birds, 263 species of reptiles, 325 mammals, 18,000 species of higher plan…

We welcome the year 2008 in Rurrenabaque in the pub called the Moskitto, a pub where one shares adventures with other trav buddys (see separate critic) and we spent a night welcoming the new year very nice. Rurrenabaque as indicated is the starting point for tours of the surrounding area, while one…

DAY 1 Arrived with my legs actually killing me as my bus seat was so cramped. Woke up ample times with my knees throbbing. Got ripped off by a taxi driver when I arrived. Asked him to take me to the Hostal and he charged me 10 Bolivianos for what was a 30second drive! Swore at him ample in Englis…

Eulogio pick me up from my hostel yesterday in the morning and our aim was clear - base camp Huayna Potosi. This place isnt far from La Paz, 1 hour by car. There we left car and continued to high camp (aprox. in high 5000 m). Rest of this day we spent in this camp, approach to the summit was planne…

This was an interesting event.  Every year the students at the universities around la Paz have this parade.  Essentially each major or dicipline learns a traditional bolivian dance, and then masters it, get together a costume, and do this parade.  They also have musicians busting out…

There are so many options for doing a tour of the Salar de Uyuni. We chose to go from Tupiza as this is the nearest town to the border with Argentina. There are a number of companies that run from Tupiza, all on a pretty similar schedule. We decided to go with a company called El Grano de Oro. They…

I had to make my way back to the border with Peru to renew my passport as it’s already been 3 months that I’ve been in Bolivia.  I decided that it was high time to see Cuzco and Macchu Pichu since I’d already spent 5 months in Peru and hadn’t been to the most famous monument in South A…

Yesterday I spent a quiet night and went to bed early, because I knew that this day would start early and might be long. I asked for a wake up call at 4:00 am, so I could finish packing, take a shower, do the check out, take a cup of coffe and be ready by the time the taxi came for us at the hotel…

Well I have quickly become attuned to the bumpy roads of Bolivia which is not limited to the roads but the railway system as well! We caught the 20 hour death train or as it is known to the locals ´the bumpy train´ from the border of Brazil to the interior of Bolivia, to the city of San…

Before arriving in Copacabana, ensure that you have some money, of any denomination. There is no cash machine here. Andy and I had only an emergency 20 dollars, having run down our Peruvian Soles so as not to suffer at the hands of the money changers.  I do have a credit ca…

In the morning I woke early to catch my 7 am bus to Bolivia, and upon arrival the cab driver told me he couldn´t break my 20 sole note for the 3 sole ride.  Now, after all this time down here I'm well used to the mystery of why large bills even exist as no one can break them, but the way he s…