Bolivia Travel Blogs - Page 2

Mallasa is 20 minutes from the city of La Paz, is a place with a pleasant climate, ideal to leave the bustle of the city of La Paz.You can stroll through the Valley of the Moon, a place well known for having formations that resemble the moon.Additionally there is the zoo in the city, you can see sp…

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…

We woke with the intention to visit the museums in La Paz since we have been here so long and haven´t bothered (I´m telling you, the ice cream is too good)! We headed towards Plaza Murillo about midday, and the main streets were crowded with protesters. There were seriously thousands and thousan…

A half-hour by plane from La Paz, is the city of “Cochabamba” beautiful city situated in a valley, more or less to 2,500 meters above sea level, with a really enviable climate so this city is called “The city of eternal spring”, as their average annual temperature is between 16 and 25 degre…

ah well, travelling with fever on a local bus between peru and bolivia promised to be loads of fun... and it was! on the first foot steps in bolivia we encountered some of the bad things that are awaiting us in the south americas cheapest country the busride itself was not bad, but since commi-ev…

La Paz is aroun 3,900masl and i swear some of the steep hills make it seem like you have to climb another 1,000m! The city is a hustling, bustling, crazy place with cars and people narrowly missing each other on every street while the little micro buses whizz bus with people screaming their destina…

La Paz has the honor of being the highest capital in the world (thought apparently Bolivia has 2 capitals, cheating) and we could definately feel it slugging up the hill the our hostel with lungs about to implode.  Comming into La Paz it seemed to also holds that honor for …

We booked ourselves on the Litoral overnight bus (S.70/£16/$23) which we had been promised was a luxury full cama service.  We got to the bus station in plenty of time for the 10pm departure.  There was some bizarre changing of tickets by some drunk guy at the Litoral counter and by the …

Got up at 6:30, had cold pancakes and left by 8 am.  There is such pride in peoples vehicles here in south america.  Rudy was out washing the land cruiser, as were the other guides, this morning.  Even if cars are lacking paint, as many were in N. Argentina, people scrub their cars a…

Arrived at the tour agent on time, about 10 jeeps where all lined up on the side of the road waiting to load up. When they called out our names for the jeeps i wasnt with Barbara and the other 3. I was put with the La Paz people who she assured me whçould be here at 9am, it was 8.50am and the jeep…

Tupiza made an relaxing first stop in Boliva after a bumpy and 'interesting' bus ride from the border, which had me in giggles at why they would take a coach/bus on dirt roads and not drive on the paved road that seemed to be running along side us! After checking in to the lovely Ho…

Bolivia is sort of different from the other Latin American states. This landlocked country (the only one in South America besides Paraguay) is despite the fact that it’s the poorest of the continent one of the richest in terms of natural resources. It has also the biggest percentage of indigenous…

The world´s highest capital city was a critical juncture on our journey.  Ten people left and eight new ones joined.  This makes for a few interesting days while new groups are formed, roommates are shuffled, and everyone feels each other out.  I will miss a few of the recent depart…

After a morning of slight chaos - several other people at the Puno hostel were headed to Copacabana that morning and we had all been told to get on the bus at the bus office down the road, but actually ended up having to catch a taxi to the bus terminal where the bus was waiting for us - we reached…

San Pedro de Tiquina is a town located on the "Estrecho de Tiquina", necessary step to get to Copacabana.It has a popular dining. And you can stock up on candy, cookies, soda or water to continue the trip to Copacabana or La Paz.In San Pedro de Tiquina is a unit of the Navy.It has no hotels or acco…