Category: Bolivia

The hotel seemed deserted when I woke up. Eventually someone appeared and made me some breakfast, and I headed out. Being in Potosí, the main place of interest was the “silver hill” – Cerro Rico …

After wandering down the road to have breakfast served by the same cheerful young lady as the previous evening, I explored the market. It was a great people-watching experience. There were no other travellers, and …

At the end of my evening in Sucre, I left the peña and walked back to the hotel, happily whistling some of the tunes that I had heard. Until now, my main experience of Andean …

The night bus to Sucre wasn’t quite as plush as the one to Cochabamba, but then again it didn’t cost as much. After the film had finished (it was “Honey I Shrank the Kids“…) I …

The bus to Cochabamba was very good – I appeared to have booked myself on a luxury one. The video system worked well and there was an interesting film shown (it was about the Nazi …

A lie-in was in order after the previous day’s high altitude excitement. Eventually I went for a wander around the centre of the city, changed some dollars for Bolivanos, went to buy postcards of Chacaltaya, …

On 13th January, after a quick breakfast and a stop to get some high energy food, I arrived at the Club Andino, and ended up on the second of the 2 small buses that were …

During the night of 8th January my insides felt as thought they were exploding, and I hardly slept at all. Evidently I ate something I shouldn’t have, and whatever it was, it cleaned out the …