Bad Ass Bolivia
Ok so now that we are in Bad Ass Bolivia, it was time to get myself a Bad Ass haircut,
hell I have to make the most of being unemployed, hopefully it doesn`t happen too often in life (well actually I`m starting to lose that perspective a little).
After some small planes (this is Lilla`s luxury liner compared to my show box, you would of loved it Eric),
Some awesome birdseye views of the jungle
and an overnighter, we finally made it to Santa Cruz, this place even has ATM`s! Completely wrecked from the non-stop action of go, go and keep on moving, we spent a very relaxing day and evening in SC, Bolivia`s biggest city, before heading for the nearby mountains of the very tranquil Samaipata. With not much to do here but relax, breath in the mountain air, check out an old Inca ceremonial site & some waterfalls, dine on awesome, cheap food thanks to European immigrants who have set-up restaurants up here (thanks guys), we spent our time in Samaipata moving very slowly.
After a couple of nights we headed back to SC to pick up some luggage that we had left there even though we had to bus it back through the area to get to our next destination (nice researching guys). Whilst in town we thought we would check out some flights to Sucre, only half an hour by plane but 15 (which in Bolivia means anywhere between 18-30) by bus. LAB, the airline that`s given us so much joy since we`ve been in Bolivia were on strike so we checked out AeroSur and thought we had hit the jackpot with a flight leaving in an hour and a half, make the reservation, grab our stuff and a cab to the airport, we`re on a roll!
Something weird was definitely going on though; the front gate to the airport was blocked by the striking LAB staff so we had to cut through some farm land to get there. Once there, we only had 5 minutes to pick up our tickets, so I made the frantic dash whilst Lil waited with our bags, only to find out that the intelligent people from LAB thought that they would ruin everyone`s day by parking a plane in the middle of the runway so no-one could leave or land - bastards! Quick, to the bus station before we miss all the buses to Sucre. Shit! We left all our camera connections to download photos in the internet cafe, swing past there but its to late to save them.
The bus ride turned out to be about 17 hours, not too bad after all. A very sleep deprived day was spent yesterday searching Sucre (a town of about 300,000 in Bolivia) for camera connections and hopefully an ipod adaptor, as if these guys even know what Sony is! Made a compromise in the end and landed a Memory Stick - USB plug that I can transfer photos onto the computer with and then onto the ipod. It will do until Miami. Lunch time, relax time, siesta time and dinner time. Sucre is a pretty cool town, could of spent more time there but we have plans to meet our swedish companions in La Paz for the world`s biggest downhil ski slope, gotta keep moving!
So here we are in Potosi, 4070m above sea level, getting puffed out walking up the streets with some pretty major head spins if we push too hard. Spending the day relaxing, acclimitising, before hitting some of the worlds most atrocious mines tomorrow morning (well I am, whilst Lil has a sleep in) and onto some thermal spas to spend the afternoon before we set sail for Uyuni from where we have a 4x4 tour organised throughout the magical salt plains & the extrememly high desert (one of the highest in the world) of southern Bolivia for 3 days. Dave, you`ve promised some pretty amazing things chief, I`m sure your word will live up to what we`re in for!
Well until La Paz where hopefully we`ll have some more photos.........
hell I have to make the most of being unemployed, hopefully it doesn`t happen too often in life (well actually I`m starting to lose that perspective a little).
After some small planes (this is Lilla`s luxury liner compared to my show box, you would of loved it Eric),
Some awesome birdseye views of the jungle
and an overnighter, we finally made it to Santa Cruz, this place even has ATM`s! Completely wrecked from the non-stop action of go, go and keep on moving, we spent a very relaxing day and evening in SC, Bolivia`s biggest city, before heading for the nearby mountains of the very tranquil Samaipata. With not much to do here but relax, breath in the mountain air, check out an old Inca ceremonial site & some waterfalls, dine on awesome, cheap food thanks to European immigrants who have set-up restaurants up here (thanks guys), we spent our time in Samaipata moving very slowly.
After a couple of nights we headed back to SC to pick up some luggage that we had left there even though we had to bus it back through the area to get to our next destination (nice researching guys). Whilst in town we thought we would check out some flights to Sucre, only half an hour by plane but 15 (which in Bolivia means anywhere between 18-30) by bus. LAB, the airline that`s given us so much joy since we`ve been in Bolivia were on strike so we checked out AeroSur and thought we had hit the jackpot with a flight leaving in an hour and a half, make the reservation, grab our stuff and a cab to the airport, we`re on a roll!
Something weird was definitely going on though; the front gate to the airport was blocked by the striking LAB staff so we had to cut through some farm land to get there. Once there, we only had 5 minutes to pick up our tickets, so I made the frantic dash whilst Lil waited with our bags, only to find out that the intelligent people from LAB thought that they would ruin everyone`s day by parking a plane in the middle of the runway so no-one could leave or land - bastards! Quick, to the bus station before we miss all the buses to Sucre. Shit! We left all our camera connections to download photos in the internet cafe, swing past there but its to late to save them.
The bus ride turned out to be about 17 hours, not too bad after all. A very sleep deprived day was spent yesterday searching Sucre (a town of about 300,000 in Bolivia) for camera connections and hopefully an ipod adaptor, as if these guys even know what Sony is! Made a compromise in the end and landed a Memory Stick - USB plug that I can transfer photos onto the computer with and then onto the ipod. It will do until Miami. Lunch time, relax time, siesta time and dinner time. Sucre is a pretty cool town, could of spent more time there but we have plans to meet our swedish companions in La Paz for the world`s biggest downhil ski slope, gotta keep moving!
So here we are in Potosi, 4070m above sea level, getting puffed out walking up the streets with some pretty major head spins if we push too hard. Spending the day relaxing, acclimitising, before hitting some of the worlds most atrocious mines tomorrow morning (well I am, whilst Lil has a sleep in) and onto some thermal spas to spend the afternoon before we set sail for Uyuni from where we have a 4x4 tour organised throughout the magical salt plains & the extrememly high desert (one of the highest in the world) of southern Bolivia for 3 days. Dave, you`ve promised some pretty amazing things chief, I`m sure your word will live up to what we`re in for!
Well until La Paz where hopefully we`ll have some more photos.........
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