Santa Cruz Stories


Lazy Days

We hired a bicycle and rode down to the Municipal in Bonito, a bend in the river where the fish swim in the clearest water you've ever seen in your life and when the sun in out, so to are the bikinis. We spent the afternoon lazing in the rays and snorkeling with the fishes. Cheeky monkeys stole our food as we sat captivated by the colourful Macaws who...


Sucre to Santa Cruz

I am getting too old to be sleeping in airports but more on that later. Speaking of airports this was a little weird. The airport in Sucre was open but I was the only one there for about two hours. Granted this is not O’Hare but there was not a soul. No security, no workers, no one. So I did what I always wanted to do. I stripped naked and ran up and do...


Drugs, bikes and hookers

Santa Cruz Santa Cruz is Bolivia’s second largest city and most affluent. It is a nice enough city with typical cafes, restaurants, and bars. Great wine and steak and the best cocaine that I have this side of Columbia. Reminds me of the time I woke up with the dead hooker in my bed… I am thinking of making my down to Argentina for a bit to see Ig...


Santa Cruz

Not the small town feel seeing that Santa Cruz is the capital of its department and hits close to the million mark population wise. But it was only a stopover to get our plane ticket to Puerto Suarez and cross into Brasil to do the Pantanal. We decided to head to the zoo and see some of the local birds and animals of the region. A simple journey at...