 | A Jump In Altitude
2006-03-14, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: mala | | We made our way across the southern altiplano of Bolivia, passing through Sucre (the beautiful white city where Radek left his identity) and Potosi (the world´s highest city at 4100m) until stopping t... |
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 | About Bolivia
2006-03-02, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: scottr128 | | I have been thinking a lot about Bolivia and thought that I would share some additional observations and information about the country.
The People
First and foremost they are really small. I a... |
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 | You won't see this at home
2006-02-22, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia. By: scottr128 | | Hello
Things from Boliva are going well. Hard to believe that I have a little less than 2 weeks left of the trip. I had no idea that 6 months could feel like it could pass so quickly. People oft... |
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 | Good, Depressing, and Dumb
2006-02-12, Sucre, Bolivia. By: scottr128 | | Hola
Here is a recap for about the last week when I travelled from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile to Sucre, Bolivia. Along the way I took a 3 day desert trip from San Pedro to the Bolivian town of Uyu... |
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 | Salar de Uyuni
2005-11-18, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: janinemo | | As our last trip in Bolivia, and as a means of getting to Chile, we did a 3 day tour of the Salar de Uyuni, starting in Uyuni and ending in San Pedro de Atacama. What amazing scenery, I´ve never seen... |
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 | Pampas and Jungle trip
2005-11-11, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia. By: janinemo | | Not having done our planning very well, we flew into Rurrenabaque on TAM on the early morning flight and arrived in a boiling hot Rurrenabaque. Our intention had been to do a 4 day jungle trip, but t... |
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 | Walking on Isla del Sol
2005-11-05, Isla del Sol, Bolivia. By: janinemo | | After a very rushed start this morning and trying to find money but failing miserably (who would have thought that it was Sunday today, and that none of the cash advance places would be open?) to do s... |
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 | Into the jungle
2005-11-09, La Paz, Bolivia. By: cindysue | | We caught an early morning flight on the military planes that fly into Rurrenbaque. The scenery was amazing, as we flew from the Andes into the Amazon basin. It was an absolute pleasure to step out o... |
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 | Trucha Devotion in Copacabana
2005-11-05, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: incaqueen | | Rambling back into Lake Titicaca once again, I was renewed with a brand new travel spirit knowing that in one more day, I will cross back into Peru soil. Checking into the hostal with the corner room... |
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 | Leaving Loco Bolivia
2005-11-01, La Paz, Bolivia. By: incaqueen | | After the miraculous lost-and-found story of my passport in Bolivia, I knew it was time to bid Bolivia farewell. Replacing my Canon Ixus 700 for the 3rd time(yes, it's true), Senor Rudy from my hosta... |
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 | Cycle down the World's Most Dangerous Road!
2005-11-08, La Paz, Bolivia. By: cindysue | | Well, if there was ever a ride that was going to get me back on a bike, this was it! There is a road that runs from above La Paz to Corioco - 20 km of it is tarred and the rest (40km) is a single lane... |
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 | Puno and Copacabana
2005-11-04, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: cindysue | | The day after we finished the Inca trail, we caught an overnight bus to Puno. We booked and paid a full cama bus (reclining seats, blankets, dinner, movies, bingo and karaoke (I'm not kidding about t... |
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 | Post apocalyptic world in Uyuni
2005-10-17, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: incaqueen | | From blinding white nothingness in the world´s largest Salt lake to multi coloured lagunas teeming with wild pink flamingoes set admist active volcano landscape, one cannot help but be bewildered by t... |
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 | 360degrees of danger in Bolivia
2005-10-30, La Paz, Bolivia. By: incaqueen | | Crossing the border from Peru into Bolivia on 16 October 2005, everything felt beautiful and tranquil around me as I ate the famous fresh and delicious trucha(trout) during a lunch stop at Copacabana ... |
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 | Santa Cruz
2005-09-21, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | 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... |
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| Sucre
2005-09-18, Sucre, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | After the wild taxi ride from Potosi..we found a nice hotel with one English channel on tv and ventured out to the travellers favorite called the Joy Ride Cafe. A Dutch-run hangout with huge portions... |
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| Potosi
2005-09-17, Potosi, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | A nice relaxing day after our horse ride in Tupiza and unfortunately, it was time to move on. The muscles are still a bit tender, but on the mend. Up early, (on a side note, back to Copacabana when ... |
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| Tupiza
2005-09-15, Tupiza, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | After our long Salar de Uyuni tour and horrible nighttime train to Tupiza, we took two days off to just chill out, get some sleep and relax. We had a great HOT shower with pressure and cable televisi... |
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 | Salar de Uyuni
2005-09-11, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | Salar de Uyuni
3 days/2 nights
Over 500km in a Toyota Land Cruiser in the middle of the Bolivian nowhere...
With an extra day in La Paz after our WMDR ride we decided to head down to Uyuni in So... |
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| The Worlds Most Dangerous Road
2005-09-08, La Paz, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | La Paz, The Worlds Most Dangerous Road (WMDR)
4800m to 1800m over 64km on a Kona Mountain Bike with no guard rails and sheer drops of 400-900m...
So you ask yourself why in the heck would we want ... |
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| La Paz
2005-09-06, La Paz, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | A very scenic bus ride to La Paz was our reward for that horrible night´s sleep in Copa. High, snow-covered peaks, great views of the lake and open fields for miles dotted with mud brick houses. At ... |
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| Copacabana
2005-09-05, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | We finally finished the Peruvian leg of our South American tour and headed off with much anticipation to Bolivia. A short 3 hour bus ride brought us to the border, where we all (tourist bus, so all ... |
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 | the largest saltflats on earth
2005-08-15, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: jenandmark | | Uyuni, Bolivia. Jenny
We arrived in Uyuni at 5.30 a, two hours before we were due to, and long before we would be welcome at any hotels. At this point the windows were so coated with ice that ther... |
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| Pacena - es cerveza
2005-08-07, La Paz, Bolivia. By: jenandmark | | We left Copa on the Sunday after a big breafast in the hotel and a suprisingly good glass of papya juice with milk. The bus ride was the first where we found our bags perched on the roof above us. N... |
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