Bolivia Archive

  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra

    Santa Cruz de la Sierra

    After arriving in Santa Cruz I checked into my hostel and took what is to date the best cold shower of my life. Technically, there is hot water but why...
  • Words, words, words.

    Words, words, words.

    So I have, of course, had the opportunity to practice my Spanish some of late, and I have made a few blunders. For example. It was my first day in...
  • La Paz to Santa Cruz

    La Paz to Santa Cruz

    I came back into La Paz from Copacabana to get my passport from the Brazillian embassy and to arrange travel out to Brazil. We entered La Paz through El Alto,...
  • Isla del Sol and the return to La Paz

    Isla del Sol and the return to La Paz

    I woke up early to re-pack and get a boat to the Isla del Sol. I didn’t have a lot of time to explore it, unfortunately, as I had to...
  • Copacabana

    Copacabana

    I finally got some images uploaded for the previous days, but none yet for the past several. Given that I had to be in La Paz Tues to pick up...
  • La Paz

    La Paz

    I’ve Spent several wonderful days in La Paz, mostly walking around, enjoying the scenery and catching up on things. I have eaten really well here since my stomach has been...
  • The World’s Most Dangerous Road

    The World’s Most Dangerous Road

    I rode down the world’s most dangerous road today on a mountain bike and it was a total blast! (Also, I survived.) They have re-routed a lot of traffic recently...
  • Uyuni

    Uyuni

    We arrived in the city of Uyuni a little after lunch and our group split into two parts: those heading back with the tour group and those of us moving...
  • Salar de Uyuni, Day 3

    Salar de Uyuni, Day 3

    We woke before dawn to find that we had neither electricity nor running water. This made the morning rather difficult for those that had planned to shower in the morning...
  • Salar de Uyuni, Day 2

    Salar de Uyuni, Day 2

    On the second day of our Salar de Uyuni tour we all ´woke´ in the early morning to head out to a lot more lakes. It was more or less...
  • Salar de Uyuni, Day 1

    Salar de Uyuni, Day 1

    I just got into La Paz from Uyuni yesterday and finally have reasonable access in order to do some updates and upload some photos. In short, however, the trip has...