Sucre

1st of May:

Now that my watch has run out of battery, I have no idea when I wake up. But I was feeling much better, so I went out for a big breakfast; and what did I see where I went? The part of breakfast I had been missing for nearly 3,5 month? A hash brown! So I had scrambled egg, with a (giant) hash brown and pancakes. However the hash brown was like a giant soggy roesti, and unfortunately disappointed me.

I spent most of the day trying to sort out flight tickets and similar, which proved something of a hassle. But that's right, "Tie a yellow ribbon ‘round that old oak tree, because I’m-a coming home". However, it will be a while, and I have some stops on the way back; but as per usual, I have no intention of revealing my plans.

I went out to the same place as the previous day for dinner, although this time alone, and had a wonderful pasta bolognese. After dinner I went back to the hostel and rented Hercules, a cracking movie with an incredible amount of references to greek mythology, what made the movie even better was that about 3 minutes into it, I was joined by Andrew, Tamsyn and Trevor. After the movie it was late, and I went to bed.

2nd of May:

On this day I went to Cal Orcko, the worlds biggest collection of dinosaur footprints, located just outside La Paz, they were nearly destroyed as the area was used to mine for stuff used in cement, however the area with the footprints had too much of something in them, and thus that area wasn't mined. The footprints were unfortunately far away, as we had to watch them across a valley, as to make matters worse, recent rain had done damage to the footprints. The trip was a bit too long, with a guide who was much too boring, but it was a spectacular sight, with footprints 80 cm wide (the biggest), and lifelike statues created of the dinosaurs who walked around there.

Back in Sucre there wasn't much to do, it may be known as a very beautiful city, but it is only so by Bolivian standards, and even that I found Potosi far more attractive. I took a taxi to the busterminal and bought a ticket to La Paz, and on the way back, come across two good sights. Back at the hostel, I caught an early day movie (first part with Andrew) called Bad Boys, a movie I realised for years I had been thinking about. For so many years I had been wondering about (not constantly, but occasionally) where I had seen a four barreled gun, the answer is the end of Bad Boys.

For dinner I went out to a Chinese place with Andre, Tamsyn and Trevor; we each ordered a dish, and then shared everything. It was a great dinner, followed by a great ice cream. When we came back to the hostel, the TV room was occupied, a bit disappointing as we had hoped to watch Aladdin.

3rd of May:

Another full day of nothing, I have pretty much exhausted whatever there is to do in Sucre, so I wasted the day doing nothing much but watch Aladdin, and buy different things for my bus ride, such as bread and a can of tuna (to be mystically combined), different kinds of sweets and some water.

However I had a very strong experience, that really showed me how far I was from home, not in kilometres but in a different world. At the supermarket, there was an escalator, and whenever people stepped on it, they would scream and be lunged forwards or backwards, some would jump off and take the stairs up, while others would hold on for their lives. It was a completely new addition, and a lot of people had never seen them, and looked at them very curiously. Some people just looked at it and refused to step onto it.

At 18.30 my bus set out and I was on my way to La Paz!