Thank You
I have just arrived back in Spain after 5 months on the road, and what a ride it has been; certain people have followed by trip the entire way on my blog, and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. It’s very early to have a certain view on the trip in retrospect, [...]
Copacabana
13th of May: Slow start, I was going to Copacabana with Jimmy, and he didn’t wake up till around 11 or 12, so I spent the early day walking around La Paz. Eventually Jimmy got around, and we took a taxi to the cemetary, where the buses for Copacabana leave. So we bought a ticket [...]
From Rurre To La Paz
11th of May: We had nothing but a very long day ahead of us, lots of pictures to be uploaded and a fresh supply of empanadas, right next to the internet cafe, so what we did on this day, can hardly surprise anyone. We had a nice breakast and lunch in Rurre, but at 16.45, [...]
Are You Experienced? J&J Are…
5th of May: Camina De Muerte Down the Camina De Muerte (Death Road) for the second time, however it was Jimmy’s first trip. This time I went with a company called B-Side, at $55 they are more expensive than Pacha (last time) and a good deal cheaper than Gravity (biggest company). However their bikes are [...]
Jimmy!
I arrived in La Paz at 6 in the morning, and took a taxi to my hostel, unknowingly that it was only 3 blocks away. I then sat around at the hostel and waited until 10.30, when Jimmy appeared, Jimmy from Bariloche and Easter Island. We had agreed to meet up, to go to the [...]
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 [...]
Onwards to Sucre!
29th of April: You would think that getting to Sucre would be easy, just a nice comfy 10 hour busride… Well after eating at Minuteman last night, I got a bad case of food poisoning, my third. This time was a lot worse than in La Paz, but I managed… Sort of. I began by [...]
Salar De Uyuni
Pictures: Salar De Uyuni 26th of April: There were 10 of us, 4 Israeli’s (Amit, Eyal, Or and Asaf), 1 Colombian (Cesar), 1 Pole (Olga) and me. There was also a driver, a cook and the cooks daughter (Magte). We set out at 11 o’clock, and drove for several hours, until we came upon a [...]
The Road To Uyuni
I keep waking up early, but then I don’t go late to bed. But as I knew I would be spending the entire day in a bus, I went to have a decent breakfast (hostel breakfast is 2 pieces of bread) and brought Angela and James along. I ate… A big ham and cheese omelet, a big [...]
Deadly Mines:
I had gone early to bed the previous day, so I woke with good time to spare before my tour would start at 9. But 9 o’clock came around, and we got picked up, in total there was 12, and our first stop was the deposit, where we could outfitted with mining clothes (to protect [...]
Potosí
Potosi; the worlds highest city (after Amsterdam): I arrived at 5 in the morning, something I didn’t quite expect… Why have a night bus if you don’t get to sleep properly? I just happened to think that it was much further away, and my first concern was whether my hostel would be open. I took [...]
La Paz
19th of April: Woke in the middle of the night with uncontrollable bowel movements, but after some quality time at the toilet, I could safely go to bed again. I woke up some hours later, but this time it was the normal waking up; but I still felt ill and so didn’t eat any breakfast. [...]
Asuncion -> Cuzco
5th of April: Roused from my sleep at 5:30 in the morning as we have made it to Mariscal Estigarribia, which although far from the Bolivian border is where the exit stamp from Paraguay is given. I also believe that the officials were as sleepy as me and everyone else (except the driver, I hope) [...]
