Cochabamba According to the guide book Cochabamba is divided into areas ranked from “you will get mugged” to a slightly more dangerous “certain death” rating. Outside the bus station was a “certain death” zone so it was forbidden to leave the bus station before sunrise. After all other buses in Bolivia had arrived late, we…
Month: March 2014
Potosi and Sucre (would include more but the internet is awful).
Editors note: The last post had some ommisions, like an explanation of why we were covered in shaving cream and lacked any mention of Potosi. This was due to someone trying to “hack the blog” to get the photos in the right order… We were covered in shaving cream because of a carnival that, coincidentally,…
Uyuni Salt Flats, Uyuni, Potosi: Welcome to Bolivia
We had heard a few horror stories of the tours that take you from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile to Uyuni in Bolivia. Drunken drivers, dodgy jeeps and drivers navigating the rugged terrain at great speeds. As it was just about the only way to get from northern Chile into Bolivia, we had few…
San Pedro de Atacama: Where the sun has no mercy
We took a bus from La Serena to San Pedro with Copiapo as a one night stop over. Six hours on the first leg and 13 on the second. It was worth it though, San Pedro is a pretty cool place. San Pedro is situated in one of the driest places on earth, the Atacama…
La Serena: Come for the Elqui Valley, Stay for the Boobies and the Shags
La Serena is a town nearish to the coast which is pretty uninteresting (well, nothing you haven’t seen before) but it is a launching pad for tours to interesting areas surrounding it. The only photo we took of La Serena because you don’t visit La Serena to see La Serena. Dona Juanita: Chile’s finest margarine…
Viña del Mar: The only thing to fear is the beach – apparently.
Valparaiso’s sister city known for its beaches even though there are signs everywhere saying that the water is not suitable for swimming. Being a bay beach, there were no waves, currents, undertows, rips or other dangers to be seen…but apparently its unsafe! There wasn’t as much to explore in Vina as the main attraction was…
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