Bolivia
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Friday, 20 Jul 2007 | Views [470]
I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!!! How does Bolivia work?! Okay, so I've been trapped in Rurrenabaque, Uyuni, and La Paz, and today I woke up at 8am to find out that La Paz has been shut down. The entire city. Protest. Every single store was closed...no markets, ... Read more >
Tags: culture
Wednesday, 18 Jul 2007 | Views [547] | Comments [1]
Holy God. That was brutal. So it all started after a night out that lasted until nearly 9am. Breakfast, restless sleep until 5pm, met up with Matt (the Aussie guy I met in Cusco who had his hair braided and had arranged this tour with) and his 3 friends, ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Views [1065] | Comments [1]
This is urgent information for anyone planning to see the Pampas in Rurrenabaque, Bolivia: Do NOT wear insect repellent containing Deet. There have been huge numbers of anacondas being found dead in the wetlands due to tourists wearing Deet and then ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Views [2106] | Comments [2]
Oh wow. So much to say. Okay, so it started Sunday. I awoke at 5am (on 5 hours of sleep, of course) and hopped into the taxi my travel agent had sent. Waited in the airport until almost 8 when me and some other tourists (including 2 Quebec girls and ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 | Views [1003] | Comments [3]
Well now! Look who's feeling all better (except for a still-runny nose and a bit of a sore throat, but that's not a big deal at all)! A big group of maybe 15 of us went out last night, dancing until almost 5 o'clock, having a grand old time tearin' ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors
Tuesday, 3 Jul 2007 | Views [893] | Comments [1]
Okay. So I woke up, moved over to my hostel, but I was a little let down to see I'm in the new Annex, while the patio roof and party place is at the old hostel a couple of blocks away. But whatever, I can head over for drinks and stuff. So I spent ... Read more >
Tags: friends
Monday, 2 Jul 2007 | Views [525]
Ugggh okay, having a brutally bad head cold while in the highest capital city in the world is NOT fun. I did manage to go out today to the Witch´s Market, though, and was that unique! Llama fetuses, dried toads, other mysterious carcasses...definitely ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health
Sunday, 1 Jul 2007 | Views [1145] | Comments [2]
Getting from Cusco to Bolivia is a lot harder than you'd think. We booked our buses through the hostel's tour agency, Inca World. NEVER USE THEM. I'm not even going to bother typing out the other things that went wrong, but basically we arrived at ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures
