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Trip: South America

There are [260] stories from my trip: South America


Potosi, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Sunday, 30 Aug 2009 | Views [1195]

Costs pp: ordingary bus Yotala to Potosi 15b, dorm bed at Koala Den 35b incl breakfast and internet use. Potosi - claimed to be the highest city in the world at a nominal 4,090 m (13,420 feet). It lies beneath the Cerro de Potosí — sometimes referred ... Read more >


Gallery: Yotala

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 29 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Yotala, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 29 Aug 2009 | Views [1743]

Costs pp: micro to Yotala 3.5b, mat room Alojamiento on the corner of the main square 40b (2ppl). In Samaipata we had met some cool kids from Argentina travelling about camping and then we saw them again in Sucre and they told us about a festival ... Read more >


Gallery: Sucre

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Sucre - constitutional capital of Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 | Views [2166]

Costs pp: Bus from Samaipata 70Bs, Micro to town 1.5Bs, Mat room Alojamiento Urus 40Bs (2ppl), Dinosaur park tour 45Bs We purchased our bus tickets to Sucre in Samaipata, bad mistake. If you are travelling here buy your ticket in Santa Cruz for 40Bs.... Read more >


Samaipata, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Monday, 24 Aug 2009 | Views [2401]

Costs pp: overnight semi-cama bus Trinidad to Santa Cruz 60b, Trini terminal fee 3b, taxi from Sta Cruz terminal to Samaipata bus 15b (2ppl + packs), bus to Samaipata 15b.  Matrimonial room Hostal Silas 50b, El Jardin 60b room or 70b cabin. The ... Read more >


Gallery: Santa Cruz and Samaipata

BOLIVIA | Monday, 24 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Trinidad, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Sunday, 23 Aug 2009 | Views [1517]

Costs pp: San Borja terminal fee 2b, ordinary bus to Trinidad 50b. At the San Borja terminal we found that there had been a rearrangement of seats, there were too many people travelling so another old rumpy bus had been brought in for the overflow.... Read more >


Gallery: To Trinidad

BOLIVIA | Sunday, 23 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: To San Borja

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 22 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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San Borja, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 22 Aug 2009 | Views [1691]

Costs pp: coll van Rurre to San Borja 40b, terminal fee 2b, room at the restaurant opposite the bus terminal in SB 20b (2ppl). We stayed a night in Rurrenabaque and got our laundry done (a real treat) and next day got a van to San Borja which is ... Read more >


Gallery: Rurrenabaque

BOLIVIA | Thursday, 13 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Rurrenabaque, Bolivia and volunteering at Jacj Cuizi

BOLIVIA | Thursday, 13 Aug 2009 | Views [4166] | Comments [1]

Costs pp: bus Yucumo to Rurrenabaque 20b, ferry across to Buenaventura 1b, bus to Jacj Cuizi 10b, Jacj Cuizi 150b first 2 nights then 100b each night after that (includes meals). The 3 hour bus ride from Yucumo to Rurre took 4 1/2 hours and as ... Read more >


Gallery: To Yucumo

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 12 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Yucumo, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 12 Aug 2009 | Views [2469]

Costs pp: Coll taxi fm Caranavi to Sapecho 25b, coll taxi to Yucumo 30b. No bus thru to Yucumo until the evening and we like to travel during day so we can see the countryside. On this trip it meant that we ended up paying quite a bit more than ... Read more >


Gallery: To Caranavi

BOLIVIA | Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Caranavi, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 | Views [2680]

Costs pp: coll taxi down to Yolosita junction 5b, Truck to Caranavi 5b, matrimonial room (2ppl) at 'Alojamiento La Paz 1' 35b. We headed down the hill to Yolosita where the main road from La Paz continues on to Caranavi and waited there for a bus.... Read more >


Gallery: To Coroico

BOLIVIA | Monday, 10 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery

The ´Death Road´
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Coroico, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Monday, 10 Aug 2009 | Views [2364] | Comments [1]

Costs pp: collectivo van to Villa Fatima 1.5Bs, microvan to Coroico 15Bs.  Matrimonial room at the Residencial de la Torre 40Bs (2ppl - just off the plaza) very nice place, very clean and the owner Gloria is very nice. We had a kitchen in the hostal ... Read more >


Photos: La Paz

BOLIVIA | Friday, 7 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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La Paz, Bolivia's 'administrative capital'

BOLIVIA | Friday, 7 Aug 2009 | Views [995]

Costs: Matrimonial room with baño at Hostal Cactus 60b. The sun came out and we entered the outskirts of La Paz which consisted of streets crammed with vans full of people, these are the local buses and have routes they ply and are numbered. After ... Read more >


Gallery: to La Paz

BOLIVIA | Friday, 7 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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to La Paz, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Friday, 7 Aug 2009 | Views [1021]

Costs pp: Bus Copacabana to La Paz 20b (the day before it was 15b, it's fiesta time so unsure of usual price), boat mid journey across Lake 1.5b.   We left Copacabana on a microbus and it took us along the shores of Lake Titicaca and we could see ... Read more >


Gallery: To & at Copacabana

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Copacabana, Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Views [609] | Comments [1]

Costs pp: bus Puno to Bolivian border 9 soles, get off at border 20mtrs prior to exit Peru and 10mtrs after to enter Bolivia. Collectivo to Copacabana 3 bolivianos. We have just hit our 1 year travelling anniversary! We have enjoyed our trip and especially ... Read more >


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