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Uphill slog in Samaipata, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Uphill slog in Samaipata

A travel blog entry by idarich

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... ! So we decided to go with plan B - hiring bikes and cycling to the nearby Pre-Inca archeological site called El Fuerte. Samaipata town itself is a pleasant little place, surrounded by green hills and with a pretty town square. It´s located at an ...

El Fuerte, The Strength., Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

El Fuerte, The Strength.

A travel blog entry by irax

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... without too much more trouble now that we were pro´s against these guys. Despite the main Carnival finishing a week earlier, Samaipata has another mini-carnival one week later, just exactly where we were. We were trying to decide whether we should ...

My 31st birthday in the Orient of Bolivia, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

My 31st birthday in the Orient of Bolivia

A travel blog entry by mountaingypsy

Ok, i am cheating again but this is the last time........Thanks Ron for keeping your blog current so i can use it :)0 ...

Mysterious signs in rock, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Mysterious signs in rock

A travel blog entry by mlc

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... ruins throughout Mexico were nothing of the sort). El Fuerte The site is the top of a sandstone hill. The hills around Samaipata are attractive mounds of sandstone thinly covered with grass and trees. El Fuerte however has a hump of sandstone exposed ...

Relaxation, Cloud Forest and Ruins, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Relaxation, Cloud Forest and Ruins

A travel blog entry by jled

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After being informed by our hostel that the micros to Samaipata left from the bus terminal, being corrected AT the bus terminal, and then finally finding a cab driver who knew where to take us, Josh and I paid for one extra seat ($4) and our micro left. 3 ...

Samaipata, small relaxing village, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Samaipata, small relaxing village

A travel blog entry by gypsylifestyle

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... once they are full. It was a 3 ½ hour bumpy ride on gravel and dirt roads. Finally we reached the beautiful village of Samaipata set within the stunning Cordillera foothills. We didn't realize that the place that we were staying at was quite so far from ...

Guiding the Guide, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Guiding the Guide

A travel blog entry by hudsondino

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Meeting some of the locals, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Meeting some of the locals

A travel blog entry by sanjay17

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... came to fill the car. Luckily with my half Spanish and their half English managed some conversation... one was a handicraft maker in Samaipata; one owned an organic farm called ´Ginger´s Paradise´ where they teach how to farm and build the old way; ...

Villa Amboro, Villa Amboro, Bolivia travel blog

Villa Amboro

A travel blog entry by lisa_and_paul

It was a long and bumpy taxi ride to the park, and then another long trek until we arrived at the campsite, but when we got there it was worth it.  Of course, it had been raining heavily the previous night, and I fell over in the mud, so I was a bit ...

From Paraguay to Bolivia, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

From Paraguay to Bolivia

A travel blog entry by amitevron

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... next her. Oh well. Next up on my agenda is La Higuera, where Che Guevara was killed 43 years ago. Many people take day tours from Samaipata or Valle Grande but I refuse to do it with a guide. I'll find another way to get there even if I have to walk! ...

Zu Gast bei den Inkas, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Zu Gast bei den Inkas

A travel blog entry by doscompletos

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... zwei Sitze weiter nur ein "Ach, die schlaeft einfach nur." Na dann... Hier wird man wohl recht frueh abgehaertet! Samaipata selbst war dann auch wirklich das kleine, suesse Oertchen, wie wir uns das gewuenscht hatten. 2000 Einwohner und ein paar ...

I can see why Che came by this area, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

I can see why Che came by this area

A travel blog entry by danielaccg

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... to the gas station on the main road where we would catch the overnight bus to sucre, and said our goodbyes to samaipata. Housing ACCOMIDATIONS: We stayed at Bolivian Romance La Posada. 1/2 a block formthe main plaza 944-6218 www.bolivianromance.net ...

Samaipata, the little mountain town, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Samaipata, the little mountain town

A travel blog entry by freyal

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... ), checked out the crapola markets..... what a big fat waste of time and then checked our email and headed straight back to Samaipata. After seeing several people miss night buses over the previous few days we made sure we were down at the stop rather ...

The Giant Ferns, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

The Giant Ferns

A travel blog entry by rrruss

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An hour away in a jeep, up the worst road I have ever travelled in my life, we started a walk into the Cloudforest to view the giant ferns. Emerging at the summit we were treated to amazing views of the foothills of the Andes. It was a very tiring day ...

The road to Samaipata, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

The road to Samaipata

A travel blog entry by rrruss

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It was two and a half hours from Santa Cruz to Samaipata, despite only being about 70 miles. The road started off good, but soon deteriorated to concrete before finally disappearing into huge stone cobbles and giant potholes. There seemed to be no logical ...

The winter solstice, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

The winter solstice

A travel blog entry by kateharland

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We spent six nights in Samaipata in total and we really did have to drag ourselves away! Most mornings, we woke up very hung-over due to Jamies antics in the Dutch bar every night. The solstice came around on Sunday so we all packed our crates of beer, ...

Samaipata, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Samaipata

A travel blog entry by bilinga

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... , the centre of most of the anti-Evo pressure, so we headed for the hills to a beautiful little town called Samaipata. (Evo was re-elected by a clear majority). Samaipata is just coming onto the tourist radar and with good reason. It´s ...

Samaipata, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Samaipata

A travel blog entry by gemma_doogal

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... way back to Samaipata our tour guide offered to drive us around for the next day as we wanted to see some more sights around Samaipata before returning in our taxi to Santa Cruz. We had a great meal again that night and arranged to meet a girl called ...

Samaipata, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Samaipata

A travel blog entry by ianandfinola

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... excellent time that Finola & I had, but also for the sentimental and nostalgic feelings it brought me. In 2002, Samaipata was the first stop in Bolivia for me and my group, where we spent half a week working in a local school, before setting off for ...

Off to the country!!! Lovely!!!, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Off to the country!!! Lovely!!!

A travel blog entry by sandramcnicol

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... Sunday morning I took a shared taxi, (that would be 3 adults and a kid in the back and 3 adults in the front!!!) to Samaipata.  Well if I thought Santa Cruz was relaxed I simply LOVED Samaipata.  It was just stunning to chill out and walk around ...

Scary Encounter with a Bogus Cop, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Scary Encounter with a Bogus Cop

A travel blog entry by davidbowmaker

... the Argentinian may have been in on it. He was a bloody good actor if he was. After lunch we get a collectivo taxi to Samaipata. It takes two hours. Samaipata is a quiet retreat for the well to do of Santa Cruz. Tomorrow is the Bolivian ...

Waterfalls and Wanders, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Waterfalls and Wanders

A travel blog entry by davidbowmaker

Sunday was spent recovering. Monday we decided to see some of the countryside around Samaipata before getting a bus to Sucre. At breakfast we get a stroke of luck when we overhear a ginger Canadian lad mentioning his bus ticket to Sucre that evening. ...

Samaipata Again, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Samaipata Again

A travel blog entry by rrruss

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... a new passport, we had to change our plans somewhat. Instead of going back to the Pantanal, I took Trish up to Samaipata. Unfortunately the burning of the fields around Santa Cruz led to incredibly poor visibility so Trish was denied the magnificent views ...

Marching leaves, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Marching leaves

A travel blog entry by 50odd

5th november 2009 Hostal Andrena, Samaipata, Bolivia (110 Bs) Absolutely perfect Santa Cruz – Sampaita (130 kms) Yesterday was a long day which began at 6.30 and ended at 7pm. Thankfully, the weather began a little overcast in Santa Cruz, but by the ...

Cuddling howler monkeys!, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Cuddling howler monkeys!

A travel blog entry by kateharland

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... asking! Trent (the owner) told us about the winter solstice, where the whole village and half of Santa Cruz turn up in Samaipata and head up to the ancient carved stone surrounded by Incan ruins- El Fuerte. There is supposed to be traditional dancing, a ...

alien formations or just some more ruins, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

alien formations or just some more ruins

A travel blog entry by amber

... type of road (where for the first time in ages i was sick all the way), we wound up in the small quaint tow of samaipata at 5am in the morning. without having read a thing about this small country villiage, we were pretty lost to where to go since a, it ...

Eine Busfahrt die ist lustig..., Von Samaipata nach Sucre, Bolivia travel blog

Eine Busfahrt die ist lustig...

A travel blog entry by doscompletos

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... brav in Santa Cruz ein Busticket fuer die Weiterfahrt von Samaipata aus gekauft, da man uns erzaehlt hatte, dass das in Samaipata ziemlich schwierig waere. Und wir hatten es natuerlich geglaubt. Genauso wie wir den Preis von 100 Bolivanos (ca. 10 Euro) ...

Back in the countryside, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Back in the countryside

A travel blog entry by prbrown

... ' to SAmaipata, a collective taxi. You have to wait for 4 people to fill the taxi, which took about 30 seconds. Samaipata is a beautiful little village about 3 hours drive from Santa Cruz through some spectacular mountain scenery. We're on the elbow of ...

El Fuerto, Samaipata El Fuerto, Bolivia travel blog

El Fuerto

A travel blog entry by steviesteveo

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... Went to a bar on the night with Lou, Olley and an English lad who was doing some volunteering work looking after horses in Samaipata.We put the world to rights, talked about life, religion and why we are here. Im sure we worked out the key to the universe ...

Santa Cruz and Samaipata, Samaipata, Bolivia travel blog

Santa Cruz and Samaipata

A travel blog entry by jimandnat

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... watch Lethal Weapon! When we got to Santa Cruz we basically had a few days resting, using the internet and chilling before heading to Samaipata. The journey to Samaipata was extremely bumpy, winding up through the mountains, but when we got there it was ...

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