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Travel Blogs from Samaipata, Bolivia
Uphill slog in Samaipata
This is a top pick! ... ! 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.
This is a top pick! ... 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
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
... 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
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
... 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 ...
Meeting some of the locals
... 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
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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... ), 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
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
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
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
... , 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
... 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
... 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!!!
... 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
... 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
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
... 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
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!
... 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
... 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...
... 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
... ' 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
... 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
... 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 ...