Country Info
- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
- Currency
- 8,300,463
- Population
- BO
- Country Code
Santa Cruz Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Santa Cruz, Bolivia
The Altitude Diaries...
This is a top pick! ... there will be trouble - she will take my coke and my chocolate. This cannot happen... 3. I have found a perfect bathroom in Bolivia. It is clean. It doesn't smell. It even has toilet paper. There are no signs of the ...
A bit down on my way up...
This is a top pick! ... , lots of wildlife (including tons of mosquitos), table mountains and awesome waterfalls with gorgeous swimming pools. But when walking around Santa Cruz, checking the different options (go solo, with an agency etc.), they tell me that although it's high ...
New Years Eve in Santa Cruz
This is a top pick! ... We decided to escape the mold and hard work of the Animal Sanctuary before New Year and head to Santa Cruz, which is the second biggest city in Bolivia and also the scene of some recent protests which have fortunately now calmed down. We were recommended ...
Sweating In Santa Cruz
This is a top pick! ... warm and tropical climate this is the first time we have felt heat in two months.....no more 5 layers of clothing!! Santa Cruz is the largest city in Bolivia and means the 'Holy Cross of the Hills'. Again, like Sucre, this was just a stopover before we ...
A setback in Santa Cruz
This is a top pick! ... damage to our little Honda three times (twice in one day!) while manoeuvering in or out of parking spots/garages/gates. But here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia´s biggest city, I have proven that you don´t even have to be behind the wheel to put a dent in a car! ...
Bonus day in Santa Cruz
This is a top pick! ... have settled in the area from the USA and Canada. Apparently there are more than 60,000 of them in the countryside around Santa Cruz... even so a few of their kids and babies we saw looked decidedly inbred! So this afternoon it´s "Adios Bolivia" as ...
I´ve An Inking Of An Idea
This is a top pick! ... spending 9 months wearing the same clothes they´re all a bit ropey. Stepped outside and started walking down the post-apocalyptic streets of Santa Cruz. It didn´t take long before I was sniped from the side. Pleas for them to stop didn´t work and I had ...
I Can See The Train A Coming
This is a top pick! So when I finished my last entry, I said that I bought a ticket and headed for the train back to Santa Cruz. What I didn´t mention was that I couldn´t buy one of the expensive (8 pounds) cushy tourist class tickets and could only get my hands on a cheap ...
the death train
This is a top pick! ... take 30 hour bus west across Brazil, enter Bolivia at seriously flooded east side and catch the 20 hour death train across Bolivia to Santa Cruz. Aaaahhh yes, the infamous Bolivian death train. Takes anywhere from 20 to 25 hours and in the wet ...
Why Did I bother?
This is a top pick! ... to chicken out, return to Santa Cruz and head back to places that are more accessible. On the other hand, perhaps I´ve missed out on a real travel gem, I´ll never know. With this I bought my ticket to Santa Cruz and headed for the train ...
Sucre-Santa Cruz-Paraguy - Iguazu - 65hrs by bus
This is a top pick! ... were open and you inhaled dust constantly, our seats kinda reclined but it was grim. 18th Dec - We arrive in Santa Cruz, Bolivia around 7am in the morning We proceed to try and get a ticket to Paraguy - in Bolivia you can only buy ...
Back to Life Again
This is a top pick! ... other areas beckon and throwing a dart at the map gave me Santa Cruz over you. Apart from really just being a random selection, Santa Cruz seemed the natural direction to head due to warm weather and lack of tourists. Faced with the ...
Relaxing in the Sun
... regretting that error and the fact that roadworks delayed our arrival. Despite that less than stellar start I enjoyed my time in Santa Cruz. The hostel was quite a walk from the centre of town but a brilliant place to relax with it's own small ...
Santa Cruz
There was not much to say on Santa Cruz. We were only there for one night and Midge was unfortunately very sick so we didn't get to see much of the city although we dont think that it offers much in terms of sight seeing. Midge claims that he ...
Carnival
... made friends with some English and Aussie guys and spent the first day relaxing by the pool. That week it was carnival in Santa Cruz. What this means is that everything closes and everyone goes to war armed with waterballoons, foam and dye of all ...
SANTA CRUZ...
... gözlemlediğim kadarı ile. 4000 metrelik soğuk La Paz nerede, yaklaşık 2000 metrelik sıcak Santa Cruz nerede. Tarija'daki eğlenceli günlerden sonra kendimi başlangıçtab yalnız hissettim Santa Cruz'da. ...
Dernier jour en Bolivie
C'est notre dernier jour en Bolivie, finalement, nous partons ce soir pour Buenos Aires. Nous prenons un bus pour le centre pour y passer la journee principalement sur la place ŕ critiquer les gens qui passent et dans un cafe a jouer aux cartes. ...
Monkeys galore!
The bus got ended up to be quite nice - the nicest vehicle i've seen here in fact - a kind of samll people carrier although they still made 3 of us sit across the back wich was a bit of a squash. We had a fully functioning car with good breaks whichh ...
Petite Colombie / Little Colombia
... le Brésil et au bord du Pantanal, sans trop savoir ce que je pourrais bien y faire. ---------- The road between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz would certainly be beautiful by day, amongst green mountains and lush valleys. By night it was a whole other story: ...
Back in Bolivia
... the shortest ever stay in Brazil (3 nights), but I was very impressed and will return one day... A lazy day followed back in Santa Cruz, updating my blog and eating at a Brazilian all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant. I'd been thinking about doing some more ...
actually NOT bye bye Bolivia.. change of countries
... ticket to Tarija, a wine town in the South of Bolivia..... meant to be really nice. and it means I get to stay in Bolivia longer..... yipee. Then I will probably move on to Argentina from there.... can´t wait... Well, that´s how quick it can go.. ...
400m above sea level yeay!
... all closed so we had to hit the ATM naturally followed by the shops. After we looked around the only attraction in Santa Cruz the cathedral we hit the Irish bar and had a couple of beers fully intending to write some postcards but failed ...
Battery charging
... was also a bit worrying when we saw them refilling the fuel tank from a 5 gallon drum-by hand! We made it to Santa Cruz without a hitch. In our 2 days in Santa Cruz we did absolutely nothing...in fact 2 Israeli girls wanted to know what ...
Vol de nuit / Night flight
... notre progression, nous laissant la voie libre et calme. Ça démarre au coucher du soleil et dure jusqu'ŕ notre approche sur Santa Cruz. C'est bon d'ętre avec des amis ŕ nouveau. We arrive at the airport early. Just in case we didn't ...
Sweaty in Santa Cruz
... change tyres again (how many spares does a bus have?) waking up at about half an hour before our revised time to arrive in Santa Cruz. Only to see the sign saying 156km to go! Patiently we settled back for the journey, the countryside looking far more ...
Bolivia History
... . Ř 1879, Chile attacked Bolivia and Peru, wanting the minerals, guano and nitrate which were located in the Atacama desert. Bolivia lost its sea access, becoming land locked. Ř 1903, Brazil annexed a huge area of the rubber rich Acre region. Ř ...
No Che
... , so I had to accept that I just wasn't meant to experience the Che Guevara trail this time and decided to proceed straight to Santa Cruz instead with a few others who'd been staying at La Posada del Sol. Even though the blockades were continuing, we were ...