Santa Cruz, Bolivia Travel Blogs

A bit down on my way up...
Aug 9, 2005 (2 photos)

... , 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
Dec 30, 2006 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

Santa Cruz
Oct 8, 2006 (10 photos)

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A setback in Santa Cruz
Feb 5, 2006

... 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! It would ...

I´ve An Inking Of An Idea
Feb 28, 2006 (10 photos)

... 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 to ...

Bonus day in Santa Cruz
Feb 8, 2006

... 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 we ...

I Can See The Train A Coming
Mar 21, 2006

... and to the guest house that I´d left just over a week before. I´m afraid that this entry is just about the story of getting to Santa Cruz. I only stayed for a day and a half, during this time I just rested and did some necessary but boring tasks, such as ...

the death train
Mar 2, 2007 (1 photos)

... 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 ...

Dernier jour en Bolivie
Jul 8, 2009 (3 photos)

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 à critiquer les gens qui passent et dans un cafe a jouer aux cartes. Derniers ...

400m above sea level yeay!
Sep 22, 2007

... 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 miserably.& ...

Battery charging
Feb 17, 2007 (3 photos)

... 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 we ...

Vol de nuit / Night flight
Jan 14, 2005 (6 photos)

... de notre progression, nous laissant la voie libre et calme. Ça démarre au coucher du soleil et dure jusqu'à notre approche sur Santa Cruz. C'est bon d'être avec des amis à nouveau. We arrive at the airport early. Just in case we didn't know what ...

Sweaty in Santa Cruz
Oct 31, 2007

... , it is hot here. Officially. In fact, we were speaking to a local today who said that yesterday was hot even by Santa Cruz´s standards. And this is a city that prides itself on having high humidity all year round. So this update will be rather quick, ...

Santa Cruz Carnival
Feb 28, 2006

Check out my freind´s blog until i get my lazy ass to catch up....... http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/irax/rtw_2005/1141148880/tpod.html

From the Inka trail to San Pedro jail.
Jul 24, 2008

... nbsp; There are no photos as cameras and cellphones were denied.... gutted! More can be read here about the jail. I am now in Santa Cruz where we are to catch what is known as the Death Train (basically people used to fall from the roof in days of ...

Last stop in Bolivia
Feb 6, 2009 (2 photos)

... lock being discovered. The most exciting thing about being here is that my hostel has 2 resident toucans, who are spectacular. Santa Cruz is really tropical - hot and humid, with a corresponding slowness in its atmosphere which suits me fine - I haven't ...

Expect the Unexpected in Bolivia
Jul 30, 2009 (25 photos)

... go.  He holds the record for the longest travel in my book.  The next day i take a 17 hour bus ride to Santa Cruz, east of Bolivia.  I do not know why, but i just wanted to enter into sub jungle terrain and warm up for a few days.  The ...

heading back
Apr 17, 2008

... really really fell in love with that place, but the next few weeks are very exciting for us. So we are currently in Santa Cruz in eastern Bolivia, but we leave tonight to catch an overnight bus to La Paz. One day there then we fly up to the Amazon basin! ...

Santa Cruz
Jan 30, 2006

... update (no pictures with this one). Yesterday we took what was one of the more interesting flights of my life from La Paz to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Bolivia air is as you would expect it to be. I don´t think I´ve ever seen a passenger air craft bank so close ...

Une journée à Santa Cruz / One day in Santa Cruz
Jan 15, 2005 (12 photos)

... est en approche (quelque chose qui peut vraiment ruiner votre journée si vous n'êtes pas prudent). Je décide que nous resterons à Santa Cruz. Le ciel devrait être clair demain. Au moins plus amical. Payons donc quelques factures puis retournons en ville. Il ...

Herzlich Willkommen in einer anderen Welt!
Jun 17, 2007 (7 photos)

... oder Kinder steckten, und hatten vor allem viiieeel Zeit. In Boyiube, einige Stunden vor unserem Ziel Santa Cruz, wurde naemlich gerade ein Autorennen durchgefuehrt und so wurde die Strasse, Hauptstrasse der Region und einzige Verbindungsstrasse in ...

Sep 17, 2009 (10 photos)

Across the Chaco Desert
Jul 2, 2007 (11 photos)

... in the middle of the night. Perhaps that explained the cursory inspections and our arrival 1.5 hours ahead of time at 5 p.m. in Santa Cruz! We are staying at the New Tribes guest house in 80F and sunshine. We've already done 4 loads of laundry and had ...

Santa Cruz
Jul 7, 2008

weiterer Zwischenstop, 2 Tage Santa Cruz, die groesste Stadt Boliviens, die schon eher einen brasilianischen Tatsch hat. Und es wird waermer.... ;-)

The Death Train
Oct 31, 2005 (2 photos)

... in Rio, but I also wanted to see the pantanal, and go swimming with the fish in Bonito. So today I took the train from Santa Cruz to Quijarro, affectionately known in the guidebooks as the "Death Train". I haven't a clue why. It was boring, but not ...

Death train by name and nature
Jun 19, 2008 (6 photos)

... in the middle and you would think that you are in Europe, not one of the poorest countries in South America.  Although Santa Cruz is meant to be the richest city/state in Bolivia and is supposedly much more modern than the rest (we cannot really ...

Bolivia
Dec 9, 2005

... to leave, and noticing that I had relatively few days remaining on my visa, I purchased passage on a night bus to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, the point from which I could catch the notorious Death Train to Brazil. Now, New Year's day started off with the ...

Trip to Bolivia - Day 1
Apr 21, 2006 (18 photos)

... a taxi from there. The taxi ride cost us 50 bolivianos and our driver was quite informative and we chatted about Santa Cruz, Bolivia´s education system and his 5 children. We found out that 80% of the students and Santa Cruz`s main Medical University ...

Dia de la siesta
Nov 17, 2006 (2 photos)

Ein tag pause und weitergehts mit dr schwaebsche eisebahne!

Feeling seedy at Airport
May 6, 2006

We had a big night at BA