Country Info
- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
- Currency
- 8,300,463
- Population
- BO
- Country Code
Sucre Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sucre, Bolivia
Lovely Lovely Sucre
This is a top pick! ... ; young, vibrant, full of students - many highschools, universities: streets brimming with fun and energy. Capital of Bolivia, seat of the government and the courts and apparently very rich - now and in the previous centuries. Beautiful ...
Lunch with the boys
This is a top pick! ... , and shared 2 liters of Pepsi, and then they conned me into buying them new shoe shine cream. In all I spent less than $10 (Bolivia is so cheap). But the boys were really nice and appreciative (they said thank you twice each after both the soup and the ...
Capital of Bolivia
This is a top pick! ... well educated goatee-sporting Bolivian gentleman (10 Bolivianos or GBP0.70 each). He explains the history of Sucre, the importance of silver, independence for Bolivia, the economic influence of the Scots and Irish in the country, and the reason for the ...
Our short time didnīt Sucre...
This is a top pick! ... yer awright. So instead we opted for a ten pence chocolate bar before heading back to the bus station after a walk around. Sucre was beautiful, the main Plaza was surrounded by old style colonial buildings, all of them white giving Sucre itīs nickname ...
A harrowing day
This is a top pick! ... the world. Watching CNN though there were reports of a train crash that killed 5 in Egypt but no mention of any deaths in Bolivia. Makes you think. We have all talked about it a lot and Dave and I emailed and called our families today to remind them ...
Dinos galore-ish!
This is a top pick! ... time they are there. If you fancy sponsoring a child (it is def worth it and it is very much needed in places like Bolivia) then visit www.plan-international.org After that we continued to wander and then arranged for a taxi to take us to the ...
Moving on (at last)
This is a top pick! ... hat, a cheese grater, and various paintings from the girls in the home). Also one of the first things I bought when I got to Sucre was a lovely, huge bath towel, which was such a treat after months of a travel-towel-and-sarong-combo. Anyway, I'm pretty ...
Turkey and brussels sprouts
This is a top pick! ... dinner out too. Even had bacon butties for breakfast! This afternoon we are going to make an effort to see something in Sucre besides bars and restaurants, and head off to see the dinosaur tracks just outside of town. Also, in exciting news, I ...
Sucre er helt konge!
This is a top pick! ... , it's not extremely cheap for Bolivia, as this is more of a Gringo hangout than your typical Bolivian establishment (who in Bolivia would eat granola and yoghurt for breakfast?). But consider I would get something like half a bottle of water in Norway ...
Parties and Political Unreset
This is a top pick! So I found myself in a little political unrest in Sucre, Bolivia. Here's the deal. Bolivia is a country divided. Most of the population in the Western Highlands are indigenous, while the people in ...
witches
This is a top pick! ... disgusting noises whilst picking bits of squashed banana off the bed. I got a bus as soon as I could to Sucre, the colonial capital of Bolivia. The bus journey was fairly uninteresting, although not to the baggage boy who, at every loo-stop, tried ...
Sweet Sucre
This is a top pick! Hi all, Not a lot to say about Sucre I'm afraid. It is the constitutional capital of Bolivia so unlike the barren, derelict towns we have previously visited, Sucre is a Spanish city full of colonial, white buildings and narrow streets that reflect ...
Bolivia. The Big Fact
This is a top pick! ... you arrive in South Americas poorest country. Turns out this is also the capital of Bolivia, Bolivia has two capitals, Sucre and La Paz. Bolivia's most famous export is its marching powder which generates around US$1 billion a year for Bolivia La Paz, ...
Election fever
This is a top pick! Hello everyone! A quick entry from what will be my home for Christmas, New Year and beyond! I've been in Sucre for a week already and time is flying. I've started proper Spanish lessons with a lovely language school and am now learning how to do ...
Dinosaurs, Flamingos and a Load O' Salt
This is a top pick! Once the strikers allowed Bolivia's highways to reopen, we took an overnight bus from La Paz to Bolivia's second capital - Sucre. Sucre is a pretty colonial city at a lower altitude than La Paz, and thus has a little more enjoyable climate. We spent a day ...
A day of rest for Lorna
This is a top pick! We arrived at Sucre bus terminal around 8am and, due to Lorna's illness, we got a taxi to the hostel. Luckily our room was ready, but we actually decided to upgrade to a room with ensuite and TV - only a couple of quid more. We expected to spend most ...
Monkey mayhem!
This is a top pick! So after surviving mountain biking down the Worlds Most Dangerous Road (100 people die every year on this one stretch of road, mainly due to buses and trucks falling off the edge of the very narrow, windy roads, most of which are bordered by 1000m sheer ...
Sucre
This is a top pick! ... some parts of the road very difficult to pass... consequence: waiting, off the bus, pushing the bus, waiting for another bus, pushing the other bus, on the bus, back off the bus... Anyway, Sucre, the capital of Bolivia, we ll soon find out what it s ...
Bites, Bikes and Buses
This is a top pick! ... state. My exit speed from the mine was officially recorded as 300% faster than my entry speed. Daylight never looked so good. Bolivia then managed to rival Kiefer Sutherlands 24 hours. Unlike Kiefer, I am hoping that I never have to repeat them and ...
Bolivia's Capital Sucre & The Molly Crisis
This is a top pick! ... not interested...heee (I wouldnt be interested if I hadnt been there...heee - feel free to stop reading..hee) Bolivia has 2 capital cities - Sucre is the main capital as it is the constitutional and judicial city for Bolivia while La Paz is only the ...
Sucre
This is a top pick! Sorry for the delay in writing this entry! Iīll skip it in the meantime and write about it in June, Iīll add a link back here at that time. Iīll also write about my time in the Salar de Uyuni and Potosí at that point, what can I say? Iīve been ...
A day of down time so Lorna can recover
This is a top pick! Lorna was still feeling under the weather so we decided on a steady stroll around town today. Sucre is a nice city - in the centre. The outskirts look a bit rough though. There is a nice main plaza in the centre of town and lots of nice churches. ...
Long and winding road to Torotoro.
This is a top pick! Blown away by the mines in Potosi our next destination were hot springs! A good soaking in a volcanic pool could do nothing but help our souls and plus the locals swear its medicinal so who are we to argue. A quick repair to Son's bike and we were off ...
Lazing & a BBQ in Sucre
This is a top pick! ... have to do a mammoth journey to get to Brazil but still we saved a fair bit of cash just hanging in Bolivia. So we had another day of rest in Sucre before we undertook our mission... there were 2 options of routes - one to the Brazil Border via Campo ...
Sucre
This is a top pick! Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia - seat of the Supreme Court. Itīs around three three hours by bus from Potosi. We had to go to Sucre in order to fly to La Paz due to strikes which led to road blocks; glad we saw it now. Checked ...
Dinosaur Hunter
This is a top pick! After almost 2 months working in Cuzco, I decided it was time to get moving again. So here I am back in Bolivia checking out some things I missed my first time through. I am in Sucre, a pleasant city with nice weather due to the lower elevation. The ...
Noseeums United...the Bolivian story continues
This is a top pick! ... of Simon and Garfunkels' " El Condor Paso" in panpipes, churangas and ponchos. But at least it was vaguely recognisable. In Bolivia even the professionals can make everything sound like a collection of the worst advert jingles in the world. There is also ...
Lake Titicaca and Bolivia
This is a top pick! ... the fact I am here, in South America, and actually experiencing these things. In the last week we travelled from Peru to Bolivia, and there has been a definite change in culture and landscape. Before we went to Bolivia though we stayed in Puno on Lake ...