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Trinidad
Travel Blogs from Trinidad, Bolivia
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Erster Halt Regenwald!
endlich am Beginn des Regenwaldes angekommen, der etwa 50 % des Landes einnimmt. weiterer Zwischenstop ...
Look at the size of THAT spider!
29th october 2009 Alojamiento Santa Cruz, El Puente, Bolivia (70 Bs) Very, very hot Trinidad to Santa Cruz (650 kms) Summary There is accommodation at the following places between Trinidad and Santa Cruz Ascencion de Guarayos El Puente San ramon 4 Canadas ...
Skool round the corner
... loved our time here. When I told the youngsters we were going there were a few tears, it was the closest I was to gurning since THAT night in Istanbully (and you can't beat a bit of bully). Next place to lay down the swag: Santa Cruz de la Sierra ...
Fiesta of the Moxos Indians
At 7.30 the camion I had boarded finally left Trinidad for San Ignacio. A camion is like an open truck with 30 to 40 people sitting on wooden boards placed across the back of it, all trying to cause minimal damage to all of the baggage which is untidily ...
Bus stations and night buses
... bus station turned out to be a half hour walk from the centre, and then I had to find my next bus - not where the guidebook said! Trinidad before 7am is peaceful and quiet, but I had no time to dwell as further travel to San Ignacio de Moxos ...
1 cockerel, 2 pigs, 3 chicks, 2 puppies & 7 kids
25th October 2009 Hotel Moxos, Trinidad, Bolivia Just right So we stayed an extra day in Trini and have been rewarded with cool weather allowing us to walk around without dodging into the shade every 10 seconds, or, having to have a cold shower every half ...
Hospitality
We journeyed 50 east of Cochabamba to the outskirts of the village of Koari, on an outing with Sue and Abram. Water for People installed running water and modern outhouses (including showers) for this community, one of their first projects in this area. ...
Dave, Lynne and Trini
26th october 2009 Hotel Moxos, Trinidad, Bolivia (160 Bs) Very hot and humid After the tour we stayed in rurrenabeque for 2 nights, in order to get our washing done and fix dave's puncture(s) on his bike. It was a mystery how it happened but there were so ...
Stuck in a shut down town
... the market and tried a different version made from plantains called payuje which was just as good. Too bad I never found them again after Trinidad. Back to that first morning. After eating, I walked back to the plaza, had a seat on a park bench, and ...
Fr. Ray Herman--RIP
... he was murdered for his advocacy work for the poor campesinos. When he ministered some months in Farley just before leaving for Bolivia, he was quickly accepted in town, perhaps for his quiet and mild-mannered ways--more disposed to listen than to speak. ...
Stinking hot
30th october 2009 Hotel Manguari, San ramon, Bolivia Stinking hot El Puente – San ramon (62 kms) We had a really good meal last night at the most unlikely looking place. The food advertised wasn't available, so then we were offered Chuleta, which we ...
Ach to cestovani...
Nas puvodni cil byl presunout se kamionem na uplny sever Bolivie, kde asi uz nedavaj dobrou noc ani lisky... chtely jsme si vybrat nejaky pekny nakladak s otevrenou strechou a s nejakym chutnym ovocem a nalezite vychutnavat vyhledy....samozrejme od rana ...
Walking With Puma´s
Walking With Puma´s in the Bolivian Jungle - Prologue Walking towards the cage, Rob was explaining that Sama could get quite moody and aggressive. I didn´t catch every word as Rob was walking ahead, but I heard that the last time Sama was ...
Trinidad (Nothing to do with Tobago)
... to CNN on the TV, my first English language TV in weeks. I don't want to put you off visiting Trinidad if you ever get to Bolivia, but the open drain sewerage system is a bit on the smelly side, especially as the weather was fantastic! Despite the ...
Trinidad
I flew to Trinidad because it only cost $60 and it saved me 10 hours on a bus. Bus trip in bolivia aren't the greatest. The busses are okay, but the roads are crap. Tinidad was a neat city out in the jungle. The central square was full of tree sloths. ...
Heaven
Hola Amigos! long time no see... :) Since my last update I went to La Paz and did the Layl Haseder there with another 150 Israelis - the food was disgusting, but it was fun and very different. The day after the Seder I took a flight alone to Santa ...
A little piece of paradise
Rose: Following up on a tip from a guy we met we check out `Kaissara` hostel in Trinidade - a 40 minute bus ride out of Paraty. It´s run by an English guy George who set it up about a year ago - great atmosphere. The hostel is off a dirt track ...
A worthwhile half day stop
The journey from San Ignacio de Moxos to Trinidad was agreeable. Taking our time to have breakfast, pack, and buy fruits for the journey, we came back just before the truck left and it was already almost full. We managed to get seats with a view: on a ...
Most disgusting dish I have ever eaten
... the usual cancelled flights that we seem to encounter on a weekly basis in South America we finally made our way to Trinidad, Bolivia. Our flight was on a ex-military plane which wasn´t the best flying experience. The luggage storage compartment in ...
Cockfights
Before going to the bull teasing, we had been looking for the cockfight place. In a courtyard we had found the ring. A guy there, who looked like a psycho. He told us to come back an hour later, when people would start to arrive. We went to ...
Under construction
Renting motorbikes, finally using them to cover the 2km to a fantastic laguna and stay there till sunset... Last evening of celebrations Updated ...
Under construction
Arrival in San Ignacio de Moxos at midday Very belly sick, but drunk by 4pm at bullfights Saw some coq fights too, less bloody than I had imagined Updates coming ...
bloody blocades
... 12 hours of the journey (a 14 hour journey). Until the blocades started to appear. let me explain that at the moment in bolivia all transport staff are protesting for more money which is all great and all, but not when they insist in simultaneously ...
the dance from hell
Abram invited us to visit Villa Riviera, a village settlement, with him to celebrate the third anniversary of their completed water system. Abram thought it would mostly be a meeting to review how things were going & how the system was functioning. ...
Second Amazon Stop - Monkeys and Birds!
So we left San Miguel and hopped into a more luxurious 12-person motorized canoe to head toward our next destination, Chalalan Ecolodge. This ride was one of the highlights of the Amazon trip - 5 hours of beautiful skies, completely untouched rain ...
We're in the jungle baby
... , we’ve seen families of 5 on one bike. Trinidad, California is on the Pacific coast, this Trinidad is in the landlocked country of Bolivia which surprisingly has a significant naval presence. They lost their coastal access to Chile during the "War ...
La mas restaurada
Concepcion oder auch conce, wie es liebevoll unter den einheimischen genannt wird, ist die letzte anlaufstelle meiner runde der missionen! hoffentlich gibt es einen direkten bus nach Rurrenabaque um so schnell wie moeglich fuer ein paar tage in das rauhe ...
Rendez-vous at the Moxos'
... the town center was nearby. In that case it was true, but it could have been 5km away they'd have done the same (lovely Bolivia). We found the place where the three Swiss were staying. They were out but their hammocks were waiting for us, set up in ...
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