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- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
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- 8,300,463
- Population
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Tupiza Slideshow
Tupiza
Travel Blogs from Tupiza, Bolivia
Zurueck in Bolivien
Tränen an der Grenze und unsere argentinischen Lieblingsnaschereien für mentale ...
Crossing the first border
... and Bolivian border people) and cross without passport or questions - everyone was very relieved - most of all her husband. Once in Bolivia the roads took a turn for the worse, it would be an understatement to say that Bolivian Highway No 1 is in need of ...
Bienvenidos a Bolivia & Horseback Riding in Tupiza
... of Argentina (and Sally's company!), but we got tough and bought our tickets to La Quiaca, the border town between Argentina and Bolivia. Vistas from our bus in northern Argentina You'd think after the 26-hr bus ride, we'd be looking for some ...
Red rock country!
... It was a pretty efficient crossing with little delay, and I made my way to the bus terminal to catch my bus to Tupiza at 2pm. Little did I know that Bolivia is an hour behind Argentina (!) so the wait was longer than expected! The town was celebrating its ...
Hi Ho Silvia Way!
Horsey riding was amazing! The best 10 bucks I ever spent. The views were phenomenal, but just riding around on a horse all day was enough for me. My Horse´s name was Silvia. Loads of fun. Especially since we got to gallop! I´m going to make this short ...
Howdy cowgirl!
... ) and i am struggling to both walk and sit down, but it was worth it. Tomorrow im heading off on a 4 day exploration of south bolivia, which is going to be amazing! I´m going to see volcanic lakes (green, red, and the normal blue), hot springs, ...
Retour à Tupiza
... avec Lucie en reprenant le bus de l'autre coté. On notera aussi la présence d'une poule parmi les passagers... Arrivés à Tupiza, nous descendons à nouveau au Mitru Hotel avant d'aller diner un repas bien mérité. Ces trajets en bus sont vraiment ...
Kel reaches Bolivia
Crazy horse ride in Tupiza Following the route of Butch Cassady and the Sundance kid, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to go on yet another horse ride. I ended up being part of a very large group and made my first mistake when I disclosed that ...
Bolivia
Hey Everyone, Well we are not in Argentina anymore and wow is that obvious. We are finally traveling! Bolivia has the appearance of a country struggling to keep its head above water. Its people are very traditional and it is obvious upon crossing the ...
The wild west
Tupiza, our next stop, is known for its beautiful landscape that brings Arizona and Utah to mind. Fittingly, this area was also where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their end in 1809. The ride there was scenic, on a good ...
Salt Flats tour - Day 1
After a breakfast of stale bread and black coffee me and Anne head off to the tour agency for the beginning of our 4 day tour to see the Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni Salt Flats). I´m slightly nervous as I´ve heard this tour is hard work, freezing cold ...
Tupiza the wild west of Bolivia
... shot and killed. We arrived into Tupiza tired, but happy to be in Bolivia. The hotel (not hostel) we booked at was the same price as a dorm bed in Argentina. We ...
Una frontera fácil y uno hermoso paseo del tren
... turned out to be pretty comfy as we all had an allocated padded seat, and a view of the beautiful countryside we were travelling through - Bolivia seems to be my kind of country. By the time we arrived in Tupiza, darkness had well and truly set in as we ...
Tupiza and surrounds
... into bed. I woke up four hours later and discovered that our room was over a sewer line. It reeked of poo and Tupiza itself was basically closed because it was a Sunday. After our first night at the hotel we decided to change our plans and go ...
Tupiza
... have prepared us for anything - in comparison, Bolivia is a walk in the park! We made it as far as Tupiza, a small town in southern Bolivia. Tomorrow we head off with new friends Heather, Kat, Nick and Chrissy for a tour of the southern altiplano and ...
Dean Anthony and Wild Horses
... I survived, despite the horse rearing up (crazy dogs and a stray football decided to attack us all at once), running, and generally trying to kill me. Other than the tales of DA and my horseback ride, tupiza proved to be relatively uneventful. ciao tupiza ...
Volcanoes, lakes and salt
... fantastic landscape ending in the salt plains of Uyuni. After a bit of deciding we chose to do a tour to the salt plains from Tupiza and miss the phallic rocks! This would also mean that we had no time to visit the Atacama desert in Chile as we decided ...
Playing cowboy
... I opted to sit on the floor for the final four hours of the trip. 11 hours after departing, we finally arrived in Tupiza, where the weather was gratifyingly mild. The next day I set out on a five hour horse ride through the surrounding countryside. ...
Tupiza
... 10.30 am so we could have a good night in the hotel, a slow breakfast and then board the bus. In the morning it was chaos at the bus station, loads of Argentinans trying visiting Bolivia, just as we were leaving the country. Argentina, here we ...
Lunar landscapes, llama lunches & devilish passes
... in (very basic, but had 4 walls and a roof so did the job), a small church, a basketball court (strangely, many towns in Bolivia seem to have one of these, despite most Bolivians not being quite basketballer build) and a llama. After a hearty dinner we ...
Tupiza in a pod
... only problem is EVERYTHING is covered in thick brown dust, it is absolutely everywhere. In fact Julie says I am full of it!!!!!! Tupiza is a nice town, with a "is it half started or half finished" look. The locals were preparing for a forthcoming street ...
3 Days of heaven or hell??
1 day spent horse riding in Tupiza 3 day salt flats tour! Day 1 - 4am start, white lagoon, volcanos, green lake , red lake, sulpher gysers, red lake , hot springs, Lamas Pink Flamingos Day 2 - major altitude sickness Day 3 - salt hotel crash site, ...
Horsing around
... incorrect trotting left me with a saw back the following day and Jon a sore bum. We both agreed it was well worth it and would do it again! Well enough of the Bolivia, back to our second home, Argentina for some real meat and ...
welcome to the wild west.
... days. We arrived at the villazon train station at 1pm to catch the 3.30 train. Loads of time I hear you say?......NO!!!! in Bolivia it takes two hours to get your ticket even though there are only 15 people before you. ...
Bolivia part 2
We decided to get the train most of the way to Tupiza, Bolivia despite a travel agent saying it would be impossible to get a ticket as it was holiday season so there would be hardly any seats and a long line at the ticket office early in the morning. ...
Salar de Uyuni Tour: Day 1
... age who was pretty cool), I had an incredible time. I have never seen such incredible scenery in my entire life! Get yourself to Bolivia! Or at least live vicariously through me...that is, if I ever get caught up on my blog. :) I took hundreds of ...
Going Gaucho
We finally made the bus and began an incredibly long, dusty and bumpy journey to Tupiza - refuge to Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid..sort of! It was so bloody cold that the condensation on the windows turned to ice....by the afternoon of course ...