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Samaipata Slideshow
Samaipata
Travel Blogs from Samaipata, Bolivia
Samaipata
Vague de grand froid et de pluie sur la région au moment de notre passage (ils n'avaient pas vu un tel froid depuis 1986!), on a passé 2j auprès de la cheminée (pas de chauffage) avant de se décider à aller vers des endroits plus ...
Was für ein Chaos - oder: TIB - this is Bolivia
... während Lothar die Regler bedient. Die Urwaldtour in Buena Vista ist ziemlich teuer und es regnet, so fahren wir weiter. In Samaipata landen wir dann, schönes Camping, alles funktioniert, das Wetter spielt mit und wir bleiben ein paar Tage. Cloud Forest ...
“After 4pm… it gets cold”
“After 4pm… it gets cold” It’s just as cold this morning, and the lingering mist yet again thwarts my plans for a day trip to Valle Grande to see Che’s grave. At the moment I couldn’t think of many things more ...
The Legend that is Don Marcos
Some say he helped God create the World, that he once wresteld a dinosaur to the ground with his bare hands and that he is also partial to lemon drizzle ...
Traumidylle mitten in Bolivien
... inklusive Transport. Unglaublich, oder? Am letzten Tag fuhren wir zu einer Aussteigerin aus der franzoesischen Schweiz, die in Samaipata einen privaten Zoo eroeffnet hatte mit 78 Tieren 21 verschiedener Arten, wie z.B. Wildschweine, Affen, einer Art ...
Samaipata - Bolivia
So nach fast 6 Wochen in Samaipata Bolivien, habe ich diesen schoenen Fleck Erde verlassen, um noch etwas mehr von Bolivien zu sehen. Leider kann ich nur 90 Tage in Bolivien bleiben und innerhalb eines Jahres nicht wieder einreisen... vielen Dank EVO ...
L'autre Bolivie
... du repartitr assez vite, car il nous restait encore 16 km a faire ... et la nuit tombe dans 2 heures ! Nous arrivons enfin a Samaipata, de nuit ... apres 40 km de marche, dont 1800 m de denivele positif et 1500 negatifs ... bonne promenade ! On appreciera ...
Welcome to the jungle
Squeezed between the Andes and the Amazon is a national park named Parque Amboro and a small town, Samaipata, where I met 3 French and an American. Together we decided to book a two day tour in the nearby national park. The American (James) had met a ...
Samaipata
... nbsp; We were fortunate that the people in our room checked out early and we were in bed by 9am for a few hours sleep. In the afternoon we wandered around Samaipata town before returning to the balcony outside our room to play cards and enjoy some ...
Samaipata
Samaipata..... Well this place was a fantastic find! We only heard about how amazing Samaipata was on the old traveller grapevine and so glad we opted for this stop! The hostel was just heavenely, run by a lovely couple the crazy Texan man, Trent (great ...
"Yo llamo al Police!".... grapjas!
... Nederlandse touroperator!). Wat we wel hebben kunnen regelen was een vriendelijke taxichauffeur die ons de hele dag wilde rondrijden. Van Samaipata naar El Fuerte, verder naar Los Cuevas en uiteidendelijk naar Santa Cruz. El Fuerte is een ruïnestad bij ...
Samaipata
... blamed as it's a continent we're exploring and many hours are spent in these seats watching time pass... The bus trip to Samaipata (along the Sucre to Santa Cruz route) is one whose reputation preceeded it and one we never wish to repeat. We anticipated ...
Going comando in Bolivia!
... . Stu meanwhile enjoyed looking at all the mushroom species and pondered which of them were edible! Once a chef, always a chef! Visiting Samaipata and the Parque Nacional Amboro was perhaps one of the highlights of the trip and was made even better simply ...
Mentiras de la policía peruana
... Karate Kid movie in Spanish – so not all was lost! OK, rant over, we are now chilling in the beautiful, jungley, friendly, remote Samaipata. We’ve had a good sleep in a lovely room, we’ve had long hot showers, we’ve had a half-day ...
Samaipata and the waterfalls
We gave our washing to Theresa, the owner of hotel 'Alojamiento Vargas' and she begins to handwash it all as they all seem to do here. (and only charges 20 Bolivianos = about AUD$3) We book a tour for tomorrow with Michael Blendinger ...
El Fuerte
... the 10km back to town. In the evening we went out to dinner at Terra Libre. The food was very good probably the best food we ate in Bolivia (with the exception of the Casa de Argentina in La Paz), great tapas, perfectly cooked eye-fillet and good ...
“Everyone in Bolivia is corrupt”
... . He has no interest in trying to increase the amount of tourists coming through. We talk well into the evening about Bolivia’s social woes. “Everyone in Bolivia is corrupt,” Albert says. That’s where it all stems from. ...
Day 99-100 - Arriving in Samaipata
... branch a week before easter. The taxi picked us up at noon and the ride was picturesque if uneventful. We arrived in Samaipata around 3PM. First impressions: a very laid back area and town. A different breed of traveler here. This is an ...
La Pajcha
... . Before leaving, we went out to the local markets and picked up some sausages (there is a European (maybe German) butcher in Samaipata) and some veges and a watermelon for lunch. The road out to the falls was 50km of typical Bolivian road - rough and ...
Santa Cruz - Samaipata
... bien plus tôt...vendredi dernier. Comme le temps était tout gris, des averses toutes les heures, on a repoussé le départ pour Samaipata. Samaipata, c'est le petit village à 3h de Santa Cruz, oú les Cruceños viennent passer le week end. Ce week end ...
Last days...
... not be helping with the building works today, and headed down to the river to update my diary, and reflect upon the last 5 weeks in Bolivia. It was the hottest day of my stay so far, and i lay on the rocks, suntanning, and thinking back over a country ...
Another UNESCO site
... . According to our guide eighty percent still has to be excavated. The allure of the site is it´s place in the valleys around Samaipata and the supposedly mystical ´´aura´´ surrounding it. After the tour the three of us (the English guy took a taxi) ...
"Moved like Harlo in Monte Carlo and showed 'em wh
“Moved like Harlo in Monte Carlo and showed ‘em what I’ve got” It’s so very cold. Yesterday was jumper weather, but pleasant enough. This morning, the town is cloaked in a wet, chilling mist that seeps through to the bone. ...
When Is A Volcano Not a Volcano?
... in the distance. The hike takes a couple of hours and involves crossing streams and climbing to a high lookout point for stunning views. We are all thrilled with the day’s adventures, and transfer to Samaipata and our cute bungalows for the ...
Lovely place to stay
We have now moved on to Samaipata a lovely little place about ´3 hours drive from Santa Cruz. We took a shared collectivo taxi which worked out quite reasonable and easier with luggage than going on the little buses. the first day here we went to see "El ...
Samaipata to Sucre
The night bus to Sucre was all a bit random, we had to wait at the vehicle check point on the main road in Samaipata for the bus from Santa Cruz bus to come along and then jump on it. We were told that the bus should leave Santa Cruz at 5pm and so reach ...
The waterfall hike...
Today everyone decided to go into the mountains in search of the waterfall we had all been told about. We left shortly after breakfast, on the 1.5h walk through the forest. Armed with a machete and directions, the 5 of us headed off in search of a ...