Country Info
- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
- Currency
- 8,300,463
- Population
- BO
- Country Code
Sucre Slideshow
Sucre
Travel Blogs from Sucre, Bolivia
Capital tension in Bolivia.
... at a paltry 2600 metres above sea level. Despite being a small city of some 250,000 people, Sucre has been the centre of much of Bolivia's history, and remains the legislative capital. Here independence was proclaimed and despite ceding most of its ...
Sucre
... reminiscent of a European city like Dubrovnic or Florence. It also had an amazing museum with an exhibition of ceremonial masks from Bolivia. But the staff in the hotel gave me the first taste of what I would experience for the next 3 weeks - the ...
Found my second home?
... Peru... Sucre was far more than anything I expected. I was at a point where I was feeling a little let down by what Bolivia had to offer. I'd heard only good things from people saying that Bolivia and Peru are the two most enjoyable places in SthAm, but ...
Life after La Paz...the new Gap trip begins
... South Americans do love a square) and practice our Spanish. An unsuspecting shoe cleaner (of which there are hundreds in Bolivia...really, how dirty can people´s shoes get??) approached us and very kindly offered to shine our shoes (not ...
La Cuidad Blanco
It's only a short journey from Potosi to Sucre but the contrast in the cities is extreme. Sucre is one of the capitals of Bolivia and home to the Supreme Court. It is very obviously more wealthy that Potosi in the centre although there are many poor ...
Dinasours and the evil restaurant woman
The Judical Capital of Bolivia. And it shows with its white wash buildings, the poshest bolivians we´ve seen so far and clean streets. We spent about 4 days there and ended up having a jolly good time. One day we hopped on a public bus getting off in ...
Every cloud has a silver lining!!
God! this morning was hard to get out of bed. i snoozed and snoozed and really felt like staying in bed. I managed to get up and get my behind to college. We learned big numbers upto 1000 today (wow im a big girl now, i gusess ill have to get them pranks ...
tuesday
well, its tuesday, and im still buzzing from my excellent weekend. unfortunately all ive done today is a bit of studying. we kind of digressed from spanish verbs to bolivian politics. that was quite good actually. I went to see a film in the night too, Y ...
"I love the Megabus, I love the Megabus".....
Morrrrrrrning... Well, what a night I have had... You find me in the youth hostel in Sucre, the judicial capital of Bolivia (the main capital is La Paz, but you knew that - one for the pub quiz, anyway!), after what has been the worst bus journey of ...
Death Road, Salt Flats, Sucre
... in twice because this morning when we did it 3/4 of the way through the computer decided to turn it self off. Anyways, we are in Sucre Bolivia right now but its been a while since we´ve last talked to any of you so heres what we´ve done on the way ...
Sweet, sweet Sucre
16th November 2009 Dolce Vita Hostal, Sucre, Bolivia sunny and warm Friday the 13th turned out to be a good day after all, even the games night at the school was fun. I didn't completely disgrace myself by imbibing of too much vodka and I even shone a ...
If you cant beat them join them
... the military, and garnered no information other than the make, model, calibre and range of the weapon infront of us. Equally with Bolivia having lost 3 big wars and won none there was a veyr strange feel to the whole place. Best exhibit was probably the ...
Sucre
... even the poorest areas of Sucre were of a higher standard and quality than the best houses in Potosi and La Paz. They call Sucre the jewel of Bolivia, we just didn't realise until we got there what a rare jewel it was. Sucre is an easy 3 hour bus ride ...
oh yeah its the weekend
... opportuniries that i can engage myself in. there is a meal tonight and one tomorrow. i think ill go to both...lol. today ive wandered sucre and seen some further avenues i have not yet explored. i tried to find an open air theatre that id seen on the map, ...
Day 159 - Sucre
I've just lot another entire day's update (the PCs in Bolivia really are shit), but fortunately we didn´t do much today so it was a short one anyway. We arrived at the bus station and took a taxi to our hotel. The hotel we'd booked was really basic but ...
Back to civilisation
There have been a few problems in Bolivia recently, the miners in the high altitude town of Potosi have been in strike as the Japanese companies have started closing down the mines- because there is no silver or other minerals left, but no alternative ...
Learning Español
... nbsp; Everyone was drinking beer and coca-cola except me. I had never seen this before, but it is supposedly quite common in Bolivia. Why they would want to ruin a perfectly good beer I have no idea. I couldn't just sit there and watch a ...
Auch in Bolivien gibt es eine weisse Stadt - Sucre
Auf unserem Weg nach La Paz machten wir unter anderem auch einen Zwischenstopp in Sucre, der Hauptstadt Boliviens (bei welcher es sich, wie die meissten vielleicht vermuten wuerden, nicht um La Paz handelt). Auch bekannt als die weisse ...
Sucre
... the Bolivians was signed. We are given a tour around the museum which is really interesting and we learn more about the history of Bolivia. After the tour we get icecream and sit in the plaza enjoying the sunshine before we go and get supplies for our bus ...
out of bed at last!!!
i slept and slept until today really. i started with hallucinations friday night, not bad, and ive had a fever since then. im so glad i am staying with a family cos theyve been checking on me all the time seeing if i wanted anything etc. im pretty much ...
When dinos roamed at Cal Orck'o
A few kilometres outside of Sucre is Cal Orck'o, the biggest paleantological site in the world. In 1994 some local limestone quarry and cement factory workers accidentally discovered the world's largest collection of dinosaur tracks there, and now ...
The Capital of Bolivia?
... , since traveling has been deteriorating rapidly). Many traveler's are quick to tell me I'm not really English! Despite being in Bolivia for almost three months, I don't feel I have done the country justice. The majority of my time has been spent ...
I think I have fallen in love...
... I hope to eventually fill in the gaps. In the meantime, please check out my quick recaps and fully captioned photo albums! Sucre is the offical capital of Bolivia and is SUCH a gem. I have no clue why so many people skip it! It is beautiful, peaceful, ...
A visit to the white city...
... including the 17th century Cathedral, the Casa de la Libertad where the country's declaration of independence was signed (Sucre is Bolivia's constitutional capital and is named after the general who won the war of independence) and the Parque Bolivar ...
Sucre
We took a 9 hour bus ride to Sucre. Sucre is considered the second Capital of Bolivia, but we did not think this small town can be considered a capital, it is too rural. We arrived at the bus terminal and took a taxi to a hostel we thought would be ...
A day in the White City
After our eventful exit from Potosi we arrived safe and sound in Sucre about 7 in the evening. Straight to the bus station to book our tickets back to La Paz for the next day and then out to sample the city. We went for a lovely Chinese dinner ...
Sucre
Sucre, the capital of Bolivia (NOT La Paz!) turned out to be a great place. We relaxed for a couple of days, got over the bus journeys and the sun even came out for us. We spent a lot of time in the Joyride Cafe, a regular Gringo haunt but the food and ...
Sucre (via Potosi)
... head. It was really cloudy on top of the mountain anyway! Another two and a half hours in a bus brought us to Sucre, official capital of Bolivia but try telling that to cotozens of La Paz! It is a beautiful old colonial city and we are staying in an ...
stephie´s back like a tiger
... to the farmers market. she said no. so i didnt take any chances and left it. i ended up going to the market in sucre and seeing what fancy dress costumes they had. apart from witches hats and ghosts masks there wasnt anything, and my creativity was ...