Residencial Don Jorge Samaipata

... us feel better. We love Bolivians, it's nothing personal, really, but please don't drive!<br><br>I'm not sure at what point yesterday we decided to do this ride in one, rather than 2, days, but we knew it would be tight daylight wise, but we didn't know quite how tight. We lunched at Bermejo and asked around for accommodation but the only place was the very oddly named Golf Eco resort; since when has ANY golf course been eco friendly? We ...

... the next 2 nights as it has a nice sunny yard and a warm and friendly atmosphere. Trent &amp; Rosario were very helpful and made us feel very welcome. They also speak english so that makes it a bit easier on us. It is very good value, a family atmosphere, and the breakfasts were fantastic.<br><br>The hotel that we moved from (Alojaminto Vargas) was also good and friendly, but no lounge area or yard to sit in.

We wake up and are not sure what to do next, so we go and buy a flight to Cochabamba. We then head to Aerosur in La Paz to bring our following flight forward but they can only move it 4 days forward. We head back to the travel agent and ask to cancel and buy a ticket to Santa Cruz. Thankfully she was ok with that. We have 2 hours to be on that flight so we pack up, grab a cab and off to El Alto airport.<br><br>The lady at Aerosur check-in asks us ...

Endlich gehts weiter...nach ca 2 Monaten in Sucre hab ich dann doch wieder meinen Rucksack gepackt und bin weiter gezogen nach Samaipata!Ein kleines Städtchen in der nähe von Santa Cruz (die größte Stadt Boliviens). Wir sind hierhergekommen einmal um uns die Natur hier in der Nähe anzuschauen....Dschungel!!!Und zweitens war der andere Grund für mich die letzte Wirkungsstätte Che Guevara anzuschauen.Es starb nämlich hier in der nähe in La higuera ...

hey a few days ago i left the park, and headed to santa cruz, which is a pretty big city, 7 hours ride from the jungle. i left to santa cruz with Jessica, another vlunteer from the park. we caught a bus in the middle of the city where the park is, and we were really lucky because it took us only half hour. we arrived there and got some dinner, which turns out to be steaks, cow ...

... to redistribute wealth more evenly. The people in the lowlands (including Santa Cruz) aren´t happy about this because the majority of wealth in Bolivia comes from the natural gas resources in that area, which they have traditionally benefited from. There´s many other side issues, but Evo called a referendum (early election) to decide if he should still be president. Leading up to the election, protests and demonstrations were rife, although none of them affected our ...

My friend, Isabel, highly recommended a sidetrip to Samaipata to tour El Fuerte, an old archological site. I walked a few miles to the "Samapaita taxi stand" in Sta. Cruz and waited for the taxi to fill up. I hung around for about an hour, and finally, he was full. Don't want to take a trip half-empty, now, do we? Finally we arrived in Samaipata about 3:30 PM after a somewhat harrying ride. I had been in flat land ...

... een mens dan niet nodig. Met mijn Australische busmaatje, die ook graag aangesproken wordt met een naam, vandaar Wes, wat ijsjes gaan eten, een Peruviaans festival ondergaan met een helaas vervelende Italiaan, die ik dan ook geen naam wil toekennen, het volgende en helaas laatste etentje met Lila en John, die nu ergens in Paraguay rondzwerven en over de markt gezworven met Bernadette uit Nederland. Had ik jullie laten weten dat ik Sucre warm was? Dan ...

... the time and being this close to the equator gives it very unique vegetation. So we hired a guide and interpreter to take up us to see this cloud forest. Our guide was amazing - on the way up we took his kid and dropped him off at his grandparents who live on the border of the park. Our guide grew up right next to the park and knew everything about it. He pointed out lots birds and plants that the locals use for different medicines. The ...

... stroll back to town. This was initially disrupted by a spontaneous rescue mission of a small puppy, who had seemingly been abandoned on the side of the road. But we couldn´t be sure! However, that became a small side issue just as we reached the outskirts of town, when a car appeared to lose control and went careering off the road right next to us! It took a few seconds for us to come our senses and realise that Roly had ...