Hostal Valle Hermoso Tupiza

... br><br>Tupiza is a nice town, and having been told that we were going to get very bored of chicken with rice, we were elated to find no less than 6 Italian restaurants on the main street. The three days were made up of pizza!!! I am now the shape of a medium Full House!!<br><br>Feeling rather fat, we decided to do one walk into a canyon which was ...

Early start for us on the road by 6.30 am, and we thought we had given up early mornings for a long holiday! As the newbies in the group we ended up in the worst seats with no window you open and with no air con you need one (but we learn quickly).<br><br>We went through some lovely countryside leaving Argentina and for a while we played spot the llama until the novelty wore off at the endless herds ...

Hi everybody,<br>It seems like ages since we´ve written a blog but it´s only been 3 weeks. The scenery is passing by in a flash and we´ve had a whirlwind tour, taking us from snow capped mountains in the south of Argentina all the way up to the desert in southern Bolivia. 30 degrees of latitude, 100 bus hours!<br>We last left you in Puerto Natales, a small, windswept port town right down in Patagonia. I (it´s Becs, hellooo) was feeling pretty rough, but with the help of some super-strong anti ...

We got up in the morning and got the bikes out of the courtyard of the Maria Victoria guesthouse. The BMW rear tire was flat again and we spent the our first few minutes pumping the tire up with the foot pump. Just this simple action though in these high altitudes takes some effort - because just getting enough air into your lungs up there is work enough...<br><br>But we got back on the road, headed out of town, blowing past a toll booth - we know that in ...

Having returned from the Salt Flats tour (and the associated 6 hours nighttime desert drive back), Leen and I holed up in the hotel owned by Tupiza Tours (Mitru - nice place with a pool). Early next morning we got ourselves a guide and set off for 7 hours of horse riding around Tupiza. What were we thinking...<br><br>...After 7 hours, i was glad to see the back of Bronco, my ...

30th September 2009:<br><br>Both woke up in Villazon, Bolivian border town with Argentina, feeling a bit rough, Ang especially because of the increase in Altitude. We were at 3500m above sea level which in itself is okay but we came up on the bus from 1000m the day before so not really any acclimatization going on. The hotel was surprisinghly nice but it was always a one night deal as we had to get the twicw weekly train to Tupiza, in fact the twice weekly train to ...

As i was leaving the hostel in Potosi, Leen from Belgium made a last second decision to head down with me, and i later realised that Marty, Danni and Jodi (Ozzy couple and a Brit) were on the same bus. <br><br>Ohhhhhhh what a ****** bus. At B/40 for semi-cama (ie extra spacious reclining seats with leg rests, usually), we were pretty hopeful when we bought the ...

After yesterday's excitement and the last 4 days spent sitting in a jeep, we were really looking forward to a chill day today.<br><br>Katie wanted to go horseriding and I'd never done it before, so I figured what the hay... Get it?! Hay?! I'm here all week, take my mother-in-law puhleeaseahhhh... ;)<br><br>Katie wanted to make ...

Tupiza is a sleepy desert town a few hours from the Argentine border. Set on the Rio Tupiza and surrounded by the rugged and colorful Cordillera de Chichas, the spot is a haven for hiking, biking and horseback riding. Of course I couldn't wait around to do all these things on separate days - I scheduled the triathlon tour to do all three in one long, hot, ass-pounding day. The area easily conjures images of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - the two are said to ...

In Tupiza today - very close to the site of the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid travesty. You can do a 2 day tour there, but I don't really want to stick around here that long <br><br>Bolivia is nice, but very deserty. Went on a horse ride today - dad would have ...