Sucre is technicaly the capitial of Bolivia, but the only part of the government there is the supreme court. It is also called the "white city" because just about every building is bright white. I was there for Bolivian independance day, the 25th of May. It was cool, there was a high school marching band competition and a free concert with some ...

Donderdag 17 april 2008 's Middags met Elisabeth en Frank (ook een medewerker van het mobiel schooltje) in La Repizza gaan eten. De almuerzo zou hier goed zijn, omdat er een buffet van groentjes staat waar je naar hartelust van mag nemen. Alleen stond het er vandaag niet. We hebben een soepke gekregen en dan 2 chorizo's (worstjes) en een half bo...

Voici quelques tites nouvelles de notre routine de Bolivie. - Francis est parti à Tomina mercredi et il faut qu'il revienne avant lundi car moi je m'en vais visiter la production à Tarija lundi en avion et je reviens jeudi. - Ils ont distillé de l'eucalyptus on ne sait pas de quelle variété, de la camomille romaine qui n'a pas donné une goutte d...

So to the final part of my trilogy of updates, having woken up at stupid-o´clock this morning, the hunger is beginning to set in and to sum up how early I woke up, breakfast has not even started being served in the hostel. After Atacama we spent a mind-blowing, breath-taking every possible-superlativeing 3 days in the desert in a convoy of jeeps...

From the salt flats we had planned on going to Potosi where there´s these silver mines that they say bank rolled the spanish empire back in the day and that are still going today in what we´ve heard are some of the worst working conditions on earth but because of the illness we decided to give it a skip and roll onto Sucre which is at much lower...

This is really for all fellow travellers with a request that you pass on this information especially to anyone travelling in or out of La Paz. This is a serious warning about the bus company Trans Copacabana IMEM, who operate in La Paz. (Their office is on the left as you enter the bus station, about the 2nd or 3rd kiosk along). I have already w...

We arrived in Sucre as we always seem to arrive after a night-bus ride in Peru and Bolivia. Bleary eyed and swearing we´ll never do that again! Oh for the comfort of an Argentine or Brazilian bus... Even an on-board toilet would be nice! Sucre is the ´other´ capital of Bolivia, the one that holds the highest most supreme law courts in the land. ...

After ending the last blog saying that Nick´s little fever was down (that was Monday night), it when way high in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, and he couldn´t hold down water or pills. So at 6.30 that morning we went for a ride in a taxi to a private hospital recommended by the hotel manager and our guide book. He got the treatment he needed...

it has been a while since my last post. After the 4 of us(2 aussies, the irish guy) left Sulta we headed across the Bolivian border. We booked a 4 day 4x4 trip into the mountains and the salt flats. this was an awsome trip, we spent long days in the car but the scenery was amazing, we saw lots of llamas and flamingos. We even got to stay in a sa...

As of November 6th I´ve been in Sucre, Bolivia. This is my favorite place on my trip so far and I have decided to stay here with my Bolivian family for Christmas! The family I am staying with is just amazing! They don´t speak english at all so it is the perfect place to learn spanish. They are all so helpful and encouraging and ust really loving...