El Salvador Hotel Tarija

... hours, with the first three pretty much straight up. The trail was pretty easy to find once I got passed the foot hills and the trail started into the steep section. It was paved and wound back and forth across the steep slope. Amazing to think that these rocks were placed centuries ago and still used by the same people. It didn't take long to get some great views over the valley. About three quarters of the way up I started seeing condors. The huge birds were ...

Tarija..... Afternoon folks. It´s been quite a while since the last update. After a fairly lengthy stay in Tarija (4 days) - which was funny as there really wasn´t anything to do - I had had my fill of Bolivia and decided to head down to Argentina and see what all the fuss was about. As I´m ...

... comedores avec les marmittes a meme la rue. L'apres midi, nous partons pour le lago San Juancito, un lac artificiel cree pour les week-end des gens de Tarija. C'est tres mignon, on peut y manger des doraditos, excellent posson local. On rentre diner dans un tres chic resto italien, on ne se croirait vraiment pas en Bolivie

The Campesino On Saturday Morning at five am I went with the Help to the Campesino with a truck load of table grapes to sell. The Campesino area is a large market area that sells all types of produce and bits and pieces. We followed some other trucks heading in that direction and we all stopped nose to the kerb in one street. I had a fantastic time. The place was alive with people even at 5 in the morning. People ...

... a few stalls with 'junk' items of things made in China like plastic toys, socks, handkerchieves, and children's flip flops. There are always stalls of chewing gum and candies as well as pirated DVD's. Besides the 'Mercados' there are many shops-each selling a specific product, e.g. stationary, soaps/toiletries, cloth materials, electronic goods, kitchen ware, China made junk, and shops devoted to selling party items. There is not a Walmart that sells ...

... stay ina hostel which is kinda strange, the upside being cable TV and bed covers that look like a teenagers room from the eighties - with LOVE written all over them. We settle into a routines of Beverley Hills ´moral TV´at 11am and it feels like having a sleep over. We wait to hear from neil on his prgress in La Paz. - he emails to say that his journey there was a disaster...he got chucked off the bus as the compmay double booked his seat, so he has to flag down passing buses to ...

... and my friend, Isabel, was worried about me hanging around in Bolivia. The explosions at night were becoming more and more frequent, and frankly, I was getting a little concerned. I was afraid mostly that Bolivian officials might think I was a CIA agent, so I decided it was time to clear out. I wasn't ...

... trail! Because that is what we were on. I stayed in Tarija for quite awhile, trying to put some $ back, and studying Spanish, because here, there was not really a word of English spoken. Alot of Quechua is spoken, among other languages. I had a head dripping and cough almost the whole time I was there. It was very chilly at night (no heat, of course) and hot water showers were at a premium. I had bargained with the owner of the ...