Gran Hotel Paris La Paz
Libertador Simon Bolivar/ Plaza Murillo La Paz, 9575, Bolivia
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Valle de la Luna
For security reasons I leave my main luggage in Puno (Peru), and go for a few days to Bolivia. Now, you have to realise that crossing the border in Copacabana is a near death experience if you do it shortly before 5:00 pm. It's because you have to cross the straits on the Titicaca lake, and it tends to get rough in the evening. Past 5 pm they won' …
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Oudjaar
... mensen die we eerder zagen bij Clara´s, dus dat is voor ons ook leuker.
Om 3h krijgen we al een telefoontje van Luis om te vragen hoe het daar bij ons is en dat hij liever daar naartoe wil komen. Als hij er een uur later nog niet is, maken we ons wat zorgen. Uiteindelijk stond hij op het plein te wachten, een beetje vechtend tegen de slaap. We rijden dan maar gauw naar huis. Het is duidelijk laat genoeg en meer alcohol kan hij best wel missen.
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Cycling along the Worlds Most Dangerous Road
... and deep puddles on the road.
It was an incredible feeling cycling down the road. I was using my breaks a lot to begin with and then I let myself go na little later on in the journey and I loved every minute of it. I could of gone for even longer which surprised me. John cycled up near the front and he too thoroughly enjoyed it. The company that we used were excellent and the equipment was top of the range so we felt very ...
Death Road
... in my right calf I sat up quickly rubbing it out freaking out that I tore a tendon or something but then I started checking myself out… I was ok.. everything was all right. I was probably bruised and my pants were ripped (thank god I put them on!!!) I was in shock but ok! The van then slowly pulled up and from a ways back I heard laughter and a whistle then the man jumped out and ran over to me and it slapped me out of my shock. Then I had to deal ...
Agua Calliente
The Bolivian concept of Agua Calliente is one which deserves a blogpost in itself. Agua Calliente (hot water) can come in many forms, there can be situations one finds themselves in where they are very much in Agua Calliente, our bus clinging to rock faces as it meandered hopelessly across the road whilst en route to the mining town of Potosi. Then there is the concept itself, promised to you by every Pousada owner, hostal booker and tour operator. The notion of ...


